shaydee
Turn it up!
Oh my LOL!
More LOL!
I swear the recaps are better than the show. How awesome would it be if they did the voice over. Many lols!
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Oh my LOL!
More LOL!
I swear the recaps are better than the show. How awesome would it be if they did the voice over. Many lols!
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Cookie
Guest
Hope fully the next couple of weeks will see some of those go. I am looking forward to watching tonights masterclass for how they are going to cook lamb ribs. I saw these in the supermarket the other day and was not sure how you would cook them.
Meglos
HAVE A NECTARINE, GONK
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TerryV
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The recaps are very funny thanks for the link.
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TerryV
Guest
Cheers, just dipping my toe in.
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Cookie
Guest
KXK that would work. I love my slow cooker!!!!
I'm getting me some lamb ribs this week to try out.
I am hoping that either Wade or Emma go tonight. Filipo can stick around a little bit longer, but he really bugs me!!!
I'm getting me some lamb ribs this week to try out.
I am hoping that either Wade or Emma go tonight. Filipo can stick around a little bit longer, but he really bugs me!!!
shaydee
Turn it up!
Masterchef Australia – Audra A Professional Cook? She Has A Catering Business.
To think we were all giving Cupcake Julia the evil side eye about her Saturday Market business, well now it has been revealed Audra has a catering business going in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney.
The Daily Telelgraph has revealed that Audra Morrice, who is one of the front runners in the competition, not only owns her own catering company but the Masterchef producers knew about it!
The company called Audra’s Gourmet Kitchen has been running for two years. This might explain why she keeps her cool in challenges and is comfortable cooking in bulk.
The article says:
But her [Audra's] MasterChef profile lists her as a NSW account manager, and production company Shine Australia has not disclosed to viewers that she also ran her own successful catering company – Audra’s Gourmet Kitchen – in Sydney’s eastern suburbs until being selected for the show.
The business, which she set up two years ago, delivers to Woollahra, Waverley and Randwick.
One of her weekly menus, obtained by The Sunday Telegraph, features beef rendang, roast pork spare ribs and dark chocolate tea bread.
A weekly email also asks customers: “If you know anyone who would like to be on our mailing list, please drop me a quick line”.
Morrice has said she plans to “one day have a concept store that sells Audra’s Gourmet Delights and offers cooking courses”.
The rules stipulate “all MasterChef contestants must be amateur cooks” and that they “cannot have earned money or payment of any kind from preparing food and/or cooking fresh food in a professional kitchen environment such as a restaurant, cafe or takeaway”.
While MasterChef’s executive producer Margie Bashfield refused to comment on Morrice’s inclusion in the show, a Shine Australia spokesman admitted they were aware of her cooking background – and had decided it didn’t give her an unfair advantage.
While The Sunday Telegraph is aware of several eastern suburbs professionals not related to Morrice who regularly paid for her food, the spokesman tried to maintain the catering service was only extended to her friends and family.
He did not answer why the catering company had not been disclosed to viewers.
“Audra was upfront with producers regarding Audra’s Gourmet Kitchen. Her full-time employment was as a senior account manager with AAPT and this was a home-based hobby reserved for family and friends,” he said.
“The menus were included in her MasterChef application and were deemed a demonstration of her enthusiasm for home cooking.
The producers felt that this did not create an unfair advantage over other contestants as she was not working in a professional kitchen.”
The whole issue of who is an amateur this year on Masterchef is getting murkier than the Olympics was until they gave up the farce of it being a competition for amateur sports people. Even though she is one of my favourites, I don’t think she or Julia should have been allowed to compete as they are not strictly amateur cooks, as they have derived income from their cooking.
There does need to be an even playing field, and the other question is did they other contestants know about Audra’s cooking CV or was it kept hidden from them as well?
What do you think? Should Audra be allowed to be a contestant in Masterchef Australia this year? And if she wins will it no be tarnished?
http://www.realityravings.com/2012/...rofessional-cook-she-has-a-catering-business/
lol @ one of the comments
To think we were all giving Cupcake Julia the evil side eye about her Saturday Market business, well now it has been revealed Audra has a catering business going in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney.
The Daily Telelgraph has revealed that Audra Morrice, who is one of the front runners in the competition, not only owns her own catering company but the Masterchef producers knew about it!
The company called Audra’s Gourmet Kitchen has been running for two years. This might explain why she keeps her cool in challenges and is comfortable cooking in bulk.
The article says:
But her [Audra's] MasterChef profile lists her as a NSW account manager, and production company Shine Australia has not disclosed to viewers that she also ran her own successful catering company – Audra’s Gourmet Kitchen – in Sydney’s eastern suburbs until being selected for the show.
The business, which she set up two years ago, delivers to Woollahra, Waverley and Randwick.
One of her weekly menus, obtained by The Sunday Telegraph, features beef rendang, roast pork spare ribs and dark chocolate tea bread.
A weekly email also asks customers: “If you know anyone who would like to be on our mailing list, please drop me a quick line”.
Morrice has said she plans to “one day have a concept store that sells Audra’s Gourmet Delights and offers cooking courses”.
The rules stipulate “all MasterChef contestants must be amateur cooks” and that they “cannot have earned money or payment of any kind from preparing food and/or cooking fresh food in a professional kitchen environment such as a restaurant, cafe or takeaway”.
While MasterChef’s executive producer Margie Bashfield refused to comment on Morrice’s inclusion in the show, a Shine Australia spokesman admitted they were aware of her cooking background – and had decided it didn’t give her an unfair advantage.
While The Sunday Telegraph is aware of several eastern suburbs professionals not related to Morrice who regularly paid for her food, the spokesman tried to maintain the catering service was only extended to her friends and family.
He did not answer why the catering company had not been disclosed to viewers.
“Audra was upfront with producers regarding Audra’s Gourmet Kitchen. Her full-time employment was as a senior account manager with AAPT and this was a home-based hobby reserved for family and friends,” he said.
“The menus were included in her MasterChef application and were deemed a demonstration of her enthusiasm for home cooking.
The producers felt that this did not create an unfair advantage over other contestants as she was not working in a professional kitchen.”
The whole issue of who is an amateur this year on Masterchef is getting murkier than the Olympics was until they gave up the farce of it being a competition for amateur sports people. Even though she is one of my favourites, I don’t think she or Julia should have been allowed to compete as they are not strictly amateur cooks, as they have derived income from their cooking.
There does need to be an even playing field, and the other question is did they other contestants know about Audra’s cooking CV or was it kept hidden from them as well?
What do you think? Should Audra be allowed to be a contestant in Masterchef Australia this year? And if she wins will it no be tarnished?
http://www.realityravings.com/2012/...rofessional-cook-she-has-a-catering-business/
lol @ one of the comments
ichi
Active Member
Non story if you ask me
Producers knew about it and made the call that is was fine, if Audra is a fraud so is Julia. It would be getting harder and harder to find people who had had no kitchen ties whatsoever. Some of them have made money from waitressing, how is that technically any different, they are making money of food which is apparently, not allowed.
Producers knew about it and made the call that is was fine, if Audra is a fraud so is Julia. It would be getting harder and harder to find people who had had no kitchen ties whatsoever. Some of them have made money from waitressing, how is that technically any different, they are making money of food which is apparently, not allowed.
ichi
Active Member
The year one of these series goes by without a 'scandal' I will eat my hat 
And seriously if there was no Audra the show would be pretty damn boring this year!
I noticed last night Deb has an air about her that sort of says 'yes I know you love me even though you have never met me, you are right to because I am the most glorious person in the whole world'
And seriously if there was no Audra the show would be pretty damn boring this year!
I noticed last night Deb has an air about her that sort of says 'yes I know you love me even though you have never met me, you are right to because I am the most glorious person in the whole world'
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wynter
Guest
I think if I met Deb in real life, my immediate reaction to her would be that I wouldn't trust her. No matter how pleasant she was, she doesn't elude that trust vibe, unlike someone like say Amina. She's got it in bucketloads. Deb seems to be a favourite of the judges for some reason but I've seen that the other contestants don't seem to like her at all.
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wynter
Guest
ha..I just came across this. Remember Merle, the 79 year old CWA cake judge from last season? The one who sat down in the armchair an knitted while she waited for the contestants to cook her peach blossom cake? She has her own book out.
http://www.bigw.com.au/entertainment/books/cooking/bpnBIGW_0000000301875/merle-s-kitchen
http://www.bigw.com.au/entertainment/books/cooking/bpnBIGW_0000000301875/merle-s-kitchen
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Emcee
Guest
Lol good for Merle.