MasterChef Australia

I find this show very clean, it's all about food and emotions of people attached with it.I love all the judges too, they have so much patience and clearly, they're in love with food too,,:)This is one of the shows that is really very popular in India. Making food look good and taste good too is a gifted art which not many have,, Thank you so much for such an amazing show!!! And what i love the most is the atmosphere of this show, it's so friendly and everyone is so mature. Thankfully, there are things that aren't fake or for TRP's anymore, yet they are popular.
And again Love the judges!!
You really are the best!!All of u:)moreless

Season 3: not sure which episode but one of the last classes with Gary. He is making Ribs with Chinese Radish and states that radish is called mooli in French...
Radish is actually called Radis in French (source: Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary 2009).
Mooli is actually Hindi for Radish!!

Gary,George,Matt what a supberb show Just finished watching 2009 Masterchef getting it here in the UK on Watch TV. I can only say superb in every department, makes Masterchef UK look very poor. what you teach your guys is amazing and the places wher you teach them is something else. well done to Julie for a stuning performance i had her down to win it weeks ago!!a great competiton with all contestants doing great. if i had to fault any of the programme then it would be bringing the 3 contestants back, this must have put a huge emotional pressure on the contestants already remaining.although i will say that Justine was my 2nd Favourite to win.
once again well done and can't wait to see 2010 show well done Channel 10 austaralia and all concerned what a fantastic programme. Gents keep up the great work.
Ronnie UKmoreless

Masterchef Australia is a reality tv show that's about many people well 7500 who have auditioned for Australia's first masterchef and only a top 50 people made it. After many challenges they narrow it down to the top 20. It then means that they face challenges for 3 months until the first masterchef is crowned. The show is set in a large building somewhere secluded in The heart of Sydney. The show consists of 3 judges. ''Gary'' who is a chef that can be a mentor and a coach for many people and owns his own restaurant. Then there's ''George'' who is a chef who is younger than Gary but still has a large passion and knowledge for food. He comes from a Greek backround and enjoys many Greek style foods. And finally there's ''Matt Preston'' a very fancy well dressed 6 foot man who seems to have a new outfit and a new Cravat every episode! He was last year named the worlds best food critic because of his dramatic passion for writing review for restaurants all around the world and was notoriously known for being a very tough food critic. The show was brilliant, most reality shows these days like Australian Idol, Big brother, etc. Are very dull because you can loose interest easily. I think this show deserves a big thumbs up, mainly because of the way it's presented and how dramatic it gets before the ad break and has great challenges like the Mystery Box, the Wedding Challenge, the Navy challenge, the Pressure tests and even the taste tests. These are all great examples of the show. I was a little disappointed how they said there's going to be a Celebrity Masterchef. Because i don't think it will have as much passion as the this one. The show could sometimes be a little boring but most of the time it was done really well and most people started to really get to no the final 8 cast like Julie, Poh, Justine, Lucas, Julia, Sam, Chris and Andre. They all became more and more interesting as the show progressed and it showed more about the people on it. And everyone had there favorite. Personally I thought Sam And Justine where great but Sam wasn't exactly good enough. And Andre was very passionate about cooking, Poh brought a nice quirky style of cooking to the show with crazy ideas and doing what she wants to do, Chris the Arrogent Beer Merchant from Melbourne Who was usually a great cook who enjoyed cooking with Beer and Pig, and he loved being the Villain of the show. He also made it to the final 3. And finally Julie who was your typical Mother who lives on the Central Coast and can get very stressful at times. But the show is great, overall a few problems and bores but does well and i hope it is as good next year because i think more people will have more to offer to the competition. Well done masterchef Australia!!!moreless

I have been watching cooking shows for a number of years now. Top Chef is still a great show. But these guys are amateurs. I think that brings a whole new level of identifiabilty to it. While I'm nowhere near this good it has given me lots of very interesting ideas.
Plus, the show is not so much about the drama, though it's very much there. There are no "villains" or "bad guys" or any of that crap that you usually find on Reality show competitions.
I have completely enjoyed watching this for the last 4 months.
And will eagerly watch it when it comes back in 2010.moreless