Homebrewer Ben Starr, finalist on Tv's Master Chef season 2

[MeatyPortion]

Ben, you are doing it wrong. Try to fit in the homebrewing aspect in a rant and pool of tears.
eg: Gordon Ramsey is a moronic half (By the way, I like to brew my own beer and would like to work in that field) wit with a baboon's arse for a brain!!! Oh Grrrr!

 

[Scruffy1207]

Christian is an a******. I hope he get's kicked. Ben, where's your hat?

 

[EdWort]

Ben, where's your lobster? We noticed a few contestants did not get any plate time on camera.

It's like you are quietly playing in the middle, not making waves, while other contestants get picked off one by one.

You are getting loads of play by play commentary though. Keep it up. It's working so far.

 

[dataz722]

Just wondering, how long have you guys been done filming and what is it like for you watching it on TV?

 

[mr_goodwrench]

Just moved into our new house a couple of weeks ago and have been working on that in most of our spare moments but have been DVRing the show. Last night we finally got caught up. Obviously, we are all rooting for you in our house. Thanks for sharing your recipes on your site, especially the cake. Carrot cake is my favorite followed closely by pumpkin so that really piqued my interest. Gonna tell SWMBO to make it for my birthday in a couple of weeks!

 

[Revvy]

I thought maybe I just missed your meals. Neither the lobster, nor the truffels.

What did you make with them? Congrats on being in the top 10.

 

[Revvy]

Ben, can you talk a about the behind the scenes/production aspect of the show. How long were you in production? How many hours a day? Are all those head shot/private comments taped during the "event" that you're commenting on (like the challenges) or later in the day after?

I know the show doesn't focus at all, thank god, of the after hours aspect, like Hell's kitchen does, BUT were you all living together during production? Or was this more like an "acting job" where you worked for 8-10 hours together and then went your separate ways?

 

[dataz722]

Ben, can you talk a about the behind the scenes/production aspect of the show. How long were you in production? How many hours a day? Are all those head shot/private comments taped during the "event" that you're commenting on (like the challenges) or later in the day after?

I know the show doesn't focus at all, thank god, of the after hours aspect, like Hell's kitchen does, BUT were you all living together during production? Or was this more like an "acting job" where you worked for 8-10 hours together and then went your separate ways?

I have always wondered about this kind of stuff too. Just didn't know how much you were able to divulge.

 

[EdWort]

I have always wondered about this kind of stuff too. Just didn't know how much you were able to divulge.

Yeah, I know. Ben could have won it and have $250,000 to buy pumpkins and home brew equipment and can't say a single word. It's got to be eating him up not to be able to talk about it.

 

[Revvy]

Oh yeah, and can I have all the dirt on Jennifer Behm? I think she's one of the sexiest women I've ever seen. There's just something about her.

I have a major tv crush on her.

 

[Bookem15]

Keep up the good work Ben and thanks for the recipe...

 

[Burgs]

Oh yeah, and can I have all the dirt on Jennifer Behm? I think she's one of the sexiest women I've ever seen. There's just something about her.

I have a major tv crush on her.

I didn't before, really... but that picture is changing my mind.

 

[neovox]

...less than 1% of what gets filmed ever makes it onto the show.

It's always better to have way too much than to little when you hit the editing room. When I worked in radio, a 5 minute feature usually had more than 3 hours of tape behind it.

I hadn't been back to this thread since Revvy first posted it. I didn't realize you are a fellow HBTer. :rockin:

One of us... One of us... One of us...

Enjoyin' the show.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

What day does this show air in the real world so that I know when to NOT look at this thread and spoil my belated viewing?

 

[cd38]

Yea shes hot!!!! Crazy that Ben is on here, we have been Netflixing it

 

[Revvy]

What day does this show air in the real world so that I know when to NOT look at this thread and spoil my belated viewing?

Mondays and evidently Tuesdays as well.

I watch it the next day when it's posted on hulu.com, and I force myself to ignore this thread until the second the credits roll.

 

[bill42]

you can also watch the episodes on foxs website for free

 

[bernerbrau]

Way to rock those eggs tonight Ben!

 

[bucfanmike]

cant wait to try eggs ben's way. I love poached eggs but can never manage to get them to hold together correctly. The idea of the small holes in the shell seem like a great idea.

 

[Thefirebuilds]

Indeed I am! Not nearly the masters that most of you are, still learning, but I've been brewing for 4 years and I'm a full fledged addict. Just upgraded to kegging last year and built a nice 4-tap kegerator in my garage. Thanks for watching, everyone! It will be a wild season.

Hhaha I watched tonight and couldn't help but judge you a weirdo, but now I'm proud to be weird enough to be among your kind. I'm sure the show is already well in the can but "good luck.:

 

[Scruffy1207]

Get em ben.

 

[Revvy]

Of all the ******* lines, "Alejandra, do you miss your husband?.......Maybe you'll see him tonight."

Geez...snark much?

I'm sorry to see Guiseppe leave. He had a good soul (though bad choice in not making homemade pasta for the moms.)

Ben, you have to school us on your Eggs Benedict recipe, it's one of my favorite foods, but I've only attempted it once. I've never heard of the cold butter method of making Hollandaise.

Great job.

 

[MeatyPortion]

I'm tired of the bs "take your apron...







































































and go back to your station". It's dumb, cliche, tedious, and melodramatic. I miss the Kitchen Nightmares UK show style compared to the new FOX DRAMA TIL YOU PUKE style.

 

[EdWort]

Of all the ******* lines, "Alejandra, do you miss your husband?.......Maybe you'll see him tonight."

Geez...snark much?

I'm sorry to see Guiseppe leave. He had a good soul (though bad choice in not making homemade pasta for the moms.)

Ben, you have to school us on your Eggs Benedict recipe, it's one of my favorite foods, but I've only attempted it once. I've never heard of the cold butter method of making Hollandaise.

Great job.

Yep, Joe I'l Bastard, er I mean Bastianich is one smug SOB, albeit a very successful one. He still does not need to be a "Richard" about things.

I liked Guiseppe. I bet he would be a fun homebrewer too. It's a shame he got snagged on something he's never made before.

Ben will have to post all his recipes here on HBT in a dedicated thread.

 

[neovox]

Of all the ******* lines, "Alejandra, do you miss your husband?.......Maybe you'll see him tonight."

Every time Joe says something like that or eats someone's dish and just glares at them SWMBO says, "He's such a dick!".

The melodrama is sooooo hokey.

 

[Revvy]

and go back to your station". It's dumb, cliche, tedious, and melodramatic. I miss the Kitchen Nightmares UK show style compared to the new FOX DRAMA TIL YOU PUKE style.

Exactly.

I was just posting in a Hulu discussion on the New season of HK, how much I miss Marco Pierre White and the original UK Hell's kitchen. If I recall, Marco actually gave some cooking lessons to the contestants during each show, so you got some practical info, plus his yoda like insights into food and cooking..

And just knowing that he made Gordon Ramsay weep like a baby made it even more cooler.

 

[bernerbrau]

and go back to your station". It's dumb, cliche, tedious, and melodramatic. I miss the Kitchen Nightmares UK show style compared to the new FOX DRAMA TIL YOU PUKE style.

Gawd, have you seen the newest season of Hell's Kitchen? I swear it's turning into The Real World plus a little bit of cooking.

 

[Revvy]

Gawd, have you seen the newest season of Hell's Kitchen? I swear it's turning into The Real World plus a little bit of cooking.

That was LAST year's....it was so ghetto Ramsay should have been in FuBu.

THIS year's is looking like the Jersey Shore with pots and pans.

I'm actually watching season one on Hulu (because Ralph Pagano is on it) and my god, the show has really tanked into pure ****e since then.

 

[bernerbrau]

It just seems like everyone on the show is there for the attention, and not the cooking. I mean 2 episodes in, one of the women seduces one of the men so he can't prepare for the next night's service, and bam, he's kicked off. The contestants have never reached this level of unprofessionalism before.

 

[MeatyPortion]

Exactly.

I was just posting in a Hulu discussion on the New season of HK, how much I miss Marco Pierre White and the original UK Hell's kitchen. If I recall, Marco actually gave some cooking lessons to the contestants during each show, so you got some practical info, plus his yoda like insights into food and cooking..

And just knowing that he made Gordon Ramsay weep like a baby made it even more cooler.

Please tell me there is video of this.