“Masterchef” Contestants Get Vegetarian Lessons From Yotam Ottolenghi
Written by Vegetarian Star on March 17th, 2011 in Chefs, Film & TV, Food & Drink, Reality TV.
The contestants on BBC’s television cooking show Masterchef got a lesson in meatless cooking when famed chef Yotam Ottolenghi stepped into the kitchens on the set during an episode where all meat products were banned.
Ottolenghi studied Philosophy before going on to learn cooking at London’s Cordon Bleu, then became a pastry chef for several London restaurants. For four years his weekly food column in The Guardian‘s weekend Saturday magazine was called “The New Vegetarian.”
During a previous episode of the New Zealand version of Masterchef, the show’s lone vegetarian chef was sent packing. So having an all-vegetarian challenge on the UK series was the perfect revenge for perhaps what may have be a veg-unfriendly environment on Masterchef.
Was it a good Meatless Monday? Or Meatless Madness?
It certainly depended on the chef.
Ousted contestant Kennedy Leitch said he at least learned from experience. So hopefully, if he’s hired for a gig where your next meal is served, he won’t bring you vegetable soup with chicken broth.
“It was pretty much my worst nightmare,” Leitch told Digital Spy. “I’m quite a fussy eater at the best of times, so to take away the best bit and my favorite bit of meals was a disaster really. I knew it was going to be tough. I did learn quite a bit though and I think if I had my time again on a vegetarian episode, I would do things differently. So at least I learned that from the experience.”
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