It was a very intense grand final but one of the best MKR finales I have ever seen. Each team produced five top class dishes and it was very hard to separate them. I initially thought the team that got most 9s from the judges would win, but after listening to their critiques I thought the winning team would have to get the most 10s. And Tasia and Gracia were the only team to score 10s to beat Carmine and Lauren.
When the first courses came to the head table and Pete described the dishes to the guest judges, the other four would have realised immediately the scallop dish belonged to Tasia and Garcia, and from then on would critique and score the sistersā creations accordingly.
So happy a Victorian team has finally won the MKR title 
(have to show some parochialism 
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Seven has gone backwards in terms of transparency when it came to scoring and showing judgesā critiques. Four times this season the individual guest team scores were not shown during the episode, in the first three occasions viewers had to go to MKR website to watch the clips to find out the scores, in the most recent occasion (the final ultimate instant restaurant) the scores were not shown at all. In some sudden death cook-offs, Seven also deliberately held back judgesā comments on the second dessert until the last segment of the night. I think both measures are totally wrong and must stop next season, for the benefits of viewers not just locally but also from overseas.
Really? I felt like the whole ep was on auto-pilotā¦seen it all before. Nothing new or interesting. No drama. No spectacular food.
Based on Sevenās editing, Carmine and Lauren clearly had the best five dishes. How this translated into āfavouritesā to win, Tasia and Gracia, taking the prize, Iām not sure. Karen telling us their menu was ābalancedā, when it was 4 courses of clearly over the top heat, was a good laugh.
Donāt Pete and Manu always finish up the series by giving the winners 10s?
Why? I doubt many viewers care which state was competing.
I donāt think anyone, here or overseas, cares if comments on the second dessert arenāt shown until the final segment
JBar - A comment like that means you obviously live in Sydney or Melbourne.
And donāt quite understand how people from WA, SA, the NT, Tassie or WA view themselves.
WHAT ABOUT THE ACT ALWAYS BEING LEFT OUT WAAAAHHHHHH
No. When Will and Steve won last season, Pete gave them 8 points and Manu gave them 9.
Just found out the current season began on TV2 in New Zealand on Monday night (Anzac Day). It will air on Mondays-Wednesdays until May 8, from when it will also be shown on Sundays.
Yep. The finale format is so boring and predictable which surprises me why viewers still flock to it in such massive numbers. There is no suspense and itās just the same tired finale format. 2 teams cooking 5 different dishes that are all praised like no tomorrow. Zzzzzz. At least the masterchef finale is more innovative and different every single year.
Agree. I barely watched this season but could have easily have told you that these girls would win from that final 2. No way were they going to let someone edited as a minor villain win the competition over the goody two shoe sisters that the viewers would like. Itās like they purposely critique all the teams equally so they can pick the viewer favourite as the winner. It seems to be what happens every year from the final 2. Plus the whole announcement of winner and ending comes across so fake. There is no emotion, scripted responses and then itās all over a minute later.
Sorry Ryan - you can tell I am from Sydney as I sort of count the ACT as part of NSW. Itās called āSydney Arrogance Syndromeā or SAS.
A friend from Perth once told me āPeople who live in Perth are Australians second as they are Western Australians firstā.
Thatās why itās a good point of difference to focus on the MKR teams being from different states. It has little effect in Sydney but elsewhere it adds to the competition.
Wat.
Well what about Queensland? Iād say our state patriotism is more intense than fucking South Australia.
Thereās a South Australia now?
Only since 1836, so good that you finally caught up with current events. 
1836 is current day for most of the stateās populous though soā¦
I love Queensland. Godās country. The Gold Coast, Noosa, Brissieā¦I plan to live there one day.
And now I see why MKR highlights the state by state competitive nature of the show.
Could we include NZ or Norfolk Island in the 2017 series? What about some expats? Maybe a Hong Kong duo?
Do Norfolk Islanders consider themselves to be Australian? 
Theyāve had NZers before.
Im in WA and I dont care. Whatās your point?
Haha. There is FAR more to Queensland than just that little strip of coast south of Gympie.
That is only about 5% of the entire state 
But this is the MKR thread. Itās this 5% of Queensland that has good hatted restaurants. I hate to say it but Noosa, Brisbane and the GC contain 98.7% of the hatted restaurants in the state.
http://www.agfg.com.au/guide/awards/
Nothing above a 13/20 in the rest of the state.
I reckon there is a lot more to Queensland than the strip south of Gympie. Food wise though - itās all south of Gympie on a little strip.
With that, we might return to the topic. Feel free to continue this train of thought in the off topic areas
Bullshit. Prime example: everyone in Melbourne tuning in like sheep to any programme on television that is filmed in or mentions Melbourne.
Says it all about you. More like bogan country.