eats goldfish crackers in suspense at all the drama
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AND we are back.
@brute - your dish - the fish dip. Can I just be honest with you? It wasn’t for me. My inner toddler just said yuck. And maybe bleh. Your dish however was highly liked by one of the other judges. But then left the third feeling sad. However, due to the split decision, you are safe for this round. Please step back.
@Greyweld @galliver - the judges saw both your dishes as variation on a theme. Fruit and veges cut into shapes. Whilst I appreciate that fruit and vegetables are important for a toddler, and making them attractive is a skill - I just couldn’t help wondering if you did enough? Turns out you didn’t. My fellow judges and I agree that to progress in this competition you need to do more. Really bring something.
I’m sorry, but you’re both going into to the Eliminationing! to fight to stay in the competition.
I’ll open it up now to @Meowkins and our special guest judge @Clare-Dragonfly for their thoughts.
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I don’t know why the Eliminationing is stressing me out 
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Maybe its the capitalisation and the exclamation point? Or maybe its the sense of impending doom for one of our contestants?
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The doom. I have never felt this way about actual TV eliminations.
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Yeah they’re just random punters on tv. We are watching the hopes and dreams of OMDers be dashed.
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It’s stressing you out? LOL. 
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Well do we get to know the challenge? Why would you leave us hanging like that… In elimination yet unable to even scheme to avert our fate!?
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I was waiting for the other judges to give their comments on the dishes. Also, as the ELIMINATIONING! is a speed round, it would be unfair to give a time advantage to a contestant.
The ELIMINATIONING! may also be next week’s episode. I don’t know. We’re making this up as we go along.
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If it’s a speed round let’s not do it before Thursday. Both contestants should be available for it.
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Hello chefs! It was me. I was the one who loved @brute’s dish. As soon as I saw it I thought, “I need to eat this today.” I didn’t, of course, because it requires effort and I’d rather judge dishes than make them. I also thought the dish would hit all the notes for my toddler, who primarily lives on tuna and variations of cheese on any odd day of the weak (by his own choice, don’t look at me like that.)
Nona’s was lovely, of course, but the idea of making any type dumping from scratch made me feel like dying inside. That said, please invite us for dinner!
As to our contestants moving on to the elimination. Yes, it did feel a bit simple. Also, in my experience as Toddler Expert, shaped fruit is an Instagram lie and my kid mostly loves to play with them rather than eat them. Maybe I’m a little bitter. I don’t know.
That said, I’m excited to see you two talented chefs show us your stuff in this next round!
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Thank you @PDM ! You, @Meowkins and all the other judges are welcome at my house any time. I’ll cook. But don’t track in any dirt! I’ve just cleaned my floors.
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I’m… In elimination?
C’monnnn, you guys don’t want me gone right?
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Unfortunately, this is a cooking competition not an adorableness competition. I would assure you that none of the judges decisions are personal and shouldn’t be taken that way.
In summary - are you a good enough cook to be the OMD Top Iron Master Chef?
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Welcome to the ELIMINATIONING!
insert ominous music
Today’s elimination round sees @Greyweld and @galliver fight to save their bacon.
This is a speed round (you don’t have to reply quickly just theoretically use that amount of time to imaginary cook).
The scenario is this: you’re returning home from a fun day of toddler adventures just at dinner time. Your toddler is a hungry, cranky ticking time bomb. You have 10 minutes from opening the front door to get a dish plated up for your crank tank (and the judges).
Will your dish calm the beast? Or will it be unceremoniously dumped on the floor as a lazy metaphor for you leaving the competition?
Do you have what it takes to stay in OMD Top Iron Master Chef?
Ready… Steady…Cook!
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(privately to camera) Okay, as guest judge, I have a confession to make. It’s probably a good thing I’m only a guest, because I am biased.
Yes, there were lots of great dishes in this competition. GDogg’s buttered noodles are easy, satisfying, and flexible. Strega Nona’s gnocchi are fun to make, colorful, easy to pick up with toddler fingers, and easy to store when he inevitably doesn’t eat as many as I think he will. Lady Duck’s worm dish is fun, gross, and even has some nutritional value.
But Strega Nona pulls ahead of everyone else in my book. Why? Because she is a witch. And we witches stick together.
Except when we’re trying to poison each other. And I’m pretty sure she didn’t put any poison in the gnocchi.
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Howdy folks,
I’m bowing out of the competition. I don’t expect to have as much time for a while. It’s been real.
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Thank you for the extreme fun while you were able to!
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Sorry to see you go.
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I mean, I’m making Peking duck on Saturday. Toddlers are fine, but it’s time to cook for a fancy boy such as myself.
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