Discrimination at the BBC

Ever wondered why it’s usually a man that wins the BBC MasterChef competition?  I have the answer – sex discrimination!  Let me explain.

I’ve watched two of the programmes this week and the men have an unfair advantage.

In each programme they start with six contestants: three men and three women.

The first challenge is to cook a dish from a surprise selection of ingredients in 60 minutes.  After the food has been tasted, the judges retreat to decide which three wannabes will be kept.

This is where it starts to go wrong.  The judges discuss the contestants in turn deciding whether to keep or reject people. 

They start by discussing the men in turn.  In the first programme I saw, two out of the three men were selected to stay in the game. 

Then the women are reviewed.  At this point three women are being considered for just one place.  Earlier the three men were being considered for three places.

Later in the programme we see the remaining three do a stint in a professional kitchen and then they cook two dishes of their choice in another 60 minutes.

After the tasting of these dishes the deliberations start again with just one place in the quarter final up for grabs.

Once again the order for consideration is men first.  By the time they got around to discussing the one remaining woman there was no point as they had already found their quarter finalist.

In the second show I watched, a woman managed to make it through to the quarter finals but that was just because the men were really talentless.  In the first show where a man prevailed the women, who were rejected, did demonstrate talent.

So, on behalf of the talented women who didn’t make the cut, I’d just like to say “It’s not fair.”