Masterchef Recap: Tasteless

Previously on Masterchef: one grandma turned out to be good and the other one bad. Let that be a lesson.

Tonight on Masterchef: We find out whether the amateurs have working tongues.

As Normal Things That We Do Every Week But For This Week We’re Calling Them Secrets Week reaches its climax, yesterday’s green team faces the grim reality of a bitter battle for elimination. If only life were fair and they could just kick Steph out for ballsing up the mayonnaise. But life is unfair, and Masterchef even more so, and so the black aprons are strapped on. Before heading to the kitchen, Kyle looks at a photo of his son to remind himself of just how much he doesn’t want to go home and see the kid again.

The elimination begins with the blind taste test, in which each contestant must lick a blind person and identify them purely by taste.

No, obviously it’s actually where they taste stuff, write down what they think it is, and the first four to fail go through to the second round of the elimination, where they must confront their greatest weakness: cooking.

Blindfolds are applied. Steph believes she has a good palate, but also that she depends on sight to identify food. So…which is it, Steph?

The first food is some kind of…I dunno. A nut? Little brown things. Everyone writes down “almonds”. It would be hilarious if this were wrong and they had to start over, but sadly this is right.