New judges on Masterchef give a clue about GBM judging
Masterchef UK has Grace Dent and Anna Haugh as judges. A food critic and a chef. It is amazing how much better the critiques are as a result. You get the constructive criticism from the chef and a different sort of criticism from the food critic. They are also warmer as people and the interactions are truly funny. The discussions between Oliver and Matthew used to be funny. There is nothing funny in the discussions among the current judges. The comic just does jokes which everyone laughs at. No banter, no real discussions of the differences of opinion. Andi is so warm and great as a host but we need more variety in the judging panel. We had a chef (Pru), a restauranteur (Oliver) and a food critic (Matthew). Surely they can source those three types with new people! While they were old school in their ways, they had differences of opinion that they discussed openly. That whole dynamic is missing.