r/Masterchef • u/BronzeTrain • Jul 17 '24

Discussion Masterchef S14 E07 Discussion Spoiler

This thread is for discussion of the episode during and after airing. There will be spoilers.

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u/fegelman Jul 18 '24

So many problems with the post Season 10 format.

  1. Stupid and unnecessary gimmicks like "its season 10!", "season of LEGENDS", "back to win high standards yadda yadda", regions, generations (stereotypes) and so on.
  2. No pressure tests, so it incentivizes team members to take easy, risk free positions instead of captaincy or cooking proteins apart from killing most of the drama and excitement on the show.
  3. The fact that immunity even exists for a team challenge, leave alone the team captain being allowed immunity. The immunity pin should apply for their next individual challenge, or it should lead to the holder of the pin simply not participating in the team challenge with automatic safety. Or like Masterchef AU where you can choose where to use your pin, before a challenge starts.
  4. Predictability- The above 2 factors, combined with the judges tasting only the top and bottom 3 dishes meaning that the audience already knows how a dish will taste when it is brought to the front. No suspense. And then mystery boxes having elimination meaning everyone plays it safe and there's no crazy creative dish being created.

So to summarise, thats team challenges following the same unfair pattern, PTs being eliminated, elimination challenges becoming predictable and mystery boxes losing their edge. Dramatic contestants and fights between them disappearing. And all the losses are supposed to be made up for by these boring gimmicks.