Gregg Wallace off of TV's Masterchef

[Ajay]

Please feel free to print off this photo and affix to your dartboard, or mutilate in anyway you see fit.
Is there a more annoying "personality" on British TV (not including John Barrowman, obviously) than this sweet-toothed, gurning, strange-skulled, Millwall Hoolie greengrocer?
How a contestant hasn't decked him before now is beyond me.
His performance last night was sublime, beyond parody.
And whilst I'm here, what is it with Masterchef anyway, Wallace and his antipodean pal send the wannabes on a Michelin starred odyssey, only to be judged in the end by them - a gastropub journeyman and a veg wholesaler.....

 

[ASC1951]

The format is rather predictable, like most of these shows, but I can't say find either of them particularly annoying. It's only about ponced-up food, not something that matters.

 

[snorri]

Whew! I do hope you feel better after getting that off your chest!

 

[zizou]

 

[User169]

Wallace and his antipodean pal send the wannabes on a Michelin starred odyssey, only to be judged in the end by them - a gastropub journeyman and a veg wholesaler.....

Seems entirely appropriate.

 

[vernon]

I used to suffer in silence but I found the cure.

I no longer watch master chef.

 

[asterix]

He's not Simon Cowell. Nothing else matters.

 

[mangaman]

Never mind.

At least the right contestant won I feel.

The standard was the highest this year I can remember - some unbelievable food in that final.

And I think it's reasonable to get food professionals who aren't considered the best to judge the amateurs. The professional version has Michel Roux Jr - who is far more critical, which is about right judging professionals.

Next it's time for.... The Apprentice. Unbeatable stuff

 

[mangaman]

Uncle M - these are some of the brightest young entrepeneurs in the country - brought to London to face the ultimate job interview (cue gratuitous helicopter shots of the Gherkin, which has nothing to do with Srrrr Alan) etc etc.

Then let them loose in a brewery with 3 days to organise a piss up and Team Dyspraxia only order non-alcoholic drinks and Team Idiocy only invite teetotallers.

Srrr Alan gets cross, Nick frowns a lot, one team wins and goes on a crap "prize" like a night in the VIP suite at the Brentwood branch of Mecca Bingo, while the losers go to "the grim cafe of doom" and stab each others' backs for a while.

Srrr Alan then fires one.

And repeat for about 3 months - what's not to like?

 

[2PedalsTez]

My local newspaper had an article on one of the contestants from the upcoming apprentice who has also won one of the episodes of that awful game show hosted by Richard Hammond. I think that speaks volumes about both of the game shows and the people that take part in them.

 

[User169]

My local newspaper had an article on one of the contestants from the upcoming apprentice who has also won one of the episodes of that awful game show hosted by Richard Hammond. I think that speaks volumes about both of the game shows and the people that take part in them.

Hope you're not talking about Total Wipeout - that's ruddy brilliant!

 

[mangaman]

Hope you're not talking about Total Wipeout - that's ruddy brilliant!

Delftse, do you just have access to British TV via your cable/satellite system or can you pick up UK TV in the Netherlands?

Or does Dutch TV broadcast the UK version of Total Wipeout?

 

[martint235]

I hope you don't mind, but I fixed a small typeo in your post.

 

[ianrauk]

Nothing, but NOTHING, beats Come Dine With Me.

Nothing but NOTHING beats Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.....

 

[2PedalsTez]

Hope you're not talking about Total Wipeout - that's ruddy brilliant!