{"id":64189,"date":"2014-11-28T00:10:39","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T22:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=64189"},"modified":"2014-11-28T00:36:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T22:36:19","slug":"masterchef-season-3-episode-15-top-five-foraging-mel-sutherland-muscled-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/restaurant-news\/masterchef-season-3-episode-15-top-five-foraging-mel-sutherland-muscled-out\/","title":{"rendered":"MasterChef SA Season 3 episode 15: Top Five Foraging, Mel Sutherland ‘muscled’ out!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MasterChef<\/a>MasterChef Season 3 is slowly coming to an end, with only three more episodes to go. \u00a0Last night it was clearly winter when episode 15 was shot in the Cape forests, the focus being foraging. \u00a0It also meant the end for Mel Sutherland, who was sent home due to an unsatisfactory ‘muscle<\/em> (sic) ceviche with wild garlic panna cotta and squid ink jelly<\/em>‘!<\/p>\n

On arrival at the MasterChef SA Top 5 were told that they would have to find their own ingredients in nature. Chef Pete Goffe-Wood told them: ‘The first part of this challenge you have to find your own ingredients. And you\u2019re going to do it in the way we\u2019ve been doing it for thousands of years \u2013 you\u2019re going to go foraging’. \u00a0 <\/em>The Top 5 were to go out into nature to gather natural ingredients from the forest floor, fynbos fields, and ocean.<\/p>\n

The finalists met Roushanna Gray, a professional forager, who collected kelp, seaweed, and mussels on the beach with them. \u00a0Then\"MasterChef<\/a> she introduced them to a fynbos forest, and the aromatic wild herbs that one can harvest. \u00a0They also met Gary Goldman, the ‘Mushroom Guru<\/em>‘, who took the Top 5 Finalists foraging for mushrooms, and explained \"MasterChef<\/a>what to look for in avoiding picking poisonous mushrooms. \u00a0 He showed them pine-rings, excellent to use in venison stew. \u00a0Porcini mushrooms are abundant in our country, Gary said. \u00a0Making a mistake with mushrooms can be lethal, Gary said, it taking 4 – 16 hours for one to discover if one has picked the wrong mushrooms, which can lead to kidney or liver transplants! \u00a0Sipho Mdlankomo said that the foraging outing had changed the way she sees food.<\/p>\n

Armed with their foraged ingredients, the finalists had to prepare a dish inspired by foraging. \u00a0 The judges were dressed in wintry outfits, in earthy colours to suit the foraging theme!<\/p>\n

Ian Young made a dish of Mussels served in a bed of wrack and fried kelp, in a Wild Herb Broth, \u00a0but was criticised by Chef Pete \"MasterChef<\/a>for cutting two porcini mushrooms into round slices to serve as garnish. \u00a0Philippa Robinson made a Mushroom Soup with ice cream and wild herb dumpling. Sipho made a Polenta Lasagne with fried mushrooms and mussels (right). Feedback from Chef Benny Masekwameng was: ‘I wouldn\u2019t have used polenta and the fact that you did shows how confident you are so far in the competition<\/em>‘. Roxi Wardman served\u00a0a Wild Mushrom Mille-Feuille with a hazelnut sauce (left), and \"MasterChef<\/a>she and Chef Pete bent their ears to the porcini, imaging hearing it singing! \u00a0It was named the dish of the day.\u00a0Mel\u2019s Mussel Ceviche with wild garlic panna cotta and squid ink jelly was criticised by Chef Benny for lacking balance and vision, for being ‘all over \"MasterChef<\/a>the place\u2026 it just didn\u2019t come together for you today I\u2019m afraid’<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Next week’s episode 16 will be a two-hour one, and will feature two former MasterChef SA lady chef guests: Pastry Chef Lorraine Meaney of Signal Restaurant at the Cape Grace, and Chef Margot Janse of The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Fran\u00e7ais. \u00a0Two finalists will be eliminated, leaving the Top Two!<\/span><\/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>\u00a0<\/a>was a paired Team Challenge. \u00a0In\u00a0episode 11<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>Ian Young won an Immunity Pin, and Francois Zietsman was sent home. \u00a0In\u00a0episode 12<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0the Finalists visited Mauritius, and Sipho won the dish of the day. \u00a0In\u00a0episode 13<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Penny Fitchet was sent home, after an Elimination Test against Roxy Wardman. \u00a0 In episode 14<\/strong><\/a> Abigail Mbalo was eliminated in an Elimination Test based on Chef David Higgs’ dish at five hundred.<\/p>\n

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

PLEASE NOTE<\/strong>:<\/b>\u00a0The weekly\u00a0WhaleTales 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.<\/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

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio:\u00a0www.whalecottage.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 Tel (021) 433-2100, Twitter:@WhaleCottage Facebook: \u00a0<\/strong>click here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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