MasterChef contestant axed after ‘silly mistake’ ends chance of reaching the quarter-final
A MASTERCHEF contestant found themselves axed from the show after a “silly mistake” that left Gregg Wallace reeling.
Viewers of the BBC One contest were left equally as horrified at contestant Chaz served up what they called “raw” and “rank” chicken thighs on the programme.
The show’s first round saw contestants vying to make it through to the quarter finals.
Show judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace asked them to create dishes around one “basic ingredient”.
Chaz opted to theme his dish around chicken thighs but many viewers were left wishing that he hadn’t.
Amid some mishaps as he prepared his meal, the contestant looked nervous as he served up his chicken thighs coated in a fish caramel sauce, served with jasmine rice, topped with chilli peppers, chicken skin and a diced cucumber and radish salad.
John wasn’t happy that the thighs appeared to have been “left in the pan” which had caused them to become dry as well as branding his sauce “unusual” and “bitty”.
Gregg then said: “I think you need to work on presentation and I think those chicken thighs were a silly mistake.
“You would probably never make this at home.”
Chaz admitted he had “mixed emotions” amid the feedback but fans were staunchly critical of what he had to serve up.
One fuming fan said: “Those chicken thighs look raw on my screen, they look so vile and the sauce sounds equally as rank.”
Another added: “Was that chicken cooked??”
A third then penned: “Looks like raw chicken!”
Someone else echoed: “That chicken looks raw to me. Not that I’m an expert.”
While another was left unhappy with the whole episode as they said: “Straight in the bin… all of em.”
Sadly for Chaz, his “silly mistake” saw him axed for good from the contest as Gregg and John chose for him to leave the competition.
