Looked at another way, you could assume they used to be handy with those tasks but as their careers progressed they focused less on prep and more on higher level stuff. But I agree, there’s something thrilling when you see someone nail a 15 minute skills test, especially when they’re more a test of instincts. I enjoyed that Filipino one with the Belfast accent making a decent fist of a dish and ingredients she’d never seen before.
Hats off to all of them tonight for managing to cook anything at all under the watchful rank eye of Marcus. I like Arbinder, of all the ones this series so far, he’s had the most dishes I’ve really craved. Navy boy is good too.