MasterChef star slams Andy Allen’s “frustrating” feedback
The new MasterChef Australia judges have been receiving plenty of praise from fans.
But eliminated contestant Chris Badenoch isn’t entirely impressed by Andy Allen, who won the 2012 season of the cooking show.
Speaking to News.com.au, Chris criticised the judge and said his feedback “makes no sense” – and even compared it to a speech by U.S. president Donald Trump.
“It’s not feedback, it’s just a collection of words that make no sense,” he said.
“He’s commented on things that I’ve cooked and when he’s walked away it’s like, ‘I have no idea what he said or what he meant.’ You almost need subtitles. I don’t get it!”
Chris, who was the seventh to be eliminated from the new season, added that he didn’t have any problems with Melissa Leong or Jock Zonfrillo’s feedback but said Andy’s reminded him of Donald Trump.
“It’s incredibly frustration. Jock or Melissa will give you a good critique … [but Andy] it’s not constructive,” he said.
“It’s like a Trump speech; a whole lot of words that don’t match.”
Chris did say that his comments shouldn’t be taken too seriously, adding: “It’s a reality TV show for Christ’s sake, have some fun!”
Despite the criticism, Andy and his fellow judges have been a huge success on this years season of MasterChef.
One fan wrote on Facebook that the show was “much better to watch” without the original judges, Matt Preston, Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris.
“No, don’t miss them at all. I love the new judges, the show is so far much better to watch,” they wrote.
Another said the new hosts were “the freshness the show needed”.