MasterChef Australia - Season 18 Part 1 (w/ Christian Gillett)

BURRATA! That’s right kids. It’s MChef szn and Daddy Christian is back to chat shit on the couch with Sam. We’re talking all things JC’s glow up, our Vinnie obsession, the lesbian mafia on the season and more! Plus we dive into Netflix’s Kylie doco, The Traitors Trailer and a schedule update for the pod. Bon apetit.

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This podcast was produced on the land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. Welcome to Australia. Someone who is such a connoisseur of reality television. The content is hideous. Oh my god. It's been a lifetime. Oh, you know, just living my best life in this, you know, peaceful world that we're fighting ourselves in at the moment. Great, yeah. Yeah. You've been running around, you've been in Radalay. Yes, I was. I was up there seeing my beautiful friend Teddy in uh production of The Importance of Being Ernest, which was wonderful. Hit it very popping up, of course. Can I just say I have a feeling that that might be my favourite gay bar in Australia? I think it's mine. I think it is incredible. So it's in an old synagogue and it's got this incredible multi-level thing. Gorgeous building. The standard of Queens is extraordinary. Shout out Cain and Abel. And Allah. I think it's Allah or Ali's Allie. Oh, I'm thinking of Eve L. There is this gorgeous calamitable. They're young and hot. They're young and hot. But the production Adelaide. It's got that country town vibe still. But the production values of the drag shows, fantastic. It was a Kylie birthday celebration. Yes. Um, it was, yeah, I always have such a great time when I go there. It feels very low pressure as well. It's really welcoming. We need to. If you're in Adelaide, go there. Oh, we do. Kylie, the three-part Netflix documentary series. I this is gonna be the theme of today's episode because we all know I cry, I'm a master chef crier. Yeah. I cried in that documentary. Pretty much start to finish. Absolutely. But for no good reason. Just that I was like, oh my god, this woman is like so important. Well, yeah, and I think it's that's the thing. It's the reaction to someone that means so much to us as Australians and as queer people. Yes. Um this suburban woman who's, you know, nothing special, but that's why she's special. That's the thing. And it's but the thing is she's just pure kindness. Yeah. And that's why we connect with her, and you just know that what you see is what you get. And it's I actually think it's a really incredibly well-made document. Very well made. They they mentioned the men, but it wasn't all about them and her relationships with them, but they were mentioned. Yeah. Uh they mentioned the cancer, but in like a I thought very tasteful way. Yeah. In and a and of course in a way that made you like hate the media for like hanging out the front of that house. Yeah, in Baldwin. Yeah. Those hideous gates to the driveway. That was like, come on, people. Yeah, like come on. She's just going to dad walk the dog. Yeah, she's undergoing cancer treatment. She's not, you know, it's not, you know, that doesn't warrant hounding, you know. Like, give us some privacy. It's really well done. And they had I loved all the the like UK music producers, that like first guy that was like, Alright, I haven't got long. Like, I know they trolled him. And they wrote a song in 20 minutes. I should be so lucky. Yeah. Banger. Yeah, exactly. But like, I love that they, you know, he's really one of the people responsible for her success. But then at the same time, they kind of showed him in this light of like, this is just a fucking this guy's just churning through healing. He doesn't give a fuck about her. Couldn't care less. And it was just like, you know, when he talks about like when she leaves him, it was just kind of like She's like, bad. Yeah, it was an ego. He was, I think he was perceived. And then that's when the party got started for Giles. Like, you'd think it would be like a oh, you think you can do this on your own, good luck doll. But the story really is like, yeah, people didn't take it seriously. You know, God forbid a woman, a pop girly, try and do some different things. Exactly. Which can I say? We're not even that crazy. No. But everyone's like and a girl clutched. You know the thing that I found really interesting was the indie era that was discussed, which was a big part in episode two, was how um, you know, how much of a flop it was considered, but also how, in hindsight, is now one of her most cherished eras. You're like my favourite like the best, yeah, yeah. Like Confide in Me, all that stuff. I mean, I loved seeing the stuff with Nick Cave. I thought that was really interesting to see that um and that amazing footage of her reading I should be so lucky as a poem and that poet thing. Um, I just that was great. That showed how much she can take the piss herself. She knows she's not this like powerhouse vocalist or like boundary pushing artist when has she ever claimed to be anyone? No, exactly. She's a performer, and she's got a voice that she knows what she does can do with it and doesn't push it. Danny was great in it. I gotta say, I would have actually liked a little bit more Danny. Agreed, I would have liked more Danny. And they had some weird shots of her that were homophobic. Yeah, I know. She wasn't very well lit. We could have had at least one like Danny track in there too. No, I begin to wonder, nothing. No, like at least just show us. I don't know, because I love me some Danny. So I would have loved that. But also, I'm not complaining, it was it was 10 out of 10. Yeah, and and look, if I wasn't um pissing tears in episode two with the Michael Hutchins stuff, it's like Can I say we are we're being fed. So on the pod, we've just come out of the we're officially out of the off season people. Yeah, well done. So I've had a few random apps. Um, thank you to my guests who came on then, had a fun chat with Josh Maloney about Dead by Daylight, my new gaming obsession. Oh yes. Um, had a chat with Richard Caldwell about his podcast, Malinated in Melbourne, all about being black and American and living in Melbourne. Fun little apps, go check them out. Um if you haven't already. But we're being fed soon. Have you seen the trailer for the traitors? Oh yes, of course. How could you miss it? It was on every possible uh social account. Yeah. Like from Gretels to like the survivor one, to like the Master Chef one. They're like Elvins in it. I know until August. I was like, you put in that up? I know. You got the episodes ready to go, drop it. But they're obviously doing it at the end of Master Chef. So yeah, exactly. So we know we've got two months left of MCH. So we're gonna do everything that's happened in MasterChef to date today in a whirlwind tour. Yeah, I know, and there's a lot of episodes, and then we'll get you back at the end of the season check in about that, and then we'll commence um The Traders, Australia Season Three, The New Era with Gretel. So when I was last on the show, I had never watched The Traders. And now I have watched about a million seasons. Because it's it's crazy. But the UK is my favourite. Oh my god, Claudia is just she's everything you want in a in a British TV reality host. And obviously, the Aussie and Kiwi producers saw that and went, oh, and they fired both of their male hosts. Yes, absolutely correct. Both queens. Perfect. Yep. Um, yeah, I started watching the Kiwi one. There's two episodes out. Yeah. Because they're doing like a Australia, uh, sorry, like a UK US thing where they shoot them in the same set back to back. So I'm kind of curious. I was like, oh, I'm gonna watch this and see like what we're in for. Um and it's good, it looks great, the location's really cool. Um Gretel in the original promo looked terrible. Yeah, like the one from months ago that Annabelle and I shaded, and I need to issue an apology. Now that we've seen more, the styling looks good, relaxed. She's got ridiculous costumes on, she comes out of a coffin at one. And it's was the right choice. And it's gonna be a big real housewives reunion on that show by the looks of it on that trailer. Chrissy Marsh ate the promo. Oh, she did. She's like, my daughters think I'm a fucking I'm gonna be killed off first. And a bit of gamble. Bit of gamble. Not much of my boyfriend from um Bondi. Yeah, no, the what's Aussie Shaw? Oh, Monarchy. I think at the end, yeah. Oh, there's a little bit of Menarch. Yes. But I love you, Menaraki. Reese Nicholson ate the promo. Yep. He's talked about Gretel being camp. Yep, very good. Love that. Oh my earrings. I was like, great. Yeah, yeah, I'm excited. Yeah, and before then, I'm gonna be recapping this new stand show turned on. I watched the first step. 36 Millionaire. I watched the first step. And I'm look, I will be watching. So we'll be maybe on my makeup. So starting next week, um, I'll be recapping that every week, but high-level thoughts, incredible production. Oh my god. The theme song? I also it was unexpected, a bit AI opening credits, but I'll skip them that's like fits but it fits the vibe of the show. But I will say I didn't expect it to be basically real Housewives for OnlyFans creators. I had no idea that it was gonna be that. Yeah. Because I thought it was gonna be more like hard hitting. No, it's I'm glad it's not. No, I'm there. Seems to be some wine thrown at some point that was in the trailer. And we've obviously we've got a big gap before the next episode because obviously they did a pilot and then it got a green light, so it's a good eight months later. So we've got to be a little bit more. It's very Mormon wives. It is, yeah. It's gonna be great. I'm I'm in for the long haul, I think, at this point. Love that one. They've got pre-existing scandal, so it's eight episodes of that. So yeah, come on, Mum, we can tell you about that. And then I did a deep dive and looked up all of their um accounts and Twitters and everything, which is great. So fabulous girls. And Darius. Oh, I know, bless him. He's just along for the ride. Oh my god, I have so much to say about Darius. You'll have to wait till next week, so dolls. Um, also, it's the finale of Below Deck Down Under this week, which I've been recapping. I love Below Deck Down Under. This season was easily the best one. Yeah. I'm not just saying that because I want you to all go and subscribe to Patreon, which I do want you to do. Um, but yeah, so that that'll be the last one. And then I can now reveal that after that I'm doing gonna do a classic season on the paywall feed, which will start with Popstars season one. We're gonna do Yeah. Because it's all on YouTube, isn't it? Yes, so you can watch along. So we're going back to 2001, I believe that was. Or 2000. It's pretty terrifying when you watch it back. Yes, it's in every way, shape, and form. See if that holds up. So if you want to join us for that unhinged journey, um go over to Patreon or Apple subscriptions and join me there. Or if you want to support the show in another way and you don't want to throw coins at me, that's fine. Give me a nice review. Um share it on. Tell someone that you like uh about it. Yeah, go give me a YouTube follow. I don't know. Let's get into fucking Master Chef. MasterChef. Yeah, season 18. What are your high-level thoughts so far? Um, so I don't think there's a clear favourite, interestingly. Well, can I say we are stacked? This cast is stacked because last year was All Stars, right? Yeah, sorry, back to when. So we've got freshies. Yep. Is that the first time we've got freshies with these hosts? I think so. It might be. Yeah. And they're very there's a lot of very green people, but also interestingly, the influence of social media and everything. A lot of them are already on there. A lot of them have been doing this, so it's almost like they've been preparing for it. Yeah. And this is kind of how you get in nowadays. Oh, I know it's exhausting, but turned into a bit of a machine. Yeah, hasn't it? Absolutely has, but no clear, I don't think there's a clear favourite. We need to discuss JC's glow-up. I know. Oh my god, the haircut, the she's been looks maxing. Oh, yeah, absolutely. She looks great. And and I think I think what's happened is old Jean Christophe signed up to the the show last year, didn't really know how big it was, didn't really know what it was. I think he's been overwhelmed by the response, and now he's like all in because it's like a different person. Oh, it is, and he's kind of like giving us Mark Holden vibes in like the slap on the table, the but I love it. He's gotten into it, and he's like, Oh, I do not know like what this what is this Australian thing. And then he'll be like, but fantastic. Yeah, he's he's he's leaned even further into the Mark Holden from last season. Yeah. I'm all about it. No, I think so, and he looks great. Looks great. Great blow-up. Sophia and Poe look incredible, good styling. Andy, we all know, I struggle with at times, but I've got to say, I find him quite fuckable this season. Oh, yeah. Still some like questionable outfit choices. They're getting better with the styling with Andy. Yeah, yeah. The t-shirts are better than when it's like the big baggy like suit glazes. Yeah. No. But no, he is looking quite delicious. So he's a handsome man. He's a very handsome man, yeah. Agreed. It's a fun show. It is a fun show, and it's so wholesome. It is nice to like at the end of a day know that you have this wholesome show, which is about people being nice to each other and just making food. It's full winter vibes. Yeah, absolutely. Cozy. Um let's go through the cast. Okay, we're gonna start with Aaron. We're doing alphabetical because that's how it is on Temple. Aaron. Yes, gorgeous. Gorgeous. I think he might be my crush. Oh, he's your crush, really. Well, obviously, there's another one. Yeah, who's my crush? Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've discussed already. Yeah. Woof woof, our little cub. Um, but no, we'll start with Aaron. I think he's just his vibes are so cute. He's the one who's like, my girlfriend told me I had to do it. Yeah. And I'm like, And it was, you know, it I was like when it was the top 40, which is exhausting because I don't remember any of them. But like, you know, I loved the narrative they were building around him. I thought it was really yeah. He um and he's just delightful. He's delightful. So cute. Yeah. Um, Alita is next. She was our half-Puvian diva. Um who at the start I was like, so into it, and then at one episode, I was like, oh, you're annoyed. Yeah, agreed. I was very annoyed. It was when she said burrata. I know. Like that, like about a hundred times in one sentence, and I was like, diva. Agreed, agreed. But I um the burrata, yeah, that really shat me, actually. Now that I'm thinking about that in a while. But she was kind of like cringy in like a wholesome way. I was kind of here for her. Um, yeah, we can just share here. Yeah, I'm gonna have to look at these now because there's a lot of things. I'll zoom in. So that was a leader. Uh Aliana. I like Alyona, heaven. Love, love, love. Um, Russian diva, but like grew up in Estonia. Yeah. Incredible. Sorry, we haven't really had that kind of cultural representation, which is great. I love Eastern European food, yeah. Um, and like Baltic food. So yeah, I'm excited. When every time she gets the sour cream out, I'm like, fuck yeah. Yeah, she's great. Um, love her. No no it's okay. We're getting into fangirl territory now. Annabelle obsessive she's so great. And she's great TV as well. She's literally reminds me of. Do you remember the girls in high school that played footy? Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's the girl in high school that played footy. Yeah. Not Netball. She's like, fuck that. Yeah. That's for girls. So good. So good. She's awesome. And I just love her energy, and she's always second guessing herself, and she's always, but then most of the time, just absolutely kills it. I died on like the week where they were like, all right, everyone, you have to do family nostalgia. And she's like, I'm a fucking white chick from the birds. What am I supposed to make? I was like, I was like, that's what I was thinking. Give us your bangers and match. Yeah, exactly. I'm like, you're not gonna wow the um the judges with your like Nigerian roots in this story. No, you're not gonna be like, like literally, you have to come on, yeah, give us something good. No, we we love Annabelle. She's she's yeah, fabulous. Uh Belinda was the mum who left us quite early on, and for good reason, I guess. I also really can't remember her story. She was mumpsy. Yeah. Uh same with Bella. I like little Bella. Bella was gorgeous. Yeah. Gone too soon, perhaps? Maybe, yeah. It's just stacked season. She was a baby as well. She was so wasn't she like seven, eighteen. There are some chills on this season. Yeah, absolutely. We'll get to Old Mate soon. The ten are pushing. Oh, I know that narrative, and I'm like, I'm like, but the it's very inconsistent. He hasn't really yeah, we'll get there. Um Casper. I like Casper. Casper's gorgeous. He's I'm gonna call him a food nerd. Yeah, he's very into the like science behind it, I think. You can tell he's like hang hung out with like a hospital crowd. Yeah, because he's uses the same language that like my hospow mates use. Um but he's just loves food. Yeah. And he's kind of killing it. He is, he's finalist, yeah. And he's not like he's not showy, yeah, but he's consistent. And I think that's that's what gets you through to the end. And I think he's getting more comfortable on camera. Yeah. Because there's a few nerds this season that like aren't giving us TV moments, but they're very like good at the show. Yeah, exactly. Lovely dot. Dot lovely dot. Dot when so the first few episodes when Dot was being introduced to us, I was like, who is this heavenly creature? Gorge, yeah. Then she started opening up, she's like, you know, gotta wear my nice dress. And blah blah blah blah blah. Then when it was revealed to us that she was like leaving the show temporarily to go and marry her wife, I was like, Queen alert. The lesbian representation on this season has been tremendous. So good. Like it's been stacked actually. It's been it felt like yeah. This season's for the girls, it's for the girls and about time. We've had enough, you know. But Dot, there was a line she was like, I've already picked out my dress, so I hope I get up on the gantry. Oh I was like, Ah What a quain. So yeah, we're loving the lesbian representation this year. So so good. Living for her. Um, who we go next? Oh, Grace. Really? So this is like between Grace and Annabelle, my kind of like they're literally girls I went to fucking high school with that I just vibe with. I want this business Grace has where she throws you a dinner party or whatever. Like she's like a child and has formulated this catering company with her friends. How fun does that sound? Yeah. No, she's great. Like it looks incredible, and just really interesting with her flavours and it doesn't always work, but she takes risks and she's Oh, she's using leaves, it's like lemon leaf ice. I know bitch. I know, that was unexpected. I won't eat that. Yeah, she's great, she's really good, and yeah. And she's like 12 years old. Anyone that's got a business at that age, Jesus. They're all like too good. Hannah, I'm struggling with. Yeah, I'm not relating very hard. Yeah. She's trying so hard. Yeah. I think she's doing the most. I want her to take a breath. Yeah. She's very like yeah, West Australia mum. There was this bit where she was like, oh, making a little sword salad. That's right. And I was like, okay. I don't know. I was like, blessed, but also I don't know. She's not like I there hasn't been a dish that I've been like, fuck yeah. But she's also, she's in this, in it for the mums watching. Totally. She's making mountains move whilst raising a million children. So to that I say slay. And yeah, any mum that has the energy to cook meals like this when they've got a family. Um, cutie alert. Next we're gonna talk about Jack. Very cute. So can we so you haven't seen Obsession yet, have you? We're talking before. And I it's I'm a horror nerd, and I'm gonna I know. I'm not saying a thing, I don't want to spoil it, but the lead in obsession looks like Jack. Yeah. Like so much. And everyone says his lead looks like Charlie Kirk as well. Oh, really? Yeah, it's been on Twitter, yeah. Yeah, because he's it is a bit Charlie Kirk. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because he's kind of got like that square face, it looks like he's been doing a little looks maxing as well. They've all all the boys have been getting on the tools. Oh, I know, they have, haven't they? The eyebrows. He is just a fucking sweetheart. Yeah, very, very sweet. He wants it bad though. Like so is he the one that went to like Callum's like school for Culinary Children's Culinary Children. He's been into the fucking Callum's Hogwarts. But yeah, babe. And he's yeah, he wants it. But I don't know if he's ready. No, and I'm not he is fading into the background a bit for me. Yeah, I'm not seeing us. Oh, bah. Not in the background is Fredar. Oh yes. Um, but yeah, not I'm not coming away from episodes remembering him a lot. No, because there are just so many huge personalities. So many huge personalities and stunning divas. Um Jackie is next. I love Jackie. And it's really interesting with Jackie because I think I feel like she's kind of a bit of an underdog to root for. Yes. And there's She's had a few stumbles. She's had a she's had a lot of stumbles. But did she also like won a pin? I know. And she, you know, as we find out, very wisely uses it. Yes. But she um she there's something about her because the second guessing nature about her is something that I think is really relatable as an audience member because it's like, especially if you are somebody that's not great in the kitchen, to see someone that is good in the kitchen second guess themselves, go through shambles. Yeah. Like if I was on this show, I would be her. I'd be like, yeah, I'm terrified. Like it's a terrifying show. Oh god, yeah. And imagine like the pressure that you have to go in there with a knowledge of stuff that most of us have no clue what the fuck it even is to begin with. I know. No, love, love, Jackie. Um, Jeff. Poor Jeff poor Jeff is rainbow apron. We love Jeff. Jeff was cute, um, gave it a red hot go. But I think, yeah, that's one that's like why I would never go on the show, because I too, Jeff, am a big Master Chef fan. And I think I need to stay stay in your lane, stay in your lane. Yeah, and it's the same thing we see on you know drag, right? Some of these queens are great in real life, but they get on the show and they can't do it. Jeff could pivot to drag. There we go. Done. I don't know. Love and light to Jeff. Uh, Kanica. She went too soon, I think. I thought so too, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that was unexpected. That was unexpected, yeah. Because I love every season we always have at least one, if not more, kind of like strong South Asian women who are just like, no, no, like all I'm gonna do is just like all of these incredible, like street. And I'm gonna throw spices at you, spices at you, things you've never heard of, and every time they're the one where I'm like, I want to eat all of that. Yeah. Um, but then what did she go out on again? Maybe it's in my notes. It'll be in, yeah. It was something, and I was like, I was bummed. Um, Lucy. Lucy's a cutie. Too many gorgeous girlies this year. They are stunners, stunners and just so friendly. Um, she's another one that will be missed. Yep. Um, but it made sense. Alright, this is the one we have a lot to say about Luke. Yeah. What is the is Luke like a Nepo or something? Like, because from the very first episode, narrative, narrative, narrative, it has been Willy won't he, Willy won't he. He does get into the He's getting the Robert Irwin edit. He is, and like he's just turned 18, lady. And he's an absolute sweetheart, he's so passionate about food, but he's so green, and he's really inconsistent. I say he as somebody who can barely, you know, eat a boiler. Oh, he's doing great, but like a means how hard they're pushing him. I'd like stop that. I know, and it's just like Yeah. And I don't know if they're getting off on the fact that like he is bombing out a lot, and they're trying, but it's yeah, I think they like the story. They love the story that he's so so so young. Yeah. Um, and he's really enthusiastic and cute. Yeah, I don't know. It just it feels weird to me. Yeah, and nothing against you though. I think he's gorgeous, like nothing against him. It's just the way he's being sort of like positioned in the show, and you're right, it was that it was the first episode, those auditions, yeah. It was like down to the wire with him, and I'm like, oh, they are they are getting him into our hearts and minds. Yeah, and I'm like, obviously they've filmed the whole thing, yeah. So it's like obviously he's in for a long haul, but yeah, um, yeah, there's something there that I'm just like, I can't quite work out. He cannot be in the end. No, no, absolutely not. Anyway, from youngest to oldest question mark. And my fucking favourite, like Lydia. So Lydia's the one where like I want to eat the shit out of everything she makes. And where you were saying about the South Um Asian girlies that are all about Indian food, this woman is all about Greek food. Which is my favourite food, or one of. And I just those fucking, those deep fried The Lucomartis. I know, right? I had like a full erection watching her make those. I'm like, they need to get down to that in the West Melbourne shop and put them in. Yeah, get it, do a collab with her. Do they do savory looking? No, but they bloody well should get in touch with Lydia and give her some money. Bacon thing, and I love she's just like, oh, she's so whatever about it, and then just plates up this like stunning stunning food, but also like is really all about bringing it back to her heritage, which I really like, and normally sometimes you get a bit tired of that. But I'm like, fuck yeah, take a Greek dish and mess with it and bring in other interesting flavours and stuff. She's great. Meg's, I don't remember. I don't remember at all. Sorry, sorry, Meg. She went first. Uh Min don't. Oh, we just talked about this off the mic. Min. Oh men. Min, who I loved. So loved so much on the show. Great dishes, great fun. And him being being besties with everyone. Everyone loved him. But we were a little we were we were shook. I was sh shaken by the heterosexual revelation. I and that they kept that till the end, didn't they? I was like, it was good as me. Because here I was the entire thing saying, oh, the queer representation this year. We've got Jeff, Min, our lesbians, everything's great. No. Yeah. She was like, my wife back home. Well, can't can't wait for me to cook back home. I've got to skip, say, all of the men, because this podcast is now famously about us um just guessing everyone's sexual. Oh, which is completely not problematic. No. Um, all of the men this season, I'm like, I have no idea. Olalu, I'm like, is he? Actually, these next two, we've got Olalu and Pat as well. All three of them, I'm like, if you told me one of them was fam and the other two were straight, I'd be like, I don't know. Yeah, agreed. And yeah, I can't. All there's so many of them that have this little little softness. Because Pat was introduced to us as like the battler of the season. Yeah. But then every time a contestant gets eliminated, he's the cry. And then I cry. Yeah. Because I'm like a hard man. We love a burly man crying. Ugh. Yeah. Um, and then a lot. Can we talk about a lot low now? Gorgeous. Oh my god. Gorgeous. The way I cried when he left. I was so upset. I know. Bring him back. He will be back. Yeah, I think so. I just I also don't feel like we got to see a lot of what he could do and bringing his heritage and his his understanding of flavours and stuff into the competition. I don't think we got he got the opportunities to do that. The thing he went out on did look trash. Oh, yeah, it was very basic and obviously. Come on. Yeah, like but it was between him and fucking Luke. This is my Luke conspiracy. Yeah. I'm like, oh, we'll keep Luke, are we? What's Luke got on Poe? Yeah. Like I know. What did he do? What did he find? If it comes out in like after the show, it's like Luke's parents like bribed ten. I'll be like, sure. I yeah. Absolutely. But yeah. Yeah. We also do conspiracy theories on this pod. Yeah, what a gorgeous, gorgeous human. Gorgeous, gorgeous. Uh Petro. I like Petro. I like Petro He's consistent. He is not hogging the spotlight too much, but just at a really gentle, gentle pace. Love the Cypriot food. Put Hulloumi in everything, and I'm happy. Agreed. At the start, I was not warming to him. I didn't think he was gonna get in. Yeah. And then when he did, I was like, oh my. Yeah. Um, and I like that, yeah, he's a bit of a mess, but kinda cute. Yeah, and kind of fabulous. And consistent. And we've saved the best till last. Thanks to the uh coincidental alphabetical order. No, thank God, because Vinny could just be us fangirling. Welcome to the Vinny fan corner. Like I just say, when he first appeared on my screen, I I went, oh my. I know. Like this this is the kind of boy he could be a scruff poster child for the app, you know? Just give him some money. He could be a thick and juicy boy as well on the poster for thick and juicy party. Accidental bear vibes. Accidental bear vibes. Accidental cub. Yeah, accidental cubs. Because he's like 25. Yeah. He's a nurse. And he's a nurse, and we stand our nurses, obviously. I want to cuddle the shit out of any. And even though we know he's heterosexual. Oh, do we? Oh yeah, he's got a girlfriend. Yeah. Thanks for joining us this week. Um really, I didn't know. But I also don't think that means necessarily anything. I think there's, as I said, there's a softness with a lot of these contestants. A gentle softness. Andy's a nurse, so why so oh hang on. I was gonna say, the lesbians, we didn't talk about Emily. Did we skip Emily? Oh yeah, we did. Oh, we skipped Emily. Oh my god. Because I was thinking I'm like, I'm like, there's a queer girly we missed. Fucking Emily, also my fame on the show. Yes, love. Um, yeah, when all these girlies started talking about queer love, I was like, fuck yeah, and then all the men are secret straighties. What's going on? I know. Wow. But also, let's hear it for the girls. We love it. The girls. Uh, yeah, so you're in for a lot of us um drooling over, but also not just Vinny being so gorgeous, but the sandwich of it all. I'm like, and let me tell you, when it comes to food, a fucking deli style sandwich now is my kink. Also, smart business plan, because motherfuckers out there are charging close to 30 bucks for it. Yes, they're around the corner from me, there's a place that's gone viral, Lennox Street Deli. You're fucking great. I'm not, I don't get paid for that. Um, but they yeah, people are going nuts for sandwiches, and rightly so. Rightly so, because I think they to do them and to make them unique and special is an art. True. Yeah. Alright, let's cast our mind back weeks and weeks ago. Um this audition week was interesting. We obviously didn't have that last season, did we? Because it was hard to win. Yeah. I'd kind of forgotten that that's a thing. That that's a thing, and it was stressful. I got stressed because I'm just like, I can't remember any of these people, and I won't. There's too many people in it now. I know. Like 40. Was it 40? 40 was a top 40. Fuck. That's very And they're all like split down the middle. I'm like, that's still too many. I can't, like, it's too much. Too many people. Yeah, it was giving idle. And knowing how many episodes we've got to get through, we could have bypassed this, but I'm glad for the other, you know, 16 people that got their moment to shine briefly in the sun. Then straight out the gate with our top 24, we had a mystery box set by Jimmy Barnes and his wife. And I really like this. This was cute. I love Jimmy Barnes. I'm I will like a bit of Barnes. Just absolutely love him. Wife is gorgeous. And while I didn't think they necessarily like yes, they've got a cookbook and all this stuff. Um, I've you know, I was trying to find more of a thread, but it was just nice to have an icon on the show. They pull Aussie icon. They pull some big this show. We haven't got to the big one yet, and she's she hasn't even aired. No, they were priming that up. Crazy. Oh my god, that is that but that won't be till the end because they were here, remember? God they were here recently. If you don't know what we're talking about, it's obviously a Meghan Markle. Yeah, that was yeah, that was in the trailers. So weird that she's on this show. So weird, and I cannot wait to see how that because you know how they love doing this like hyperbolic entrance with like this person is the most famous person ever. But this time it's like, well, like actually Light is probably the most famous person they've had on the show. I reckon. Yeah. What besides Katy Perry? I know, besides Katy Perry. When they were like, she wrote the theme song that we still use anymore. Oh fuck, I missed that. I do need to bring it back. They do need to bring it back. Bring it back. Yeah. Uh Casper won the first uh challenge. Winning immunity. So yeah, he's he he's giving teachers pet energy straight out the gate, so oh I'm showing off. Um then we lost Megs in the first. And that's one we unfortunately don't remember because that's been a long time ago. I'm sorry, Megs. No, she undercooked a prawn. Yeah, apparently. Uh then we had the serial invention test, which I was like, well, this is a bit of a kooky fun thing for like the first week. Um and Pat, Jackie, Jeff, Luke, and Vinny um were out of the bottom. So they had to face an elimination pressure test, which was set by Maggie Fucking beer. Oh, my queen. Yeah. My queen. She just looks fucking phenomenal. She has looked the same for about 20 years. Yes, yeah. Which I'm like, yeah, what virgin blood are you drinking? I want it. Or is it verduce? I want it. Yeah, ver virgin verduce. I liked as well. She's like, I've brought a sour cream pastry recipe and you all must use it. I was like, that's camp. That is camp. And I also must say that, you know, she used to be known, she was all linen and all that, but I feel like as she's gotten older, she is getting a bit more, you know, she's got, you know, a coloured coloured glasses. She's lessing out later in life. She is. It's giving, you know, like head of a theatre company kind of vibes, you know? Oh my god. Um bad company. It's giving Anne Edmonds in bad company. Can we just say Anne Edmonds in bad company? Fuck me. Alright, this is for this. I'm gonna put this on record. If they ever bring O'Mary here, I want her as Mary. I think she would be so unhinged. And and then add Anne Edmonds bent on that. Yeah. Great. Yeah. Incredible. Uh, then we had also who so this one, Jeff, we lost because he made a Hong Kong chicken pie, which kind of sounded incredible, but it wasn't today. No. But imagine going home in front of Maggie. I know. That's just like you would never cook again. You would just Uber eat everything. I would start a drag career. We'll see him on the next down under. Oh my god. Week three was family favorites week. Uh, we started with Andy Cooks, who I find him really hot. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I love a tall Kiwi man. Yeah. Uh so what did he do? He came in and was like, you know, what's his whole shtick? Babe, what do you want? They they love social media people. This well, that's what it's been. It's been um social media cooks or people that review which I've heard. Because this isn't even we're not even in viral week yet, guys. We've already got Andy. Um oh, they had to make breakfast. He was a breakfast guy. He's how to make the best scrambled eggs on that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Love, love, love. So they did breakfast. Um Alita did some beautiful Peruvian kachanga. Yeah, that was yeah. Old the burrata. Yeah. Uh Aaron did fish congee, Dot did Turkish eggs. I fucking love a breakfast dish. I got into this. Yeah, I'm big on breakfast. It's my favourite meal of the day. And Karnika as well were the top four, so they were all immune from the next alim. This alim was reinventing carbs. Yes. Which like my ears perked up because carbs are everybody, yeah. Uh so we had the all the judges showed them how to make a quick carb. I really liked this actually, because we never really see them actually like engage in a practical way. No, because they've got thank fuck they've gotten rid of that masterclass thing. Or does that come back later on? Well, we got another 25 episodes, so I can't store that in that masterclass thing. So this was a nice way to like do a bit of practical thing. And can I say, I have actually made the two ingredient yogurt flatbread. Yeah, no, and it's really really good. No, like that seemed like something that was actually achieved. I watched that and I was like, I can do that. Yeah, I made that with some lamb or like homemade Euro situation sleigh. Uh Sophia made potato light because Jean-Christophe made uh pilaf rice in the oven, and Poe, of course, made rice noodles. Yes. Um which I'd like to give a go, but I just think I'd stuff up. Whenever they make pasta or noodles, I'm like, oh, I'm gonna do it. No, no, but I just fear that I. I'm not but like the flatbread, even with the flatbreads, I was like, they could have been thinner, you know. But I nah nah I'm not rolling, I'm not in a place of roll. No. So they had to use one of those hacks in their dish. Uh, but Belinda Mumsy Belinda fucked it up. She tried to make a smash burger with a flatbread and it wasn't. Oh, that's right. And then they Yes. Then we have the first team challenge. How do you feel about the team challenges? I I I I I I I actually don't like team challenges because I I feel like I can't focus. I want to know who's done what and I want the yeah, yeah, yeah. I just find it's too chaotic and I end up zoning out. It's a lot. Yeah. Then we had Family Traditions where this is when they get the waterworks flowing. Oh, yeah. With the like the RuPaul, like this is little baby Alala. That's right, yes. Not a dry eye in the house. Uh, but this was when Lydia stole the show with her chicken. I'm gonna butcher this, Avgolemono. It was like an egg soup. Yes. Yeah, the lemon and the lemon that looked fucking unbelievable. And that's like a staple great dish. Yeah, totally. And yeah, more like village food, not like you know, grilled stuff. And that's why also why I like Lydia so much. I feel like her stuff is also achievable as an audience member for the most part. I mean, making Luca Hardy's. She's not she's not like compressing anything. No, but it really is just about hardy fare that's exceptionally well crafted and presented. We're not gonna see Lydia on the hibachi or the No, she'll be joining What's Her Face with their air fryer book, you know? That's it, you know. I love her. She's air fryer goddess. She's air fryer goddess. That's where we're at. Yeah, that she's the airfriar goddess of the season. Yeah. This is when we said goodbye to Bella because she overcomplicated her entre name. Which again, like, why are we making these things? Yeah, I know. It's like good on you, but like yeah. Viral Wonders Week was next. So this was the whole show is viral fucking wonders week. Well, that yeah, because we get that they're all on Instagram, the fairy. And I don't know any of these people. So I'm like, don't get me wrong, I get a lot of food content in my feed. Yep, same. But it's never like from like superstar people, it's more just kind of like I get little like dudes in like the UK doing like high protein stuff. Yeah, I'm literally, it's all about calorie deficit on phase. Fuck they know it. Mine's like it's like 1800 calories in a day. Let's go. Mine's like a bloke being like, all right, I'm gonna show you how I make my one pot chicken noodle. Yeah, yeah. And I'm like, okay. Yeah. You got meals for the week. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like very dude food. But apparently there's this whole thing of fucking high class and you save them all and then you never cook any of it. But we had Catherine Zhang, who I imagine to be very famous because she makes fruit-shaped desserts, which looked, I'm sorry, hideous. And you know how I feel about desserts in this competition for the most part, when they have to make these little things that take four hours. Sickly sweet tiny things that are enough to put in your eye. Oh, mate. No, I was puking at this little nil interest. Nil interest, yeah. Uh Grace. Now this was with the lemon. Oh, she used like a whole lemon. She had Biscotti, the fucking lemon leaf sorbet on the lemon leaf sorbet, yeah. Grace, you're just killing me. Yeah, you're amazing. Yeah. She knows she's she's a good egg. She knows exactly how to yeah, she's interesting. She comes in with stuff that is just a little left to center. And for the most part, she's gonna have a she. I'm sorry, I'm calling it now. I think of everyone on the show, yeah, she's having the biggest career after this. I can just see it. Yeah, she's like, looks great on camera, she's got this bubbly personality, the stuff she makes is really interesting. Her parents are chefs, right? She said I was like, that checks out. She's been around through the whole life. I don't know, I just think I I see you're a star kid. And good luck trying to get into get a booking with her catering company. Oh, bitch, I really want to do it, but it's like as if we won't be able to afford it after this. Then actually, so this next episode I liked. This was the viral ingredients thing. So it was cucumber, burrata, yep, pistachio, rice. Rice paper and gotchu jang, which are all super trending English. Yeah, if I see another fucking like rice paper croissant in my feed, I'm gonna kill someone. And everyone's on the Goku jung gochu jung, everyone's just discovered from like where have you been? I know, but sure. Yeah. And you can't just put it in everything. I'm sorry. No, it's it'll be like gochu jang bolognese. I'm like, oh yeah. Sure. Yeah, but like it's it's I do I love it, but like it's great. I like it as it was intended, like with like you know, cream barbecue or whatever. Korean food top poppy. Yeah. Yeah. I have tried to use it in other fancy, like a this sweet potato thing with like a chujang sour cream once. Yeah. It was so rich. All the people and all the people that are trying to use it in sweet stuff, I'm like, oh, it's ambitious. Yeah. Uh this is when Alita driver s nuts with the burrata. And for that alone, I think she deserved to go home. Agreed, yeah. And because she she was like and she was so confident. Yeah. And then it fell apart. This was when Aljona uh made avocado and sour cream ice cream with pistachio crunch. Fuck yeah. Yeah, that that that had me going, and normally I'm not the sweet person, but I was like, yep, absolutely. So then we had um oh the d the first sort of like random diners appear challenge. The little food stalls challenge. Yeah. I think they all flubbed this. Yeah, I didn't feel I I everyone went too ambitious, I thought. And there was no sort of just like, you know, the thing was that when they were all uh the judges were all tasting it, it's like you can't just walk around and eat this. I felt there was a real thing to try and make it bigger. But they were all like it has to be really viral. I'm like, what does that mean? But also if you're doing food stalls, like you're fucking just sandwiches, do a weird hot dog or something like that. Yeah, I felt everything was just a bit like you can't you can't have a sit-down meal and you know, expectation and then to have it at a food store. They were the most popular receptors. Yeah, I think still. But still, they look too big, like you know, bulky and yeah. Mind you, like Min's rendang looked fucking slay, but then like putting it on a tostada or whatever, I was like, No, I was like, no. Yeah. Then welcome to the show. Friend of the pod Khan Ong. Love Khan. Oh, yes. And she was looking at it. I think this is my favourite episode. Uh me too. Is this the cabbage thing? No, no, that's coming up. Oh, that's coming up. I can't wait to go nuts about that. I was obsessed with that. Obsessed. No, Khan was there to get them to make a sandwich. Oh, yes, yes, which was so cute. Can I just say, I thought this was Khan's audition to host the show. Yeah. I was like, Yeah, I don't know. I was I just love Khan. I think he's got a really great bubbly personality that like shines through, and he was like so turbocharged to be there, bouncing off the walls. This is when Jackie made probably the most food porn thing on the show yet, the Bulgogee Philly cheesesteak. Oh my god, which can I say she did not invent. I have had one of these before, and it can confirm it's delicious. Yeah, yeah. And this was a win for Jackie, huge win for Jackie. This is when I was like, Yeah, yeah, and they all they loved it. Then we had Global Week, uh, Rick Stein. Yep, Rick Stein. Yep. Um, fun fact, Rick Stein popped in. He was filming his show here a few months ago, which is when he would have come onto MCF. Um, but he popped into Open Table, which is a volunteer organization that I um work with and like joined us all to cook one day, which was very good. Well done, Rick. That's very good. And can I say he's a dotty old man, yeah. Which is what you see on TV. He's he has no idea where he is. No idea. They bring him in and he goes, Oh, I just love Australia and the food culture. What's this? Curry, and I'm like, it's a fucking pasta, man. It's a oh like he's so lovely, but he like Yeah. He's no idea what day it is. Then what did they have to do with that? Mystery box. Yeah. Um, this was when Min did a Malaysian crab curry. There was a whole snapper involved. Casper grace, Min, Aliona all save themselves from elimination. Then we got into this cuisine uh challenge period. Uh-huh. I didn't love this. Where they're like, today, you like stand behind a thing and it's like Mexican lemonade. I don't know. That yeah. Yeah. I think they should just do the ingredient and say like it has to be inspired by this, but just being like you have to make you have to cook this cuisine. Yeah, I thought so. It was a bit restrictive. It just gets a bit I don't know. Yeah. Or like, yeah, I don't know. I maybe that could be an opportunity for to bring someone in to like with a bit of like lived experience to show them some stuff. But I just think randomly being like, hey, you like do like Lebanese, and then they did the fusion test next. Oh, this is when Kanica left because they made her cook Mexican, which she like doesn't know her thing. And that's why that's not your thing. Totally. And that's why I think I hated it. Because I'm like, and so she tried to do her normal shtick of making all the little bit all the bits. Yeah. Because she had to feature corn, so she's like, Great, I'm gonna do corn a million ways, which is like didn't work. Nah. Yeah, anyway. But yeah, you're right. Bring someone in that actually has some expertise, yeah, yeah. That can give some wisdom about like ways that you could adapt it. But yeah. Oh, I mean, look, she probably could have made a better choice. Like, there were other things she could have chosen, but whatever. The invention test was the fusion. Yeah. Dot made these Hungarian Langosh things. Yeah. Spectacular. Um Jackie, Lucy, Min, and Vinny were sent to the pressure test. And I was like, not all my faves. I know a limb where then so that this was the shoe farse, which was the when I tell this made me lose my mind. And I have an issue, as you know, when they brought when they have these pressure tests, yeah. When they bring in somebody that you know is like, make this tiny little apple dessert that takes four hours to make and is one mouthful. But this was a fucking work of art meal. This was for the savory queens. This was for the savory queens. This was extraordinary. I was just fascinated. It was beautiful at how beautiful it looked. It's a fucking cabbage leaf. But the glazing on it, the colour, the the layers of food and the preparation that had to go into it. I was like, this is what I want more of. This is what I want more of. That's like the birthday cake I love. That yeah, seriously. I'm yep, it's probably cost about $300 just for one. But I'm yeah. Poor Lucy um done fucked it up. And to be fair, girl, as if like God. That was the first limb, I think, where I was like real like, oh yeah. I was sad. I really liked her vibes. And you know, for the most part, nobody got it perfect. People either would get the taste right or the aesthetic of it right. And like when you look at the aesthetic of it, like yeah, it's extraordinary. I don't know how you would even contemplate starting to try and make this. Then we had the dim sim guy on nostalgia week. So again, more social media e people. I guess it's just where food is at. I'm not complaining about it. Um I've never heard of this guy. Not neither. But like, yeah, seem he seems like a big deal. Yep. I don't know. Loved him with the the cleavers. The cleavers. How good were the cleavers? That was cool. Make it messy, make a bit dim showing them how to like load up the dim sims. Yeah. Love more of that plus uh that to steam an element on this dish. And this was when Dot told us about when she went to Glastonbury and had momos. But then she won! Yeah. Um, which was kind of crazy. I think she knew exactly what she was doing. Yeah. And was just playing dumb. Yeah. Aaron also got through with his snapper roulard. That looked great. So good. Yeah, he's a silent assassin, this guy. Every now and then he's in it, and it's like, yeah. He he's kind of like doesn't have the like smugness of like a Reynolds. No. But he's got the charm. But then he's way more likable. Yeah. Yeah. Um what happened then? Then we had a limb. Uh and this is when we said goodbye to Min. Uh and this is when yeah, and Pat just lost it. And they were like, oh Pat, like, what are we gonna miss about your mate? Yeah. I know, and that's when we got our revelation. The wife at home. He's like, I can't wait to get home and buck my wife. And everyone went, schools me. Oh men, but what a like, god, what a like a ray of sunshine in that show. Just so sweet and lovely. Team relay challenge can get in the bin. Shout out to the biggest. Stop it. I can't, no, no more. Shout out to Farmers Union, Greek yogurt. Which is like, if we're doing brands, that one I'm like, I'm alright with that one. Yeah, yeah. At least it's not called when fucking old mate comes in with the coals, that's when I fully switch up. Agreed, yeah. And my we haven't we'll have that. That's what we will. Oh, Curtistone is on the plane. Yeah. Don't you worry? Oh, yeah. Uh then we had Justine Schofield, who I completely forgot about. But then when she walked back on, I was like, oh yes. I didn't know I needed her. Yeah. She's great. Yeah. She has like her own shows and stuff, but it must be all on YouTube or some other network that I don't frequently. Daytime. Yeah. Love her. And I did not know she was French, but she does have a blue child's energy about her. And this was I really liked this episode. I thought this was a good one because I love the French stuff. Her and JC being like incroyable. Yeah. Uh and this is when Vinny, uh heartthrob of the season Blue Minds. Blue Minds. With the pate encoutte. It blew minds so much that he just disappeared after this for a couple of episodes. Did you notice this? Yeah. And I was like, I went on Reddit and everyone was like, he must have been sick. Yeah. Because remember, this show is like, you know, there's like an HR department on this show. Yes. If you have your gay wedding to go to, if you are sick, you just you can take time off. Which I find really interesting how it will affect competition playing because you kind of just if you if you're just feeling tired, just chuck a sticky and you'll still be in the competition and might escape a pressure test. Well, there was at the start of the season, there were a lot of fingers getting sliced. I know I have done to myself recently and can confirm is horrible. Yeah. So like, yeah, I don't know, a little day off here and there. A little day off here and there. Like, because I remember when um just out of COVID when people were getting like people were getting COVID and stuff, so they would announce it. Now they don't. Yeah, they used to say they used to be like so-and-so has tested possible for COVID. In the bunker out the back at Flemington. I was like, because obviously I'm in love with Vinny, I was like, where is he? Where is he? Where is he? But he achieved such greatness with this French cook. They didn't care. That like like extraordinary. And take a look. He was like from the start, don't know about French food, can't tell you about it, not my specialty. Yeah, bam, that's when you knew. Yeah, he's like, it's I've made a Sicilian version of a and it was fucking mind-blowing. Incredible. Then moving to now we're in the current week. We're who? And uh we had Matt Sinclair, who doesn't do a lot for me, but okay, and Daniel Dobra, who I'd not heard of either. I love a dome. It was big bro energy, wasn't it? They were browing out, they were showing off so hard with their ingredients they picked. So there was a home style box and a restaurant style box. Both of them had like the wankiest ingredients. I'm like, that's not a homestyle fucking box. Mustard fruits. I know. Um Annabelle and Pat won this challenge, and I'm immune from elementary. And with quite um every the two winners, yeah, one with very standard food, I guess. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Which was great. They were like, we had a it was duck, wasn't it? There was like duck and ridiculous, and they were like chicken. I'm just gonna fucking roast a duck with some veggies, and they nailed it. Sometimes you don't need to go because the fan if you are going above what you're comfortable with in that moment, that's where you falter. And I thought this was a good example of let's stick with what you know, and just serve really hearty grapefair, and they both won. We love to say it. Yep. Then we had classic pears elimination, so it was chili and lime, honey and soy. I was like, are these red rock deli flavors? I know bacon and maple and orange and fennel, oh, and coconut and pineapple, which unfortunately is what Alalu tried to do. The downsall. Oh we were all rooting for you. Well, there was as as I pointed out to him really early on, there was no um base to it. You know, like so a trifle. I know it's a breakfast trifle. I was like, oh, is it yeah, there was no one wants to but it was ultimately if he'd have um gone gangbusters with the flavours, he would have been on, I think, safe. Yeah. Because how could he not have picked chili? Everything he's made has had chili in it to date. Um I think he wanted to show different side of himself. But don't do that in an alim. But he'll be back. And then what'd you think of the Reese's pieces of it all last night? I was like, hello, product placement. I've got to say, I don't fuck with sweets, but I love uh because it it's a savory tasting. I fucking love Reese's absolutely agreed. So I thought it was good, but I didn't like the challenge because they all just kind of did the same thing. They were still tarts. Yeah, it was all tarts, and it's like you've already like there if you're taking something that is already kind of like a unique thing, which obviously it combined chocolate and peanut butter, and was probably one of the first things that did it on a scale, um adapting that kind of just feels like well, then you have to put it into like yeah, everyone made a tart. They were kind of all a bit lost on how to do to take something iconic and make it their own thing. But yeah, and it was interesting. They there was a lot of faltering in this one. They all kind of fucked it up. I think getting made uh being asked to make four of the same thing as well, yeah, a lot of pressure. They had to do that. And obviously that's why they did tarts or they tried to do that fault fucked them up as well, I thought, you know. Yeah. Um which pair was it? Not Lydia, it was um that only got two down on the play. Oh yeah, yeah. The girlies, uh oh fuck, I can't remember what it was either, but yeah, they only got two down there. They only got two down, and it's kind of like, you know, it's yeah I'd like, I mean, we're still gonna taste it. Yeah. But you can't I was like, alright. Sophia was r had a little bitch pills on that. I know, and then Lydia and um can't remember who it was. Um, that duo didn't get their ice cream down. Yeah. Like, you know, it was a yeah, it was a bit of a mess episode. It was a bit of a messy episode. But Reese's was like, I also just love the table, yeah, the table of Reese's pieces stuff. Yeah. I'm like, yeah. No great season so far. I'm loving it. Who are you who are your your finalist picks? Um Vinny. Yeah. I think Jackie could surprise. I think Jackie's up there. I think Jack could be up there, but maybe not. Casper. Casper, definitely. I think old mate, uh the child of the group, um Luke will get very far, but he's gonna have a shock elimination. And everyone's gonna go, oh hang on. Yeah, I think he's gonna have something where he yeah, we're like we just goodbye, Luke. He's gonna have something that he's gonna absolutely blow their minds over in the next couple of weeks, but then we'll stumble. Maybe Megan excuse me. Maybe in front of Megan Mark or maybe. That'll be great over to Lydia. I don't think will. Lydia's out soon. Lydia's out soon. So as well. Adore her too. Home style. The homestyle cooks never make it to the end because they love it, but then there gets to a point where they it'll be a dessert pressure test. It'll be a dessert pressure test with the thing that I hate four hours preparation. Of it. Of it. A tempered chocolate and a spray. And she'll be like, fuck this. And she doesn't need to be good at that. Let her just do her stuff, you know. And but she's gonna have some fucking great cookbooks. I can't wait. I can't wait. She opens like yeah, a little hole in the wall in Brunswick. Yeah, I'm there. I'm fucking Oh my god, I'm there. Like, I want a little Greek place, her Luca Marty's balls. Well, Doll, we did it. We did it. We so we're about halfway through the season. We're halfway through. We've only got another 25. Where are they going? Are they going overseas this year or do we not know yet? Well, it might be the Middle East. Oh my god, last year. The guitar sponsorship. I forgot. I know. Diva. I feel have a feeling it'll be Asia. Maybe Singapore. Yeah, yeah. They did Singapore really. Yeah, something. Because it would have been still been filming when this stuff went up, so it'll probably be maybe New Zealand. Oh, that'd be nice. I would actually love it if they went to Bali. That'd be great. Yeah, could you imagine just going to Bali? We'll see. But yeah, we love you, Vinny. We love you, darling. We love you, Christian. Thanks. Thanks. Always a pleasure. See you soon. See you soon. Bye.