Masterchef Recap: The Crushing Disappointment of Freedom

Previously on Masterchef: Anushka had to go home after the show introduced a minimum height requirement.

Tonight on Masterchef: The top five are back on their bullshit.

It’s a new day, and the top five are excited to be in the top five, even though there is no real significance to the top five. It’s a nice round number though. Larissa is stressed out because she is cooking today, which will prevent her from playing to her strength: shouting pointless nonsense from the balcony.

They arrived at the Masterchef Kitchen to find their worst nightmare: George is back. Not only is he back, but he’s wearing glasses. Apparently he had some kind of ocular accident. One of his employees threw a fork at him or something. “You are the top five,” says Gary. “Fucken duh,” say the amateurs. Gary asks the amateurs how they’ve changed since the beginning of the competition. All of them agree that they have changed enormously, and are now more beast than man.

Today they are cooking for an “advantage”, which is what Masterchef calls an excuse to extend the series by one episode. Today they can cook anything they want, which is presented as a really exciting creative challenge, but is actually designed to make the dishes as boring as possible.

George informs the amateurs that there are no rules, causing the amateurs to immediately start setting the building on fire. The amateurs get to decide how much time they should get to finish…