They're back!!

[Gob]

Yippeee, starts tonight at 7.30 pm...

Just when you thought the culinary juggernaut that is MasterChef couldn’t serve anything tastier, it goes and plates up perfection...
Yes sir, lick your lips and amass an appetite: MasterChef Season 3 has arrived, and it’s ready to capture the hearts of Australia’s food lovers like never before.

If you thought the 2010 competition was special – to which a peak metro audience of 4.3 million tuned in to watch Adam Liaw prevail – you ain’t seen nothing yet. More locations, more guests, more mystery (boxes) – MasterChef has fans to feed, and this year’s an all-you-can-eat party.

Firstly our returning veteran foodies Gary Mehigan, Matt Preston and George Calombaris will be joined by a new regular guest judge, ARIA legend Matt Moran. While this fantastic four will in charge of routinely assessing the contestants’ dishes, there will also be plenty of celebrity faces stopping by. Heston Blumenthal, Nigella Lawson, Rick Stein, Maggie Beer, Adriano Zumbo – prepare for a who’s who of master chefs.

Featuring action so hot it can’t be contained by the kitchen, MasterChef Season 3 sends its contestants journeying far and wide in pursuit of cooking excellence. From the pit of the Sunrise Dam in the West Australian outback, to the streets of Kuala Lumpur, this year there’s no telling where they may end up.

MasterChef has combed the country to find this year’s Top 50, who hail from all walks of life. A graphic designer, a farmer, a mum of five, a fruit and veg salesman, an award-winning winemaker and in a show first, a fighter pilot – to name but of a few of the colourful personalities appearing; all will be trying to prove they have the culinary chutzpah to win the ultimate title.

So if you’ll please take your seats, MasterChef Season 3 is ready to commence serving

[The Hen]

Yay. I love Masterchef. I don't care if it's format is bold and brash, it makes for interesting viewing, ala Iron Chef.

I love it, me.

[Sean]

7:30? Damn! I'll be busy doing... something else!

I'm one of those people for whom food it a functional thing. I eat to live.
Don't get me wrong, I want my food to taste good but I don't believe in using ten ingredients where two will suffice and the aesthetics of food do nothing for me. *shrug*

Of course I'm posting this now as SMF is out for the evening... It seems to drive a chef wild to live with someone who prefers their food to be simple.

And just to save wear and tear on your keyboard Strop, yes I am a typical bloody Northerner!

[Miles]

I used to live to eat but since the onset of diabetes food now is something I would rather do without. I no longer find the joy of cooking of much interest. When you cook for a large group part of the fun is tasting everything as it progresses to check on it's quality and that does not lend itself well to regulating your blood glucose with injections of insulin. So now I just eat to live and it's an extremely hum drum existence.

[Gob]

That's hard Miles.

Me and Hen are getting more an more into cooking and fine dining, programs like Masterchef are great inspiration.