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Post by SeaDragon on Jul 23, 2019 21:52:06 GMT 10
Knew that would happened, LOL, getting extra time to perfect the dishes and won. Simon and Tessa probably planned their dishes to fit in with the time constraint, but hey, that never worked in MasterChef kitchen.
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Post by awesomeporcupine on Jul 23, 2019 22:01:25 GMT 10
Wonder if MasterChef India will grab the 3 judges now? LOL
The IPL of masterchef, LOL
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Post by awesomeporcupine on Jul 23, 2019 22:04:46 GMT 10
Big if true
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Post by lp on Jul 23, 2019 23:40:10 GMT 10
From The Daily Telegraph
A week after being fined for underpaying his restaurant staff almost $8 million, George Calombaris and his fellow judges have negotiated themselves out of Master Chef — reportedly after demanding a 40 per cent pay rise and a slice of international profits.
Calombaris, Matt Preston and Gary Mehigan are now believed to be eyeing a multimillion-dollar deal with Netflix or Amazon Prime.
It comes after the trio formed their own production company, GGM Pty Ltd, to sell themselves to Ten as a package deal.
It had made contract talks “difficult,” Ten’s chief executive Paul Anderson said, denying the network had sought to dump Calombaris after the wages scandal.
The three judges are understood to have wanted more time off to pursue other projects, while almost doubling their TV earnings estimated currently about $400,000 to $600,000 per judge each season.
Mehigan on Tuesday night said the contract dispute “was never about the money and never will be about the money” but rather having “more free time to explore our own creativity”.
“The opportunity to work with Matt and George has been a blessing and something I cherish,” he said.
“Working together will continue to be the most important thing for us … the three musketeers.”
Calombaris added “the dates just didn’t align” for a new deal, while Preston said he was leaving “with a heavy heart” because “we were really keen to continue but we were unable to agree to all terms for the new contract”.
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Post by SeaDragon on Jul 24, 2019 8:58:24 GMT 10
Looks like the producers are back on track with their alternate male/female winners, apart from the off course in season 8.
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Post by awesomeporcupine on Jul 24, 2019 10:24:33 GMT 10
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Post by SeaDragon on Jul 24, 2019 11:19:43 GMT 10
LOL, that was quick with the fake news. Isn't Maggie on Great Australian Bake Off? Not sure she has time to host 2 shows. I also don't want to see ex-contestants as judges, not enough experience. People like Poh and Matty Sinclair are also just starting out in their business, not sure they want to be away for half a year.
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Post by lp on Jul 24, 2019 11:57:48 GMT 10
No way they will pick past contestants to be judges. They dont have enough food knowledge.
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Post by SeaDragon on Jul 24, 2019 15:46:01 GMT 10
Suggestion for new judges...
What about Alastair McLeod, and Adrian Richardson, both of whom also became well known after appearing on Ready, Steady, Cook (Gary and George, even Manu all became well known doing that show), Adrian also took over the reins from Gary on Good Chef Bad chef. Alastair would be a fun addition, Adrian can spin a yarn, both good personality for TV, LOL. For someone more unknown to TV, Rodney Dunn? Trying to think of a female judge, Kirsten Tibballs?
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Post by awesomeporcupine on Jul 24, 2019 17:18:25 GMT 10
tvtonight.com.au/2019/07/ex-masterchef-judges-eye-streaming-future.html> Others suggest they agreed to an offer of more than $1 million each but remained at loggerheads with 10 over the length of their new contracts. While 10 wanted to extend their contracts until the end of next year – Preston, Mehigan and Calombaris insisted upon an August 2020 expiry, to negotiate with rival media companies. Curious about a contract that runs until the end of the calendar year considering that is usually part way through filming a season
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Post by SeaDragon on Aug 5, 2019 16:21:53 GMT 10
UK Masterchef: The professionals is coming to SBS Food on August 19, 2019!
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Post by SeaDragon on Aug 19, 2019 14:47:23 GMT 10
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Post by SeaDragon on Aug 19, 2019 14:50:46 GMT 10
This is quite interesting, CBS may want to broadcast the show in the US if they want to film some episodes in the US? Curtis is well known in the US with his shows on Food Network.
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Post by SeaDragon on Aug 20, 2019 19:57:42 GMT 10
Watching the UK Masterchef The Professionals for the first time, and how refreshing it is to see the judges are actually judging properly on all aspects of cooking. They made Gary's, George's and Matt's judging style very amateurish indeed, LOL...
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Post by SeaDragon on Aug 26, 2019 7:42:38 GMT 10
I have created a new thread for season 12, also moved a couple of posts regarding season 12 news from here over there.
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