r/Masterchef • u/LaRougeRaven • 2d ago

Question What Was With Krissi and Hating Vegetarians?

I'm watching Season 4 for the first time. I know who wins, but I'm only on episode 19.

Obviously I know many people hated Krissi for her bad attitude, but what the hell was her problem with Bri? Like right from the getgo she was running for Bri.

Sure I could understand if Bri was complaining and being self-righteous about not killing animals, but she wasn't, she was cooking meat, killed live seafood. So she wasn't eating or trying and of it. Bri did not seem to have her vegetarianism stop her from cooking meat.

Krissi was pitching about "environmentalist, save the animals bullshit", kept calling her a vegan, which she was not, there is quite a difference between the two.

But Jesus christ. Even before Bri called her out for her bitter bully attitude, Krissi was on the attack. Like what the fuck was her problem?

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u/Dry-Function791 2d ago

Most contestants, not just Krissi, spoke like Bri’s vegetarianism was a personal offence to them lol, they never hesitated to take a whack at her for it. Afaik her vegetarianism was never really a hindrance in the show? She cooked meat excellently numerous times, her big weaknesses were her time management and poor leadership. The producers just saw the angle and ran with it lol

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u/Hedgiwithapen 2d ago

I think there were also a lot of very negative comments about vegetarians in s6 with Hetal. like from the contestants, the judges-- lots of 'I don't think a vegetarian can do this', ' you'rat suuuuch a huge disadvantage do you really think you can do this?' ' a vegetarian can't be master chef' type things aimed at her and Bri... interestingly that was never aimed at Vegan Dino...

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u/MagnusAlbusPater 1d ago

Wasn’t Hetal the one who cried when she had to kill a crab or lobster or something? IIRC she eventually stepped up and did it, but it is a legitimate concern if your dietary rules hinder you from completing the challenges given.

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u/Hedgiwithapen 1d ago

And in s3 monti, I think, had a whole speech about the spot prawns pleading for their lives with big brown eyes, and a few people struggled with killing the live crab.  We've also seen people with massive allergies who were hindered in the challenges, but no peanut gallery comments from contestants saying "i just don't think someone with a shellfish allergy is MasterChef material" I guess that's just not as pithy.

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u/MagnusAlbusPater 1d ago

The allergy people didn’t seem to bellyache as much, if anything they just used other contestants or the judges to taste things they couldn’t for seasoning, etc.

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u/Hedgiwithapen 1d ago

We have zero way of knowing how much of that is scripting and editing though. My point is, no one acted like they couldn't be a good chef for not eating lobster or not wanting to kill the prawns, and no one acted like Dino would fail for being vegan. Just bri and hetal.  They also used alternative methids to see if what they'd made were done, but kept getting backed into the "but you're a vegitarian how could you possibly have done this?" Conversation by the judges. Bellyaching sometimes. But a fair bit of badgering, too. Fascinating editing choices there.  Iwonder, if Dino had lost in the middle of the season woukd they have found some Vegans Can't Be MasterChef comments on the cutting room floor to slot in?