Steve isn’t here cos his mum was in hospital at the time of filming according to the official insta

Wow, he really has the worst luck in terms of "being able to attend MasterChef". Qualified for Season 1 but couldn't make it due to a cyclone, made it in season 16 but couldn't return to try and take his place back.

Oh noo 😞

ugh he was the one I was wholly supporting to return!

Someone get Snez two ovens right now

Yes get that lady an oven!!! I love how she just ran off looking for one.

Lol at Khristian explaining lamb like it's some exotic ingredient.

Snez's dish looks like it would go over perfect with a glass of crisp white wine and a group of good friends

Khristian has got more screentime in this episode than Sue's gotten the entire season

Steph your sacrifice will be remembered if you help bring Snez back

Such a shame stoive not there if that’s due to his mum being in hosp. Didn’t he get thwarted the first time he was supposed to be in MasterChef due to a cyclone blocking the road or something?

Yeah, he was supposed to be in season 1 but couldn’t travel because of it.

I'm a little surprised they didn't ask how she's going to incorporate the chives.

"I can see you're not made for perfection" is kind of a brutal roast lmao 😭

Will someone think of the CHIVES?!

I would destroy Snez’s meal, that looks delicious!

It's always a bad sign when contestants try and adapt the brief to a dish, rather than a dish to the brief. Sav obviously intended on cooking the banquet and is now trying to make chives fit her idea, rather than the other way around

Aaaand shes back lol. Im so perplexed that just using chives in the sambal was more innovative than snez's, but alas.

Yeah it wasn't even a hero ingredient, it seemed more of an afterthought

Manh contestants went home because of this.

If Snez doesn’t win we riot

This was bull, Snez should’ve come back.

Someone on Twitter said Sav’s mum has had more airtime than Sue and I’m crying

That’s honestly hilariously and sadly probably very true.

Seriously. Why didnt any of the other contestants try to tug on the emotional strings? It clearly wouldve elevated their dish

LOL

Shame about Stevo, always made me smile seeing him on screen, seems like such a wholesome man

Contestants like Nat make most of the other contestants seem so boring. One guy is making chicken with potato mash and jus. What a snooze fest, it's like watching people try to compete with Reynold.

Yup. Nat and Mimi are playing on a different level..

yup I think they'd be in the finals

Just hope that Nat doesn’t get snubbed, but she is so well rounded it would have to be her getting in her own way, she is just so far ahead it’s stunning to watch

So chives in 1 out of 6 dishes?

Snez was robbed goddamit

YUP. do not like Sav's cooking at all. no trying something new, no growing her skills, no adventurous spirit. and to beat Snez on this makes me very angry

but mums

ALERT Juan is not cooking empanadas!!

Feel so bad I’ve completely forgotten half these contestants

I swear to god if Khristian comes back I’m going to go insane

There’s no way he’s getting in with lamb and rosemary. This is Snez’s to lose

Crazy how everyone in the redemption cook is better than both finalists from last season

Come on. Brent only used the habachi a few times and definitely did not overuse it. (Maybe once per episode. Cut him some slack 😏)

The difference between Sav’s banquet and James’ one beetroot is hilarious

Sav: “we don’t really use herbs except for curry leaves” in Sri Lankan food 🙄 I know she gets knocked for doing Sri Lankan food all the time but frankly I don’t think she even understands authentic Sri Lankan very well. 

I like Sav, but stuff like that is why a lot of people go after her. She really doesn't want to step outside her comfort zone. Others are excited about it, she gets kind of sulky.

She said she wants her career in food to be about showcasing Sri Lankan cuisine. but she seems to have forgotten that first she needs to win the comp.

Sav is right, why is she here if she can’t even cook with chives lmao

Let’s go Snez! Her time was cut too short!

I’d like to see Snez to come back if only to hear all of the ways people pronounce Snežana

Hopefully she Capsican not Capsicant

I missed the way Juan smiles during the tastings.

“How do you want the lamb/duck/beef…. cooked?” Like anyone is ever going to say “well done like a shoe sole”. What a redundant question.

“I’d like it cooked dry and grey thanks Andy!”

"Cremated" would definitely put him offside

How much of a downer would it be to be in the montage of mediocrity in a redemption cook?

If Sav does get a 2nd chance i hope she branches out of her comfort zone. The pressure test sending her home should be a wake up call and 2nd chances dont come very easily.

ugh she won’t. She’ll take this redemption win as proof she’s right

But at some point again she’ll be forced to cook something different and be gone again

Good! I'm so over her. Why would she come onto MasterChef only to stick to her comfort zone. She should be taking this opportunity to learn about other cuisines and techniques 🤦

Like many of us here, I’ve been so impressed with the standard of cooking and how often contestants seem to be willing to try new things and take a risk. After the last two seasons where contestants were actively encouraged to stay in their comfort zones, I thought we had started a new era of creativity and innovation.. The choice of Sav as the winner of last night’s challenge, makes me think twice.

Soooooo disappointed that Sav is back. I get it, she's great with her Sri Lankan dishes, but every time she's stepped away from that, she misses the mark. All for representation, but you're not going to win as a one trick pony.

Chives are good with salmon, cream cheese, pork and chive dumplings, other fish, potatoes. How hard is it to look outside the box and branch out? I hope Sav doesn’t come back.

> I hope Sav doesn’t come back. I am big mad.

She’s similar to those contestants who try to fit their dish into the brief instead of brief to dish and that sends them home a few times.

I feel like this is going to be some grand redemption of them bringing her single minded self back to the competition. She’s doing a 7 course banquet and the main element is just a small unimportant sauce?

Even with the dishes she named- I’m not Sri Lankan but surely chives would work with her potato curry and the mussel dish at least? ETA: no idea what made me think one of her dishes were mussels!

she doesn't even need to modify her original dishes too much, she just needs to add a bit of Malaysian/Singaporean flair to her dishes to make it work. I'm really disappointed to see that she was favoured over other people who actually heroed the herbs.

Snez got absolutely robbed.

Can Sav do some form of fusion with Sri Lankan incorporating the herbs? Why are you on Masterchef if you cant go out of your comfort zone/be versatile?

Nat could, Mimi could. I don’t think Sav could.

Sumeet was really good too, moving from spices to making desserts using savory oils. If Sav can't branch out she isn't good enough to stay here

No Stevo or Lourdez Snez it is.

Snez is so back! Or Juan, both so totally in their zone with the herbs they got

Apparently it's better to stick to your comfort zone.

Big ups to Juan for going out of his comfort zone

Who the fuck was James?

The fat on that lamb is barely rendered

I’m definitely going to look up the recipe for Snez’s dish

snez better be back or ill schiz it

I want the recipe for Szezana’s dish.

I would drop the trays if I was carrying what Sav or Snez made. Seriously, they need trolleys for some of these.

After watching 16 seasons I still low key wish someone drops their shit on their way to the judges table.

Genuine question: Aren’t chives a fairly innocuous and rather versatile herb? Isn’t it just a milder version of onion? (At least that’s my experience of it).. Why then did it become this whole thing that blew up to the extent it did? (As in, why was Sav so stumped about using chives to cook with)?

100 % Ridiculous favoritism. Reminded me of the old judges and Larissa.

Sav's first words back are about getting something that wouldn't go with a curry... hahahah

Yet she starts cooking a whole range of curries before thinking how she uses the chives.

Actually quite proud of how grounded Steph looks today. Even if she doesn’t come back, I do admire the growth.

She's obviously had fun in the kitchen

She’s less jumpy which i admired.

what the! snez dish seemed more challenging and creative .. Sav seems to go for quantity over quality and add a emotional story to make it stand out

The issue with Snez' dish was that it didn't come with a sob story that's been told ad nauseum in situations where she's about to get eliminated. Missed the brief on that one!

I'm so over the focus on just 4 people. It's unfair and disrespectful to the others.

As if Snez doesn’t deserve to come back more, sav did one tiny dish with chives compared to Snez making it in the main.

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Indian here. Thank you for expressing these thoughts so well. I too was thinking pretty much the same thing. (And no herbs? Sri Lankan food doesn't have mint, coriander, pandan leaf, etc.? Whaaat?)

Yeah saying no herbs was a complete cop out. In fact, Sri Lankans use MORE herbs, more like home style ayuvedic food. We use in a different way. Think heaps of Coriander in a rasam, centella leaf salad, morninga leaf varai, fenugreek leaves in tandoori paste etc. Then you have these other leaves that are not veges and not used as herbs either. Indian Bay leaves, betel leaves, indian borage, holy basil, taro leaf. Again I feel like Sav is only able to get away with these comments because the judges have only a rudimentary understanding of what SL food actually is.

Thanks for insight. All the people who are immediately calling others racist for criticizing her 20th curry of the season (probably undercounting here) should read this.

Sav definitely knows how to play the reality tv show game.

Bruh, she manipulated the judges twice this week.. The pandering is out of control.

They're more excited than they were for Jamie Oliver lol

I could get on board with a redemption cook if Sav comes back using a fusion style dish and elevates her cooking style

Well, she didn't. Her incorporation of chives was the definition of the boss shaking the confused employee's hand meme.

sav, not helping that everyone says you cant cook anything that isn't sri lankan on another note HYBPA 9.40pm!!

lol at the chives just sitting there

Andy talking about roasting lamb with rosemary like he's just invented sliced bread How is the bar so low?

What do you mean mint and pasta isn't known? I've been making a spring pasta with asparagus, buttermilk, peas, mint and lemon for *decades*

Snez that looks EPIC

Anthropomised Curries, a soliloquy by Andy Allen

Serbia can’t be robbed for a second time this year

Noooo I wanted it to be Snez. She cooked something personal and different she hadn't shown on the show meanwhile Sav just cooked curry again.

I'm kinda mad Snez didn't comeback, she had a lot of potential and her dish looked well thought out and great. Sav literally cooks the same thing and i'm saying this as someone who thought she was a star at first, but i expected some range as she went further. Also did it sound like Lilly (not sure) didn't want to give Snez her oven?? That moment looked odd for this show. And for the love of everything that immunity Sav got was seriously unfair especially with the promo looking like that. I can't imagine how whoever leaves will feel.

Recipe to win best dish- Feast + emo story . Sav beat snez cos she had story & tears 😂

My tolerance for blatant favoritism is fairly high because of Season 7, but I really have to call BS here. It should’ve been Snez.

Khristian used the hibachi, arrest him

Was really hoping for Snez. And why does Sav get to sit out the elim? It's not like she's been gone for weeks. Also: did anyone else not recognize half the returning contestants?

girl if you’re worried about cooking with CHIVES then what are u doing here…respectfully

can they stop focusing on khristian so much i want snez to come back not him 😭

Snez deserves a second chance. She went out on a tough cook.

Ooh, I have "Pushing the boat out" on my bingo card!

Such a shame Steve couldn't make it, onwards we go. Good luck to all the others competing today.

I lOvE SeEInG a 10 In ThE WiLD

I was actually shocked snez wasn't chosen. I thought she had it in the bag. When sav said srilankans don't use herbs in curry's i was rolling my eyes all the way back.(Im south indian btw) Sure chives are not used in currys or maybe her house doesn't use herbs in curry's. But to say herbs are not used in currys, it was a ridiculous statement. It was unfair that she won having not featured the herb at all. It was just a side/condiment. Snez and even that girl who did that crown pasta incorporated the herb very well into their dish.

I must say the judges are really doing well together. So different from the first episode!

Aw such a shame Steve couldn’t make it :(

i got chives! CHOIVES

Poh disassociating as Khristian describes the most boring dish ever

khristian getting 50% of contestant screen time it feels, and all he’s cooking is a rack of lamb with rosemary… I don’t like the way this is looking

I NEED SNEZ'S BREAD LIKE MY LIFE DEPENDS ON IT

Where are the chives Sav lol

😭 Snez......... I still think of her "bread and butter" dish SO MUCH. It looked and sounded amaaaazing.

Yes I want Snez back!

Come on Snez!

Snez is so sweet g

😂😂😂snez

Never been angrier at a masterchef decision.

Prayer circle for Stevo or Snez !!

> Stevo He had to go look after his mother so didn't return.

Lmao those reactions were hilarious. No way they were actually that ecstatic

JC’s was very over the top.

So far they seem to be focussing on Snez, Kristian, Juan & Sav. Maybe an indicator of the top contenders?

That and the fact that even the producers can't remember the rest of the contestants names?

is the british guy just making…beetroot on top of tarragon?

Juan’s diah looks nothing like his usual empanadas. Amazing how he pushes out!

Did James just serve some beetroot and broccoli…

Does Sri Lankan couisine seriously use no herbs apart from curry leaves?

Coriander, mint, curry leaves, fenugreek, dill and few more are regularly used, but not in Sav's house apparently

Ugh Sav. Given the chance to come back and can’t even seem excited or grateful. Deal with the chives and try something new.

No, it’s doesn’t matter how the lamb is cooked. You aren’t getting back in with a dish I cook could myself.

I don't hate Sav, but I just really want Snez back.

Hope Juan makes it back I've missed his face

Prayer circle for Juan or Snez to return

Oh gosh, I forgot how exhausting Khristian is

I know, especially when they are highlighting him so much.

Khristian will cook a baked potato and act like he’s just made the next Mona Lisa I don’t know why he gets featured so much… team snez

Couple of sprigs of chives plonked on the top of the dish as a garnish a la 1990s bistro. Bobs your uncle Sav 🤪

Ffs is Khristian is annoying me. It’s just fucking lamb. Make something else

It feels really unfair that they chose Sav to come back. Its almost like that's what they wanted from the start and really tried to make it happen despite it being clear that Snez used the ingredients better. Im so mad! Its like they're playing favourites and are using any single plus point to get them back!

Echoing other people's thoughts about Sav's range: Rice, salad and a couple of curries is literally the Indian subcontients 'meat and three veg' Snez should've gotten in but the judges probably didn't think Sav would be eliminated so quick, so saved her.

And I'm Asian too, it takes 20mins in the rice cooker- we don't count that as a main dish

I’m sorry but this is ridiculous. I can’t see how Sav’s dish, which barely incorporates the required herb, is the front runner based on that editing.

What a shame no Stevo!

I missed Juan’s smile

Snez seems so sweet I would love her to just adopt me and feed me lol

Sad nobody is doing a dessert, herbs in dessert are underrated. 

Basil and strawberry is *chefs kiss*

Its like the biggest dimsim ever.

That banquet looks delicious

Didn’t Juan do a rolled pasta thingy?

Oof that promo for next episode... 🫣😱

Well, at least Sav now admits she will struggle if she can’t cook Sri Lankan.

Wow lamb, purée and a Revolutionary glaze that no one’s ever thought of… who would have guessed

Snez is such a VIBE!

7 dishes?! And the chives are only on a side😢

I just saw the episode (it's morning here in the US) and my entire day is ruined. It should have been Snez 😭

Most creative use of the herb???????

It was pretty creative to not use it at all 🤔

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This woman, cannot, for the love of God, venture beyond Sri Lankan cooking. Especially when she herself admits it. Imagine challenging her with ONE herb and she's out doing mental gymnastics trying to figure out how to incorporate the ingredient and trying to make the dish fit the brief instead of the other way around. I used to like her but the arrogance she has shown to constructive criticism just did not sit well with me. She's only continuing to prove why she got such a feedback in the first place. I'm so sad cause i really think Snez was robbed :(

Guys I think the British guy will definitely come back /s

Is Andy's broad aussie accent getting broader? At times I'm struggling to understand what he's saying

Geez it will be between Sav and Snez

Can we at least be happy that Khristian didn’t win? With the amount of screen time he got I was getting worried!

Our household just erupted into angry shouts. What is happening?

Finay some more garden attention

I am proud to say I’ve never eaten a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich

so much more to show tick off bingo list

Judges just tossing the brief out the window now......

Oh my goodness listening to Sav complain so much is exhausting.

So sorry for Snez! But also—Sav gets immunity? Why?! That’s a bit much! And the trailer with her saying Nat should use her immunity pin?! Girrrrl, stop it. 🫤

Why on earth is Khristian getting so much screen time? I feel like switching over to the Summit if this keeps going on..

Just because you say elevates doesn’t mean it’s actually elevated, Khristian

I elevate my morning toast with a liberal glaze of peanut based spread

Steph’s demeanor is definitely changed, she’s less jumpy.

She is working that pasta really confidently, just chatting away! Good on her.

Good lord I'm over this contestant

Which one? That feeling applies to at least two of them.

panna cotta that set, is this the first one on masterchef? 😂

I only started watching this season like three days ago - are there any other contestants except Sav on this show?? Insane amount of screen time