– The home cooks face their most difficult team challenge, the
Restaurant Takeover, when they cook at Oliver & Bonacini's
Canoe restaurant in the next episode of MASTERCHEF CANADA on Sunday,
May 3 at 7 p.m. (8 p.m. CT) –
TORONTO, April 26, 2015 /CNW/ - A tag team challenge
involving the creation of a traditional English tea tray on
tonight's MASTERCHEF CANADA
saw perpetual underdog Jennifer
Innis (@JenniferInnis) from Vernon, B.C. eliminated by judges Michael
Bonacini, Alvin Leung, and
Claudio Aprile. Jennifer was paired
with David Jorge for the challenge,
and despite getting off to a strong start the team ended up as the
bottom two, and ultimately Jennifer was sent home. In the next
episode of MASTERCHEF CANADA airing Sunday,
May 3 at 7 p.m. (8 p.m.
CT) on CTV and CTV GO, the Top 6 home cooks confront
their most difficult team challenge, the Restaurant Takeover, when
they cook at Oliver & Bonacini's Canoe restaurant.
In tonight's episode, the remaining seven home cooks were asked
to tackle their next Mystery Box Challenge alongside a special
guest chef – judge Claudio Aprile.
Provided with lamb, goat's cheese, various fruits and vegetables,
couscous, and pistachios, the home cooks were in awe of Claudio's
speed and precision, as well as the resulting delicious dish. For
the home cooks, after the judges' tasting it was revealed that
Sabrina Poirier had won her first
Mystery Box Challenge, besting two-time winner David Jorge.
In the MASTERCHEF CANADA
pantry, the judges unveiled the Elimination Challenge dish – a
three-tier traditional English afternoon tea tray. In addition to
being safe from elimination, Sabrina was given another advantage:
the home cooks would have to work together in pairs in a Tag Team
challenge and she would be choosing the teams. Sabrina
strategically chose the home cooks who would have the most
difficulty working together: David and Jennifer, Cody Karey and Line
Pelletier, and Christopher
Siu and Michael Motamedi.
Although Cody and Line initially clashed, they quickly found a
rhythm after some difficult compromises. Meanwhile, David and
Jennifer fell behind despite Jennifer's baking experience, putting
the pressure on David to pick up the slack. After preparing perfect
profiteroles, balanced raspberry tarts, and textbook coronation
sandwiches, Cody and Line won the Elimination Challenge and were
named Team Captains for the next Team Challenge. David and
Jennifer's delicious tarts with perfect pastry cream were not
enough to save them from the bottom two, as judge Claudio
discovered incomplete, empty profiteroles. In the end the judges
made the difficult decision to send Jennifer home.
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CANADA at
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In the next new episode of MASTERCHEF CANADA (Sunday,
May 3 at 7
p.m./8 p.m. CT), the Top 6
home cooks confront their most difficult team challenge: the
Restaurant Takeover. The pressure is raised considerably when the
teams learn that the professional kitchen they're taking over is
one of the finest in the country, and belongs to MASTERCHEF
CANADA judge Michael Bonacini
– Oliver & Bonacini's Canoe. The losing team then faces a
Pressure Test featuring a familiar comfort food that is deceptively
difficult to master.
The home cooks vying for the title of MASTERCHEF CANADA and the $100,000 cash prize are:
- Christopher Siu, a Pharmacy
Student from Markham, Ont.
- Cody Karey, a Recording Artist
from Vancouver, B.C.
- David Jorge, a Concrete
Contractor from Surrey, B.C.
- Line Pelletier, a Canadian
Military Veteran and Computer Specialist from Moncton, N.B.
- Michael Motamedi, an
Entrepreneur from Toronto,
Ont.
- Sabrina Poirier, an Office
Manager from Montréal, Que.
MASTERCHEF CANADA also
streams on demand on CTV GO and CTV.ca, and episodes encore
following their broadcast premieres Fridays at 9 p.m. ET on M3, Saturdays at
7 p.m. ET/PT on CTV Two, and
Sundays at 5 p.m. ET/PT on
CTV.
Viewers can watch Jennifer live on CANADA AM (Weekdays at 6 a.m. ET), CP24 BREAKFAST (Weekdays
5:30 a.m. ET), and CTV
MORNING LIVE ATLANTIC (Weekdays at 7
a.m. AT on CTV Two Atlantic) on Monday, April 27 as she discusses her
time on MASTERCHEF CANADA.
She will also perform a live cooking demonstration on THE
MARILYN DENIS SHOW (Weekdays 10 a.m.
ET).
The MASTERCHEF format is represented internationally by Shine
International, the sales and distribution arm of Shine Group, and
is based on a format originally created by Franc Roddam.
MASTERCHEF CANADA is
produced by Proper Television in association with CTV. President of
Proper Television, Guy O'Sullivan is
executive producer, along with Proper's Vice-President and Creative
Director, Cathie James. Shine
America's Paula Warwick is Creative
Consultant. For Bell Media, Tina
Apostolopoulos is Production Executive, Factual and Reality,
Independent Production. Robin
Johnston is Director, Factual and Reality, Independent
Production. Corrie Coe is Senior
Vice-President, Independent Production. Mike Cosentino is Senior Vice-President,
Programming, CTV Networks and CraveTV. Phil
King is President - CTV, Sports, and Entertainment
Programming.
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Twitter:
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Alvin Leung – @TheDemonChef
Claudio Aprile – @ClaudioAprile
Christopher Siu – @Baker_Siu
Cody Karey – @codykarey
David Jorge – @concrete_cook
Line Pelletier – @TheSaucyLine
Michael Motamedi – @MichaelBaffi
Sabrina Poirier – @Sabrinapmtl
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Christopher Siu – baker_siu
Cody Karey – codykarey
David Jorge – concrete_cook
Line Pelletier – TheSaucyLine
Michael Motamedi –
MichaelBaffi
Sabrina Poirier – Sabrinapmtl
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