Channel 7 dishes up its Masterchef

by Nathan Taylor
In a silly programming idea Channel Seven are set to cash in on the success of Masterchef Australia by dishing up its own version of the show.

Seven will launch a nationwide search for this country's best cook for its upcoming programme My Kitchen Rules. The new series will travel the country with the aim of finding Australia's best home-cooking team.

The teams-of-two in My Kitchen Rules will do battle from their own kitchens in each state. The aspiring chefs will have to impress judges with unique culinary tricks and use local ingredients in their dishes.
The contestants will also have to transform their home into an instant restaurant for one pressure-cooker night, working against the clock to deliver a winning dining experience.

Sound familiar...well similar challenges and ideas were seen this year in Masterchef and I think a cooking show overload could in turn ruin Masterchef's popularity next year because people will be over it.

This isn't the first time Seven have copied other shows. The early success of Australian Idol saw Seven re-work Popstars Live. Australia's Next Top Model has been a big hit for FOX 8 and last year Seven gave us Make Me A Supermodel. Both shows failed dismally, so odds are My Kitchen Rules will too.

Julie Wins Masterchef

Last night the judges declared Julie Goodwin the winner of Channel Ten’s ratings bonanza show Masterchef Australia.
Close to three million Australians witnessed mum Julie take home 100,000 big ones and a cook book deal.
Masterchef Australia, loosely based on a British format took about half the series to actually reach a decent audience and over the past two weeks has reached over 2 million viewers nearly every night.
I never really got into the Australian version of the show, but am a big fan of the British version which format is a lot different and only goes for half an hour.
However, it was hard not to get caught up in the final week of the Australian hit series, as it was all people could talk about all week. Julie or Poh? Julie or Poh? I heard it over and over so much, so I did decided to tune into the finale and it looks like Julie impressed the judges the most to claim the title. What I saw of her I wasn’t a big fan, it look like she used her annoying warm personality and being a typical Australian mother who loves to cook for her family to win over the judges and steal Australia’s hearts. But Julie will probably do well out of her cook book deal as I think that normal Australian families will like her simple, affordable family favourite dishes.