Things are really heating up in the MasterChef kitchen (literally and metaphorically) so now they’ve started bringing in the big guns when it comes to guest judges. Tonight, we were graced by Nigella Lawson‘s presence.
Having Nigella’s energy in the kitchen completely changed things up. But perhaps most importantly was her soft and, dare I say, seductive narration of all things food.
Imagine what MasterChef would be like if every episode was narrated by Nigella.
OH MY GOD HOLOGRAM NIGELLA IS EVEN BETTER THAN I IMAGINED ITS LIKE SHE ASTRAL PROJECTED #masterchefau
— aliya عالية (@_aloo_gobi) April 25, 2021
Oh thank god it’s Nigella night on #masterchefau. Soothe me, my queen.
— Sam van Zweden (@samvanzweden) April 25, 2021
Anyway, being an elimination episode, things kicked off with a taste test involving 18 different flavours of biscuit.
It looked yum, tbh.
The contestants opening up their biscuit tins for the taste test… #MasterChefAU pic.twitter.com/pwnlfnxptZ
— Tas Mavridis (@Tas_Mavridis) April 25, 2021
First contestant to finish a pack of these with no milk, tea or water gets an immunity pin #MasterChefAU pic.twitter.com/8vIKapeMDx
— anthony (@IceCreamTony) April 25, 2021
But Brent, bless his heart, had been sucking on some peppermint breath mints while walking in the studio.
Now every single biscuit had strong minty overtones, which is far from ideal in a taste test.
Oh no!
Rookie error chewing mints before going into the #masterchefau kitchen.
— Nez (@fraggle73) April 25, 2021
Contestants then moved on to the pressure test, which involved recreating a rhubarb and meringue cake from Nigella’s description.
The good news for us was that we had to listen to even more of Nigella’s hypnotic narration.
Nigella’s description is basically every cooking blog post ever that goes on and on about the ‘story behind the dish’ while I sprain a thumb scrolling down as quickly as possible to get the damn RECIPE #MasterChefAU
— Fiza Zali (@fizawanders) April 25, 2021
Can @Nigella_Lawson narrate my life though. She makes everything sound delicious. #MasterChefAU pic.twitter.com/mamU1c9acA
— Kris (@aminutewithkris) April 25, 2021
#MasterchefAU me trying to follow nigella lawson instructions pic.twitter.com/YDrrP0LYmh
— yeah yeah its anne (@annabell_JG) April 25, 2021
Nigella giving instructions on #MasterChefAU pic.twitter.com/1kXCPLlleM
— Victor Kalka (@victorkalka) April 25, 2021
Then, for some reason, everyone started dunking on Brent.
It was pretty funny tho.
https://twitter.com/KrissiAmiet/status/1386258331010883584
Say it! #masterchefau pic.twitter.com/HsbTCR6n1p
— Felicity Watson (@felixexplody) April 25, 2021
Getting these vibes from Brent 😄🎂…#MasterchefAU pic.twitter.com/41qDvQVdij
— Hanny Bee 🐝 (@Hanniebee852) April 25, 2021
The low point of the night was watching YoYo open her oven, only to find that her rhubarb looked like the shrapnel of exploded coral.
At that very moment, you could feel a very slight seismic disruption from the force of jaws hitting the floor around Australia. That was a foreboding mini-disaster if ever there was one.
When I tell you I let out the biggest gayest gasp at Yoyo’s rhubarb, I- #MasterChefAU
— Trent ✌🏻 (@trent_vu) April 25, 2021
Oh god YoYo’s rhubarb #MasterChefAU pic.twitter.com/9SgezAFBFH
— Fiza Zali (@fizawanders) April 25, 2021
the way my whole family just gasped when yoyo checked her rhubarb #MasterChefAU pic.twitter.com/yrUu3cssPE
— danz (@palebrowneyezz) April 25, 2021
The way I screamed when Yoyo checked on her rhubarb… 😭#MasterChefAU
— Love Yourself Babe ❤️ (@ms_chihera) April 25, 2021
Can YoYo use the ‘I’m just a tradie’ excuse? #Masterchefau
— 9 grimy toes (@LindaFothergill) April 25, 2021
After the contestants plated up, it was time for Nigella to zoom off home.
https://twitter.com/fiddy_kay/status/1386270964426502155
How is Nigella effortlessly turning the right way to look at Jock when I can’t even look at my webcam properly for Zoom #MasterChefAU
— Lynn K. (@_lynnnnk) April 25, 2021
It was a hard challenge, so the contestants did pretty well, all things considered.
The real challenge should be to duplicate one of these bad boys #MasterChefAU pic.twitter.com/mMJBkpFoEI
— Jono (@jonokik) April 25, 2021
Looks aren’t everything 😳
Nigella vs. Contestants pic.twitter.com/1Qyt2JR89m
— Dave (@davey0511) April 25, 2021
But sadly for YoYo (and her incredible earring collection) her cake, or more specifically, her rhubarb, just wasn’t up to scratch.
Everyone talking about the Tominator, but y’all see how stone cold badass YoYo is under pressure?#masterchefau
— しば オタク – THE TSUNDERE FROM DOWN UNDERE! (@shroomkin82) April 25, 2021
Does former contestant Khanh have anything to add about our national encounter with Nigella? Why yes, he does.
100% would have interpreted a cold anglais as ice cream and probs been sent home #masterchefau
— khanh (@khanhong) April 25, 2021
Same, tbh.
