{"id":84634,"date":"2023-11-28T11:09:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T11:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/?p=84634"},"modified":"2023-11-28T11:09:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T11:09:49","slug":"masterchef-the-professionals-fans-rage-as-genius-chef-is-kicked-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/lifestyle\/masterchef-the-professionals-fans-rage-as-genius-chef-is-kicked-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Masterchef The Professionals fans rage as &apos;genius&apos; chef is kicked off"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>MasterChef: The Professionals viewers rage as show bids au revoir to &#8216;genius&#8217; French chef &#8211; after Marcus Wareing tells him he was &#8216;trying too hard&#8217; with jellied egg dish<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Read more:\u00a0MasterChef The Professionals viewers say they&#8217;re fed up of contestants serving up on-trend &#8216;split with dill&#8217; sauce<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The latest episode of MasterChef: The Professionals has caused an almighty stir, after a fan favourite unexpectedly got the boot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Philippe Sonou, a private chef from Paris, had been tipped to win the show thanks to his inventive African-inspired cookery but the 33-year-old controversially lost out in a super close semi-final .\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Viewers were left raging at their television as judges Marcus Wareing, Monica Galetti and Gregg Wallace announced Phillipe and Kyle &#8211; who had also been thought to be a dead cert for the final &#8211; were going home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Charlie and Lauren, who impressed in the episode&#8217;s second chance cook-off have booked their places in the last stage of the competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The sight of Philippe packing up his chef whites and leaving the Pro left many questioning whether the right decision had been made &#8211; with one viewer saying they&#8217;d boycott the show from now on, and another admitting they were &#8216;heartbroken&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The semi-final &#8211; episode 16 &#8211; saw eight chefs fighting for a final place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After the first round, four would go through to the final automatically, while those who hadn&#8217;t impressed had to cook again &#8211; serving up a plant-based plate of food &#8211; with two chefs then exiting the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Philippe&#8217;s first dish &#8211; cassava fries, coconut, lemongrass and plantain puree with a tomato-based sauce inspired by his West Africa heritage &#8211; didn&#8217;t cut the mustard with the judges.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After Kasae, James, Tom and Daniel sailed through, Philippe returned to cook again, this time serving up an &#8216;oeuf parfait&#8217;, a slow cooked egg topped with alligator pepper in a hay-infused smoked pepper jelly with curried coconut cream and spinach coulis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78315875-12799229-Challenging_While_Monica_Galetti_liked_his_oeuf_parfait_a_slow_c-a-21_1701166556601.jpg\" height=\"463\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The dish that made them say au revoir: While Monica Galetti liked Philippe&#8217;s &#8216;oeuf parfait&#8217;, a slow cooked egg topped with alligator pepper in a hay-infused smoked pepper jelly with curried coconut cream and spinach coulis, the other two judges said they didn&#8217;t enjoy it<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78315873-12799229-Marcus_Wareing_called_Philippe_s_oeuf_parfait_challenging_-a-19_1701166541594.jpg\" height=\"474\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78315867-12799229-Gregg_Wallace_admitted_he_was_struggling_with_the_contrasting_fl-a-20_1701166548319.jpg\" height=\"474\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Marcus Wareing called Philippe&#8217;s oeuf parfait &#8216;challenging&#8217;, while Gregg Wallace admitted he was &#8216;struggling&#8217; with the contrasting flavours<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78315885-12799229-image-a-35_1701167024045.jpg\" height=\"146\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78315879-12799229-image-a-37_1701167032857.jpg\" height=\"146\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78315887-12799229-image-a-36_1701167028868.jpg\" height=\"143\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78315891-12799229-image-a-29_1701166982718.jpg\" height=\"119\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78315893-12799229-image-a-30_1701166989314.jpg\" height=\"122\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78315895-12799229-image-a-31_1701166994765.jpg\" height=\"144\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78315889-12799229-image-a-32_1701167001648.jpg\" height=\"145\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78315863-12799229-image-a-13_1701166371622.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>As the news was broken to Philippe that his journey on the show had come to an end, viewers were outraged on his behalf<\/p>\n<p>Monica described the plating up as a visual &#8216;wonder&#8217; and told the Parisian &#8216;I&#8217;ve got crazy flavours going off but I know that I&#8217;m enjoying it&#8230;&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>However, Gregg admitted he was &#8216;struggling&#8217; with the contrasting flavours&#8230;and Marcus didn&#8217;t hold back, saying Philippe was &#8216;trying too hard&#8217; and saying the dish was &#8216;so unusual it&#8217;s challenging.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The decision to end Philippe&#8217;s journey there sparked a raft of fury on social media.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One viewer wrote: &#8216;This whole episode has been a mess. If Philippe &#8211; the best cook remaining, in my opinion &#8211; goes home, I&#8217;m out for the rest of the series.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, there was outright rage, with one viewer writing: &#8216;What the utter hell? How have you ditched Philippe??? He should never had been in that cook off. The first dish was described as challenging, but challenging in a way that had merit. Nah man I\u2019m not happy. #philippewasrobbed.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78315853-12799229-image-a-14_1701166375565.jpg\" height=\"405\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The first round of episode 16 had seen the chef serve up cassava fries, coconut, lemongrass and plantain puree with a tomato-based sauce inspired by his West Africa heritage &#8211; but the judges didn&#8217;t love it<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78315871-12799229-Au_revoir_Philippe_The_33_year_old_Parisian_was_tipped_to_take_t-a-22_1701166565691.jpg\" height=\"471\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Philippe had been tipped to take the Professionals crown this year&#8230;but controversially got the boot in the semi-finals<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78315857-12799229-Philosophical_The_private_chef_said_he_wouldn_t_stop_being_inven-a-24_1701166738908.jpg\" height=\"403\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Philosophical: The private chef said he wouldn&#8217;t stop being inventive in the kitchen<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78315849-12799229-Talented_north_east_chef_Kyle_who_had_looked_like_being_a_dead_c-a-23_1701166732684.jpg\" height=\"410\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Talented north east chef Kyle &#8211; who had looked like being a dead cert for a finals place &#8211; also went home in the close semi-final<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78315897-12799229-image-a-33_1701167010718.jpg\" height=\"274\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/28\/10\/78315899-12799229-image-a-34_1701167014062.jpg\" height=\"118\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Another added: &#8216;Oh bloody hell. What have they done? Philippe was by far the most exciting chef they&#8217;ve had on this contest. Possibly ever.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One wrote: &#8216;Actually heartbroken that Philippe has left the competition. I was so sure that he was going to win.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A fan mourned, saying: &#8216;The worst thing is we can&#8217;t even go to a restaurant to try Philippe&#8217;s amazing cooking, because he&#8217;s a private chef.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The remaining six contestants will now be split into two groups, with each group battling it out in a Michelin-starred kitchen to try and make the final cut &#8211; and be in with a chance of lifting the final trophy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12799229\/Masterchef-Professionals-viewers-rage-Phillipe-kicked-out.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MasterChef: The Professionals viewers rage as show bids au revoir to &#8216;genius&#8217; French chef &#8211; after Marcus Wareing tells him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84633,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Masterchef The Professionals fans rage as &amp;apos;genius&amp;apos; 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