‘MasterChef’ season 7, episode 10 review: A shocking elimination over a rule break
Going into the first hour of Wednesday night’s two-part “MasterChef,” we heard proclamations that we were going to have one of the most shocking eliminations that we had ever seen. About fifteen minutes from the end of the hour, we had a pit in our stomach as to what is going to happen.
You see, whenever we see time ticking away at the end of a challenge, we tend to think that it is just creative editing making us think that some home cooks are down to the wire. Tonight, it turned out to really be the case as Andrea was struggling to get her sausage-in-a-bun to the front in time for the Pressure Test. As a matter of fact, she didn’t make it and was eventually eliminated because “rules are rules.”
There are several reasons why this is terrible, starting with the fact that the winning team of the farm-based Team Challenge put her down in the Pressure Test because she was a threat. Meanwhile, Nathan was given safety because no one was worried about him. There was another sad ironic twist in all of this given that there is no love lost between him and Andrea at all.
Also, it seemed like Andrea actually made one of the better sausages of the group. You could argue that someone else could have stepped up and gone home in her place (Diamond had arguably the worst sausage), but why would you do that? This is a competition. You’re in this to make a better life for yourself.
The biggest takeaway that Andrea should take from this is that she is probably going to get more love and goodwill than almost any other person this season other maybe the winner, and it was all due to one unfortunate mishap that she obviously tried to avoid. It’s hard to review an episode like this, given that it was a compelling ending, but at the same time incredibly sad. Yet, we cannot blame production because once you start not enforcing rules, everything starts to become fair game. Episode Grade: B, a little bit of good and bad.
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Lizhere
August 12, 2016 @ 12:01 am
I Lost all respect for Andrea when she started BULLYING Nathan. Usually bullies happen to have an innate advantage ( in her case it seem like she has a tremendous culinary creativity) Except that does not ENTITLES anybody to be so mean and arrogant. And there you go, I guess she was not as smart as she thought. What an awful example she set for young talented cooks. HUMILITY is always best. Talent will take you to a cooking show. CARACTER will give you a career.
Linette
August 4, 2016 @ 9:29 pm
I thought the whole point was to showcase AMAZING chefs. How does one who serves raw chicken not breaking the rules and don’t get me started on how Nathan didn’t even know how to cook rice. Not to mention, they tell you to put yourself on a plate and use your imagination but when David makes a dish that is slightly different than what the Asian guy expected all of a sudden he is bashed for it WITHOUT them even tasting it…but then when he tasted it he said it was delicious…but no one clapped. Really not looking forward to any of the other episodes as this show does not showcase real Chefs like it states.
Quarty
August 4, 2016 @ 9:20 pm
All I could think about in this elimination was karma kicking Andrea out the door. She bashed on Nathan like an immature child, then stated that he was going home. Next thing you know Nathan is safe and she is going home. Did she deserve to go home? No, she’s an amazing cook and Nathan is just horrid. But at the end of the day she’s an adult, and was acting like a bully in a school yard. I don’t care if he was part of the reason they lost the competition. The way she was talking about him, bashing him, acting like he wasn’t even there was immature.
mackloranda
August 5, 2016 @ 9:05 pm
I could not have agreed with you more!! Andrea is a good cook but her attitude… Seriously tho
Lala
August 6, 2016 @ 4:23 am
I also agree with you regarding karma. Andrea deserved to lose because she was so mean and was acting like a bully. Even if Nathan is not a good cook, she doesn’t need to say it all of the time.
Guest
August 4, 2016 @ 4:27 am
What happened to Nathan? Used to like the show, but it’s obvious now that everyone is pre-picked. As far as I’m concerned, none of them are true cooks let alone potential chefs. I get more of a kick from the talent and team support of junior master chefs.
Lycan
August 4, 2016 @ 3:10 am
BS elimination!!! How is raw sausage which is a rule breaker better than being 3 seconds late?!?!?!
Johnie Bristow
August 4, 2016 @ 6:52 pm
Totally agree. “Chopped” requires using ALL items in the basket. You can however move on – even if you miss one – if your dish is excellent and other’s fail horribly. He 3 seconds late should have been used in the event she was near the bottom…but serving the best sausage…and someone else serving “raw” chicken – total BS elimination.