MasterChef 2014 Recap: Week 9 – Taking On The Judges!

The home cooks on MasterChef 2014 will not only be taking on each other tonight on Master Chef 2014, but they will also be taking on the MasterChef judges 2014 in the Mystery Box Challenge on MasterChef Season 5 tonight! I mean, they are home cooks and they are going to be taking on Gordon Ramsay and Graham Elliot in a challenge? Yeah, this might not end well for any of the home cooks remaining! Watch it with us during our MasterChef 2014 Recap and see who went home on MasterChef 2014 tonight!

Last week on MasterChef 2014 Season 5, the home cooks headed out to an American diner and were split into teams and took on creating their menu for the regular customers. We saw customers leaving because of slow service and some very satisfied customers at the same time. In the end, the men (plus Victoria) were the losing team and faced the Pressure Test of making a red velvet cake. It came down to Cutter and Dan and Dan failed big time with the actual cake and overcooked it, so the judges sent him home!

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Watch the Mystery Box Challenge and Elimination Test tonight on MasterChef 2014 with us! Who made it through tonight on MasterChef 2014 Season 5 and who was sent home? Find out in our recap that follows!

WARNING: MASTERCHEF 2014 SPOILERS AHEAD!

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Here we go…

MYSTERY BOX CHALLENGE: The home cooks come into the kitchen and the judges are standing in front of a huge box, so Cutter thinks he is at an advantage tonight because everything is bigger in Texas. They open their boxes and one single knife in the box! Under the huge box, Alaskan king salmon! They will each make a dish using the salmon. Gordon will filet a fish and Graham will cook it and Joe will cook it, so the judges are involved on this one! They have 60 minutes to create their dish.

Chef Ramsay got his fish done in five minutes and none of the home cooks were watching! Christine’s fish looks disastrous and Joe calls her out on it. Gordon said Elizabeth did very well. Graham is done cooking and Joe is starting to eat and they still have over 30 minutes to go! Elise starts shaking and asking for a medic! So, Elise has left the kitchen, but will she be back?? She returns with 20 minutes to remain and comes back to try and get something on the plate. Time runs out and time for the tasting of three standout dishes!

TASTING: First up is Christian. Chef Ramsay said the salmon is cooked beautifully and loves the heat coming through. Graham said the sauce is so full of flavors and one of the best he has put up. Joe said it is nothing he would ever order or cook, but it is tasty. Next up is Courtney. Graham said the fish is cooked beautifully and this dish is really awesome. Chef Ramsay said it is delicious and it eats easily. The dish comes from Elizabeth. Joe said it is ambitious to bake a salmon, but very well done and she might have a real winner on her hands. Chef Ramsay said the relish is delicious.

RESULTS: The judges discuss the three dishes and have picked a winner for tonight on Master Chef 2014! The winner is Christian, but we all saw that coming!

ELIMINATION TEST: Christian joins the judges in the pantry. He will not have to cook tonight for winning. The judges each bring out a basket and go out and pick ingredients that they like to cook with. Christian gets to pick which judges’ basket he wants the other home cooks to use tonight. Back in the kitchen and we find out the Christian chose Joe’s basket, which has a ton of wine in it! They have 60 minutes to create a dish, but before it starts they give Christian one more advantage: he gets to pick one home cook that will have only 30 minutes to cook their dish! No big shocker here, but he picks Courtney. They do not like each other at all, but she claims he wasted his advantage! What do you think?

The time starts and the judges are going around and Cutter is making a pizza, which Chef Ramsay is not impressed with. Ahran is making a dessert, which Joe said could be amazing and he will add it to his menu or it could be a big flop. Courtney gets to start her dish finally and we see Elise screwed up her pasta dough and she is ready to throw in the towel! I guess it is okay for Chef Ramsay to help her out? He gets some of that pasta and works it out for her and salvages some of it. Willie is making a tomato soup with a fried egg on it and flatbread, which Chef Ramsay questions for not going Italian with it. The time runs out and time to taste the dishes on MasterChef Season 5!

TASTING:

COURTNEY – Chef Ramsay likes it and said it looks like it took 60 minutes to make. Graham said for 30 minutes, she did a really great dish. Joe said she didn’t have much wiggle room and Christian may have wasted an advantage on her and she shielded it.

CUTTER – Chef Ramsay asked if he had only ten minutes to cook? Cutter claims it is an artisan pizza, but Chef Ramsay said he is not Stevie Wonder! He said it is not good enough and it is not MasterChef. Joe spits it out and said it is a waste of our time and his time in the kitchen.

LESLIE – Graham said great technique on the pasta, but he has to work on the plating and it could be something that gets him sent home later on.

WILLIE – Chef Ramsay said tomato soup with a fried egg on top does not float his boat and someone is going home tonight.

CHRISTINE – Joe said he expected a lot and she delivered a lot and it is quite good.

AHRAN – She is making a savory tiramisu. Chef Ramsay asked if she has been drinking? He did not think it would work, but tasting it and it is delicious!

ELIZABETH – Joe said this is an amazing dish and this is like taking a trip to Italy.

ELISE – Chef Ramsay asked why she gives up so easily and she said that she has lost some confidence in the kitchen. He said she is a smart, intelligent girl and does not understand how she can present a dish so bland and it tastes like she has given up!

RESULTS – The judges discuss the dishes and the two standout dishes of the night come from Ahran and Elizabeth (the winning dish tonight on Master Chef 2014) and they will be team captains next week. There are two dishes that were terrible tonight, so the judges as Elise and Cutter to come down. Cutter is coming across as very cocky tonight and I want him to go home (I mean, this is his fifth time in the bottom)! He survives elimination again though, as they send Elise home!

What do you think of the results on MasterChef 2014 Season 5 tonight?

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