To put things in perspective, should the 'celebrity' part sound a trifle extreme, Alex Rushmer, a finalist of the 2010 series, wrote on his blog after the final had been aired: 'By Thursday morning my inbox was registering almost 700 unread emails that had come in since Wednesday’s final episode. The eventual winner is always an immensely skilled chef (as are the other two finalists) and emerges victorious as a hero, receiving an almost instant status promotion from 'home cook' and 'amateur' to 'celebrity chef'.įood Fight: Things get messy when John and Gregg disagree. As the viewers watch the progress of the finalists and the eventual winner, they slowly become more 'attached' (for want of a better word) to these contestants, especially in the latter stages where they demonstrate true grit, skill and determination in the face of the toughest culinary challenges one could possibly imagine. As you may know, MasterChef is a competition, and therefore every year someone inevitably will win. This in itself isn't exactly genius, but there is more.
So yes, they can produce a salable book every year. I know, because I don't like splashing money on books (at least I would like to think I don't) and yet I am tempted to buy this one. Why? Because every year they will produce another book, and more importantly every year it will sell. It was then that it struck me: the BBC are actually quite clever. Ten out of ten to the photographer for that one.īut, more importantly, what this led me to presumptuously conclude, was that they will be making a new book for every year of MasterChef. It also contained a fantastic, hugely amusing portrait of John and Greg absolutely covered in cake and cream. What could this be about? I picked it up and discovered that its contents covered recipes from the 2010 MasterChef series, including the spin-offs Celebrity MasterChef and MasterChef: The Professionals. They were adorning the cover of a book boldly titled, in a fluorescent orange reminiscent of a Dyno-Rod van, ' MasterChef at Home'.įunny, I thought, it can hardly be a year since they brought out The MasterChef Cookbook – a collation of recipes from various winners and finalists of previous series'. I was in WHSmith the other day, and was idly browsing through the recipe books when my eye was drawn to the faces of none other than Greg Wallace and John Torode.
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