MasterChef Canada Kitchen Ninjas

Everyone has been patiently waiting for more MasterChef Canada stories so I will get back to it.  I feel like I am running out of things that I can say but I know haven’t discussed the best part of all that you don’t get to see on television.  As I have said before, I was most curious to see how things are done as I am very much a “behind the scenes” type thinker and I have found it very interesting what the viewer doesn’t notice or think about as they get wrapped up in a television show.  
Have you thought about this…who cleans up all that cooking mess??  Shhh….we have kitchen ninjas.  Of course, they are not called that.  That was the affectionate name I christened them with, but they are the most amazing group of individuals on the planet.  When a cook is over, they swoop in (or ninja in, if you would), cleaning at the speed of light.  Drawers of utensils are swapped out for fully stocked ones, dirty dishes and garbage are whisked from the station, stainless steel is polished, and then they are gone…as quickly as they came in.  And should a camera need to point in their direction, they would quickly drop out of sight, behind the counter.  I think aside from watching the other home cooks work, watching the kitchen ninjas was the very best part.  

MasterChef Canada home cooks are not even allowed to clean up.  Trust me, I tried.  Everyone who knows me well, knows that I am the kitchen tidier and counter washer.  But in that magical place, it was forbidden.  I remember thinking that everyone was making one heck of a big mess for culinary to have to clean up and I vowed to keep my station tidy.  But, naturally, in the chaos of a 60 minute cook, I made one heck of a mess myself and sheepishly walked away as the ninjas took over the clean up.  Later in the day, after my initial audition cook, I snagged one of them and apologized profusely at the mess I left behind. He laughed at me, of course, but I did feel better reassuring him that I don’t normally create a hurricane around me when I cook.  Leaving the MasterChef Kitchen, there were only two things that I would have given anything to take with me:  my apron (yes, we truly had to leave them behind) and my ninjas.  I wish both things were hanging out in my kitchen right now.