Masterchef New Zealand

In the never ending advance of Masterchef across the globe, the latest version to hit the screens in the UK is from New Zealand.

Really like the UK version, totally loved the Oz re-boot and have yet to see the Ramsay fronted US take.

Masterchef New Zealand is still at the audition stage so there is the usual parade of hapless idiots who clearly can't cook and probably should be banned from ever entering a kitchen again - last night featured asparagus dipped in chocolate. The judges seem well cast... there is the fat jolly one and the thin, slightly scary one... but how on earth did Ross Burden manage to creep into the mix?

Did the producers feel that they needed to supplement their two otherwise presumably perfectly well qualified judges with a housewives favourite gone to seed? And when did he start doing a full time Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet impression?

I'm sure it will be a grower and I'll be hooked after a few episodes but at the moment... not sure.

Masterchef New Zealand is on Watch.