{"id":64669,"date":"2014-12-11T11:08:21","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T09:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=64669"},"modified":"2014-12-11T11:08:21","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T09:08:21","slug":"masterchef-sa-season-3-episode17-and-finale-michelin-star-chef-with-train-driver-roxy-wardman-vs-domestic-sipho-mdlankomo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/masterchef-sa-season-3-episode17-and-finale-michelin-star-chef-with-train-driver-roxy-wardman-vs-domestic-sipho-mdlankomo\/","title":{"rendered":"MasterChef SA Season 3 episode17 and Finale: Michelin star chef with train driver Roxy Wardman vs domestic Sipho Mdlankomo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MstrChf<\/a>Tonight will see the MasterChef SA Top 2 assistant train driver Roxi Wardman and domestic worker Sipho Mdlankomo fight it out in the kitchen for the honour of winning MasterChef SA Season 3, in a three-part duel which will be adjudicated by Chef Marco Pierre White, who owns Michelin-star restaurants in the UK.<\/p>\n

In the past two Seasons the Final 2 did a cook-out in front of their fellow finalists, who were flown back to the MasterChef SA kitchen at Nederburg. \u00a0This year the two finalists will be cooking on their own, and the finalists were not told who won the last episode we will see this evening. \u00a0The Top 2 finalists will meet up with the rest of the Top 12 finalists, who gathered in Johannesburg yesterday, in preparation for the big announcement tonight. \u00a0 The programme will run for 90 minutes in total, the last half an hour being a live crossing to Johannesburg, for the announcement of the winner.<\/p>\n

So how did Roxi and Sipho stack up over the past 16 episodes of MasterChef SA Season 3? \u00a0We have summarised which dishes they cooked in the past 16 episodes and how they fared:<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Sipho<\/strong>: \u00a0in episode 2 (Bootcamp) she cooked chicken breast with \u00a0Provencal sauce, her vegetables being criticised by the judges. \u00a0In episode 3 she cooked ostrich with sweetcorn parcels. \u00a0In episode 5 she made a carrot sponge with Italian meringue, \u00a0both elements of it criticised by the judges. In episode 6 Sipho went into a Pressure Test with Swedish Chef Niklas Ekstedt. \u00a0In episode 9 she made peri peri roast chicken, but the samp was undercooked and she had used too much chili. In episode 10 she and Ian Young won the paired team challenge, and they won a lunch at the Pot Luck Club. \u00a0In episode 12 she cooked chicken biryani in Mauritius, but forgot to cook the lentils that were meant to be part of her dish, but it was praised as being colourful. In episode 14 she was praised by Chef David Higgs as a ‘champion<\/em>‘, in replicating his chocolate dessert and jelly dish, and named best cook of the day. In episode 15 she made polenta lasagne. \u00a0In the last episode 16, she made Pastry Chef Lorraine Meaney’s Cardomom Lemon Chocolate g\u00e2teau, and was criticised for adding too much chicory, and the cake not being good to eat. \u00a0In the Raw Food section overseen by Chef Margot Janse she made venison and mushrooms, the venison being overpowered by her marinade and her parsnip side dish not working. \u00a0 In summary<\/strong>: 10 dishes prepared, of which one was best of the day, the other nine with weaknesses. \u00a0One Pressure Test.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 Roxi<\/strong>: \u00a0 in episode 2 she made a gooseberry tomato and chocolate tart. \u00a0In episode 3 she made the winning Mystery Box dish of \u00a0butternut and peanut butter tart with a chocolate Pinotage sauce, which sent her jetting off to Dublin in episode 4 to eat at Michelin star restaurant Thornton’s. \u00a0In episode 5 she made a dessert medley of carrots. \u00a0In episode 8 she went into a Pressure Test, her prawn and chicken curry praised but her rice was overcooked. \u00a0In episode 9 she made a trio of chicken tapas, as lollipops, ballotine, and croquettes, heavily criticised by the judges. \u00a0In episode 12 she made roti and prawns, which were praised, but her sauce was judged to not be spicy enough. \u00a0In episode 13 she was in an Elimination Test against Penny Fitchet, making scallops, and she won the test. \u00a0In episode 14 she made rhubarb jelly, chocolate mousse and sorbet, a dish by Chef David Higgs, which was praised for its flavours but criticised for its plating. In episode 15 her wild mushroom millefeuille with hazelnut sauce was praised and named dish of the day. \u00a0In the last episode her copy of Chef Lorraine Meaney’s g\u00e2teau was praised. \u00a0In the Raw Food test with Chef Margot Janse she won praise for her Strawberry Medley. \u00a0In summary: 11 dishes, of which 4 were best dishes of the day, and 7 had criticisms. \u00a0 2 Pressure\/Elimination Tests.<\/p>\n

The odds are in favour of Roxi, but her performance tonight, preparing three dishes for Chef Marco Pierre White, will count in the evaluation as well. \u00a0While she has predominantly made desserts where she could, which she is good at and has shown a creative talent for, her challenge will be to cook regular dishes in tonight’s Finale. \u00a0Sipho made more traditional dishes, yet was good at replicating dishes she had never made before when given a recipe. \u00a0Yet she made many mistakes, the judges criticising an element of almost every dish, despite the judges regularly trying to be kind to her.<\/p>\n

Whatever the outcome tonight, both Roxi and Sipho will be remembered for their confidence, and their continuous mantra of \"MasterChef<\/a>wanting to win MasterChef SA Season 3. \u00a0Both finalists will make a good PR story, as the winner could be an assistant train driver or a domestic worker! \u00a0If Roxi does not win, at least she will be remembered in tonight’s episode as the finalist with the shocking pink\/red hair, which we saw in a photograph of the finalists having dinner last night! Sipho has received regular publicity about the poor working conditions of domestic workers in our country in the UK press from the beginning, and M-Net<\/strong> has not responded to my questions about how they are dealing with this. \u00a0The further negative publicity in this regard may count against Sipho winning. \u00a0Clear is that both the finalists lives will change after tonight, whatever the outcome!<\/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\u00a0 In episode 14<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Abigail Mbalo was eliminated in an Elimination Test based on Chef David Higgs\u2019 dish at five hundred. \u00a0Mel Sutherlnd left MasterChef SA in\u00a0episode 15<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0Ian Young and Philippa Robinson left MasterChef SA in episode 17,<\/strong><\/span><\/a> which was a double episode.<\/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 this week, 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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