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I have some production questions

12 points · submitted Dec 2024 by u/Citizen55555567373

Been watching for years and the same questions pop up in my head every season :

  • do the chefs source and purchase their ingredients out of their own pocket? Obviously not for the invention challenges but all others. Or do they provide a list of ingredients that the production buys.

  • clearly some challenges have staggered starts, like the critics episodes and the pop up- but the regular challenges all start and finish at the same time. So there can be a long gap between the person judged first or sixth. You can even see in the background that all the work benches are cleaned so that’s gotta take some time. How do the dishes stay tasty and warm (or frozen) and not completely destroyed. You can see on some lamb dishes that the dish is cold, the lamb fat has gone white. Doesn’t seem too fair for the last judged.

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swaythling 3 points · Dec 2024

For the first question I believe it's the latter but don't take my word for it.

For the second question when it's not staggered all the food is tasted cold as to be fair - even the first dish. I'm not sure if it's just editing but it seems like the judges taste the food in order like it's a meal - so puddings at the end always. They also have to film or photograph the dishes upon completion which takes time anyway.

seaneeboy 3 points · Dec 2024

Hello, I applied a few years back and got through to just-before-the-telly.

Basically you can bring your own produce if you want something specific. Production will help you source/buy some of it but essentially you’re bringing it in yourself when it’s a particular cut/herb/etc.

And yes, everything is tasted cold/room temp. Once you’ve made it, it gets taken for photographs/clips of filming which takes up to an hour. The judges account for this when they’re trying it and don’t mark down for the impact of it going cold.

CoconutInitial 1 points · Dec 2024

Greg mentioned in interview that dishes are always tasted at room temp, because for example you don't eat a boiled potato when it's boiling hot. What I'm more concerned with though is the dishes that need to remain cool prior to eating - ice cream deserts etc

National_Ad6213 2 points · Dec 2024

I read an interview with a contestant and she said you’ll see ice cream served on a separate dish as that’s been in the freezer/chiller to stop it melting until they take their food up to be tasted. Furthermore they said the judges will actually taste things, such as sauces, while they are cooking them but everything is eaten at room temperature. The contestant also said that they avoid cooking things where the texture or taste would suffer at room temperature.