Mumbrella will hold a live Google Hangout this afternoon with MasterChef: The Professionals judges Matt Preston and Marco Pierre White.
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Readers are invited to send questions via the comment thread of the article or on Twitter with the hashtag #AskMattNMarco.
The live video stream will appear on this post from 3pm Aest today.
Masterchef: The Professionals sees professional chefs do battle rather than the previous shows which have featured amateur cooks in competition. The series went on air on Sunday, with the second episode last night. Both episodes won their timelsots and topped 1m metro audiences.
Preston is a food writer and contributing journalist to the News Limited tabloids The Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph and The Courier-Mail. He has been a judge on Masterchef since the series began in 2009.
White is considered one of the top chefs and restauranteurs in the world. As a celebrity chef,...
Watch the replay:
Readers are invited to send questions via the comment thread of the article or on Twitter with the hashtag #AskMattNMarco.
The live video stream will appear on this post from 3pm Aest today.
Masterchef: The Professionals sees professional chefs do battle rather than the previous shows which have featured amateur cooks in competition. The series went on air on Sunday, with the second episode last night. Both episodes won their timelsots and topped 1m metro audiences.
Preston is a food writer and contributing journalist to the News Limited tabloids The Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph and The Courier-Mail. He has been a judge on Masterchef since the series began in 2009.
White is considered one of the top chefs and restauranteurs in the world. As a celebrity chef,...
- 1/22/2013
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
To no surprise, NBC has cancelled its latest foray into reality television. The show that has been on the "chopping block" since it premiered has come to an end. The network series has cancelled The Chopping Block.
Based on an Australian reality series of the same name, The Chopping Block stars celebrated chef and restaurateur Marco Pierre White (from the UK's Hell's Kitchen). The British Michelin star chef splits eight newbie cooks and restaurateurs up into two teams of four couples each. Each side is given an empty restaurant space in the middle of Manhattan. Working together, they must plan, open, and operate a restaurant in the most competitive city in the world.
In some ways, the series is similar to Fox's Hell's Kitchen show -- except that it didn't attract nearly as many viewers. The March 11th premiere attracted an embarrassing number of viewers, just 3.77 million with a 1.4/4 rating/share in the 18-49 demographic.
Based on an Australian reality series of the same name, The Chopping Block stars celebrated chef and restaurateur Marco Pierre White (from the UK's Hell's Kitchen). The British Michelin star chef splits eight newbie cooks and restaurateurs up into two teams of four couples each. Each side is given an empty restaurant space in the middle of Manhattan. Working together, they must plan, open, and operate a restaurant in the most competitive city in the world.
In some ways, the series is similar to Fox's Hell's Kitchen show -- except that it didn't attract nearly as many viewers. The March 11th premiere attracted an embarrassing number of viewers, just 3.77 million with a 1.4/4 rating/share in the 18-49 demographic.
- 3/27/2009
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
After a whopping three episodes aired, NBC has pulled the plug on the new cooking competition show The Chopping Block. It seems I barely put together an article on the thing, and though my reaction was rather middle-of-the-road, NBC needs a bit of a wake-up call. I didn't love the show, and though he may be a genius of the culinary world, Marco Pierre White just doesn't make for really entertaining television. My main problem with the show was the change in format, which didn't make any sense to me. But, none of that really matters. Whatever the ratings may do, pulling the plug on a competition show is like closing your restaurant after being open for two days. If you can't figure out a way to get enough viewers to make it through one run of a competition, don't play the game to start with. There are a lot...
- 3/27/2009
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
With many restaurant-themed reality series gaining momentum on television, NBC is looking forward to air one of its own piece, "The Chopping Block". The show put renown chef Marco Pierre White as the host, judge and role figure, but what exactly and how is it different from the rest are explained through the promo as well as clips.
The promo explains why Chef Marco is notorious, how the game will be played and what prize awaits for the winner. The three clips that are compiled in a player meanwhile, give a look on the teams, the first challenge they meet, the couples crashing in the kitchen, and Marco judging on the dishes.
To be premiered on March 11, the show sees cooks given a grilling over the course of the series. The teams, which are made up of couples, will be tested in challenges that vary from having less than a...
The promo explains why Chef Marco is notorious, how the game will be played and what prize awaits for the winner. The three clips that are compiled in a player meanwhile, give a look on the teams, the first challenge they meet, the couples crashing in the kitchen, and Marco judging on the dishes.
To be premiered on March 11, the show sees cooks given a grilling over the course of the series. The teams, which are made up of couples, will be tested in challenges that vary from having less than a...
- 3/6/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
NBC is bringing Last Restaurant Standing to America under the (apparently) hipper moniker The Chopping Block, and they've managed somehow to create a cooking/restaurant show that doesn't star Gordon Ramsay. This particular venture into culinary reality stars Marco Pierre White (at one time involved with the UK's version of Hell's Kitchen), Ramsay's mentor, competition, friend, and nemesis. Theirs is the most bizarre of relationships, which has found White appearing on Ramsay's BBC shows at one time, and the two feuding bitterly at others. Until now, only Ramsay has made his way to American television. Now White is crossing the pond with a show that has proven itself (at least to some degree) on BBC. Last Restaurant Standing has taken things on a slightly different spin, by giving couples restaurants to run, and closing one restaurant each week. The show stars restaurateur Raymond Blanc, and offers up weekly challenges and miles of critique.
- 3/2/2009
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
NBC gave a sneak peek to their new reality cooking show during the Super Bowl Xliii breaks. "The Chopping Block" is the latest TV show about cooking that offers more than chopping and presents the "world's greatest chef", Marco Pierre White (U.K.'s "Hell's Kitchen") as host.
"Before you kill something, think about it. Kill something for the right reasons. Kill it to eat it," Marco said in the commercial. Each week, eight teams will be split into two restaurants in the middle of Manhattan and compete against each other as well as thousands others in winning customers' favor.
Food critics are assigned to observe the chaos of the kitchen and White will provide his reviews. The team performing worst will plead the case in a trial where a couple will be sent home. "They do not know how hard it's gonna be," Marco said in the end of the ad.
"Before you kill something, think about it. Kill something for the right reasons. Kill it to eat it," Marco said in the commercial. Each week, eight teams will be split into two restaurants in the middle of Manhattan and compete against each other as well as thousands others in winning customers' favor.
Food critics are assigned to observe the chaos of the kitchen and White will provide his reviews. The team performing worst will plead the case in a trial where a couple will be sent home. "They do not know how hard it's gonna be," Marco said in the end of the ad.
- 2/3/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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