{"id":63101,"date":"2014-10-31T01:30:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T23:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=63101"},"modified":"2014-11-07T00:10:45","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T22:10:45","slug":"masterchef-sa-season-3-episode-11-ian-young-wins-immunity-pin-at-pot-luck-club-francois-zietsman-pureed-out-in-elimination-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/masterchef-sa-season-3-episode-11-ian-young-wins-immunity-pin-at-pot-luck-club-francois-zietsman-pureed-out-in-elimination-test\/","title":{"rendered":"MasterChef SA Season 3 episode 11: Ian Young wins Immunity Pin at Pot Luck Club, Francois Zietsman pur\u00e9ed out in Elimination Test!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Masterchef<\/a>The eleventh episode of MasterChef SA Season 3 was a close contest between Ian Young and Sipho Mdlankomo for the Immunity Pin, and between Penny Fitchet and Francois Zietsman in the Elimination Test. \u00a0The episode ended off on a high for the seven remaining contestants.<\/p>\n

Having won the paired Team Challenge last week, Ian and Sipho had been promised a surprise, and we recognised the Old Biscuit Mill, and the building in which The Pot Luck Club is housed. \u00a0Chef Luke Dale-Roberts was introduced, and a video link showed him speaking to the camera, being at least a year old in that it was incorrect about when The Test Kitchen and The Pot Luck Club had opened. \u00a0Chef Luke’s The Test Kitchen is in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0list, but this was misrepresented by M-Net<\/strong>, as the contestants were at The Pot Luck Club, which is not on the World’s 50 Best Restaurant list, \"MasterChef<\/a>but was made to appear as if it is!\u00a0\u00a0Instead of being served a lunch by Chef Luke, the two contestants were presented with a cloche by Reuben Robertsons Riffel, which when opened, contained an Immunity Pin. Sipho and Ian had to cook a dish created by Chef Luke, and the one replicating it most closely would win the Pin. The two contestants were given a recipe for Chef Luke’s braised pork belly served with apple, a miso and soy glaze, julienne vegetables, and a steamed Chinese bun, and they tasted a sample dish. \u00a0They were given 90 minutes to complete the dish, cooking in the kitchen of The Pot Luck Club. It was a delight to see Chef Luke smile, being the most grumpy-looking chef in most photographs taken of him! \u00a0He wished the contestants luck, leaving them in the care of Riffel, saying that it was an easy dish to prepare.<\/p>\n

The two contestants received a collection of ingredients, and Riffel asked Sipho if she knew them all. She did not know Maltose (Chinese) sugar. \u00a0Sipho seemed nervous about the daunting task, and said that she had never cooked in a restaurant kitchen. \u00a0She said she had to knead the dough for the buns to ‘b<\/em>reak down the gluten’<\/em>, and she prepared them in a steamer basket. \u00a0She burnt her pork \"MasterChef<\/a>belly in the pressure cooker, but cut off the burnt parts, so that Chef Luke did not pick up this disaster at all. She fried crackling in oil, cut the pork into cubes, and glazed them. \u00a0Ian cut himself whilst decoring the apples, removing the stalk too, so he had to repeat it again. \u00a0Despite being in control, he said that the last five minutes wizzed past, and he felt that his buns were not perfect. \u00a0He said it was a privilege to cook Chef Luke’s dish. \u00a0Chef Luke evaluated both dishes blind, and chose dish B, which was that of Ian, being judged perfect in all respects, but had more glaze than dish A prepared by Sipho. \u00a0In judging Sipho’s dish, he said that the dish was prepared by a person who has’ intuition and knows what it’s about’<\/em>. \u00a0Both Ian and Sipho were praised, but it was Ian who had the Immunity Pin put onto his chef’s jacket by Chef Luke.<\/p>\n

Having lost the paired Team Challenge in the last episode, Penny and Francois had to cook against each other. \u00a0They were told that only one of the two would return to the MasterChef SA kitchen after the Elimination Challenge. Francois noted the red smeg fridge nearby, and was nervous about the challenge being a dessert, not being his strength. \u00a0The challenge was a different one, a MasterChef SA quality dish having to be prepared from items in the fridge, typical of those items in a fridge in a home. \u00a0They were\"MasterChef<\/a> given a mere 40 minutes to prepare their dish, the tightest challenge on MasterChef SA to date, but said to reflect the average food preparation time in a home. \u00a0Francois made herb crusted lamb chops with crushed potatoes, a salsa of corn and tomato, and carrot pur\u00e9e. \u00a0Chef Benny Masekwameng liked Francois’ speed and urgency in meeting the time \"MasterChef<\/a>deadline. \u00a0He used a blowtorch to remove the skin of the tomatoes. \u00a0He said he was confident of his dish. Francois was described as the ‘meat man<\/em>‘. \u00a0Penny was less confident in cooking with meat, and used mince to which she added herbs to fill the wraps. Chef Pete Goffe-Wood praised both Penny and Francois for their energy, speed, and skills.<\/p>\n

Francois’ dish was evaluated first, and Chef Pete liked its look, being neatly plated, tasty, and he liked the caramelised onion on top of the potatoes. He did feel that the salsa did not match the rest of the dish. \u00a0Chef Benny said that he liked the potatoes, and praised Francois for being the ‘meat guy<\/em>‘. \u00a0Riffel said that the carrot pur\u00e9e\u00a0did not have the right texture, the carrots not having been cooked enough, even though Francois had used two sieve sizes to pur\u00e9e the carrots. \u00a0 Penny’s meatball wraps were served with two side dishes. \u00a0She said it had been ‘hectic’<\/em> to prepare the dish in the short period of time. \u00a0Riffel liked Penny’s meatball flavour, Chef Pete liked the wraps, and said that the gherkin lifted the salsa. Chef Benny said that the wraps should have been eaten by hand.<\/p>\n

While one felt that Francois had created a more special dish (although neither dish was MasterChef-worthy), it was Penny’s meatball dish which was judged to be the best, and it was Francois who had to leave the MasterChef SA kitchen. \u00a0Chef Pete said lovely things about Francois, saying that he will begin his journey of food, and one could hear the emotion in Francois’ voice when he spoke. \u00a0The remaining seven MasterChef SA contestants were taken back to the kitchen and were told that they too would leave the MasterChef SA kitchen, and they were sent to the lounge. \u00a0They looked sad walking there, not understanding what was going on. When they entered the room, they saw a collection of travel bags with Flight Centre branding, and they found a ticket each to Mauritius, the focus of episode 12 next week. \u00a0Penny was excited, as she has never been to Mauritius, despite having family roots in that country, and Sipho too was excited about her first trip outside our country. \u00a0Interesting was a comment by Roxi Wardman while Penny was cooking, saying that she and Penny would make top two on Season 3 of MasterChef SA!<\/p>\n

For an overview of MasterChef Season 3\u00a0read here<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0read here too<\/strong>.<\/a>\u00a0For a summary of episode 1 of Season 3 at Bootcamp 1\u00a0read here<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>and of episode 2\u00a0read here.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>The summary of episode 3\u00a0can be read here.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Read about Roxi\u2019s trip to Dublin and Thornton\u2019s Restaurant, and the first Pressure Test in episode 4\u00a0here.<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Read about the Carrot Dessert Invention Test in episode 5\u00a0here<\/a>. \u00a0<\/strong>The Pressure Test with Swedish Chef Niklas Ekstedt, and visit to Syddah Essop in the Karoo in\u00a0episode 6 is here<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0For a summary of episode 7, a Team Challenge in Durban,\u00a0click here<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0For the write-up of the episode 8\u2032s Pressure Test between Roxi and Refilwe, and the visit to the Ixopo Retreat by the winning Red Team,\u00a0click here.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Episode 9<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>was a Chicken MasterPiece Invention Test. \u00a0Episode 10<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>was a paired Team Challenge.<\/p>\n

For the Twitter handles of the Top 12 finalists,\u00a0click here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

PLEASE NOTE<\/strong>:<\/b>\u00a0The weekly\u00a0<\/span>WhaleTales Sweet & Sour Service Awards<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0usually posted on Fridays, will be posted on Saturdays until late December, to allow the write-ups of each of the 18 episodes of MasterChef SA Season 3 to be posted the day after the episode.<\/span><\/p>\n

MasterChef SA Season 3<\/strong>, M-Net. \u00a0www.masterchefsa.dstv.co.za<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Twitter: @MasterChef_SA \u00a0Thursdays at 19h30.<\/p>\n

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