Asian Street Food Team Challenge 2014
Contestants were divided to pairs and took responsibility of two-and-a-half prep time and serve different Asian street foods to be served to 200 customers in 90 minutes outside the MasterChef kitchen. Team chosen by drawing coloured chopstick from a bamboo steamer basket and each team had a chef as the mentor to any Asian cuisine. Laura and Jamie from the Blue Team under the mentorship of Jarrod Hudson to cook two Thai dishes. Shaun Presland mentored the Red Team of Ben and Renae to cook Japanese street food. Green Team's Brent and Tracy prep their Vietnamese dishes under Adrian Li. Frank Shek took charge by instructing Amy and Emelia of the Yellow Team to prepare their Chinese street food. The Green Team fell behind after struggling to prepare their dishes that took too long to serve and burnt half of the elements. Their Vietnamese tacos made it difficult for the customers and the judges to eat. The Red Team took too long to prepare their dishes. Their Japanese noodle soup earned reviews for the depth of flavour but it was criticised on its bland texture. With 10 minutes to go, the Yellow Team's Chinese pork and mushroom soup earned popularity to the customers which meant they quickly ran out. The Blue Team earned overall positive reviews on their two dishes. Two teams will be saved based on the highest number of votes from the customers to each team. The Blue Team earned 79 votes and The Yellow Team got 59 votes whereupon, the critical flaws in the dishes of the Green and Red Teams earned them the lowest votes each (Green's 51 and Red's 11), sending them to elimination.
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