I never got the sense with Christine that she was a token winner - the opposite was true. It felt like she had a super-powered palate that most of us would ever be able to compete with.
I have no clue why this popped up on my feed. But having watched this on TV. You can tell if she didn’t make it as a chef Being a food critic would have been a perfect job for her
@@sorrowfulrose3082 I'd stop short of calling that a complete myth, but later studies largely debunking the idea of sensory compensation-in which one's remaining senses become heightened in sensitivity and resolution-are more rigorous and reliable than the earlier studies that gave rise to the theory. There is some evidence that the congenitally blind enjoy neuroplasticity sufficient to enable a measure of cortical reorganisation that re-maps inputs from other sensory organs to the brain centres normally responsible for processing input from the eyes-salvaging some ability to build a mental image of one's surroundings-but that is categorically not sensory compensation. Rather, it is sensory substitution, wherein a part of the brain that has lost communication with the sensors whose inputs it was designed to process is fed data by an entirely different sense. As you can imagine, data from audio sensors is always going to be of limited use to a processor designed to make sense of data from a light sensor, and the rewiring required to deliver even that less-than-compatible data is difficult to accomplish without the neuroplasticity of a preteen-Christine was diagnosed with neuromyelitis optica at the age of 24. Anyway she doesn't need all that-the girl is boss.
I met Christine here in Houston, when she had came out with her cookbook. I told her I would like to have met Josh. She looked at me and said. He was a true gentleman.
Christine and Josh really stood out as the stars of this season. It could have gone either way with these two to win the gold. RIP to Josh. I didn’t even know he was suffering from bipolar disorder. I think he could have gone so far in life. Christine winning is such an inspiration for a blind person. I actually teared up with she won.
Many people go unnoticed with it. Can either be via medication, acting, or that most people aren't looking too hard. When some of those things fail, things can go bad....fast.
Reason for making fried chicken: It’s what she likes to eat if she has chicken legs. She messed up with salmon earlier in the season. Despite not liking cooked salmon, she presented that type of dish thinking a sashimi one was too lazy. So now she cooks what she likes.
Christine should be an inspiration to us all. Listen, after this season, I tried twice to make dinner with a blindfold on. IMPOSSIBLE!!! And, I've been cooking 30+ years and the dish I made wasn't hard... a freaking lasagna recipe I've made hundreds of times. She deserved and deserves every smidgen of credit I can imagine. ❤
oh yea i once had a challenge to do my usual prep work blindfolded, like i've been distracted watching videos or listening to music while working before and its totally fine but completely no sight was godamn terrifying and a whole different feeling big props to her for sure
@@sorrowfulrose3082 I don't think Christina is completely blind, legally, blindness is a spectrum. She's probably severely disabled but not completely blind. Probably closer to looking at things through frosted glass
@@cuthwulf We saw what she put out. And I don't think either of the chefs take it lightly. If they didn't like the food, they'd throw her out. When she first stepped in on audition they were doubting her.
Christine was obviously the star of this season but I was rooting for Josh. To start off as one of the best contestants, get eliminated early on, get a chance to return and then make it to the finale is a great comeback story. He sadly ended up committing suicide at the age of 24. He had so much going for him. He was tall, handsome, athletic, charming, and a great cook. Just goes to show that none of that matters when you’re struggling with mental health.
Oh my Lord 😢 Joshua "Josh" Marks (April 28, 1987 - October 11, 2013) was a contestant on Season 3 of MasterChef. He was the runner-up of that season. On October 11, 2013, he committed suicide at the age of 26 by shooting himself in the head while battling with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
That is so so sad.. he was a great guy. Depression sucks. In 2014, I lost a daughter in the exact same way. She shot herself in the head after a few years of suffering with paraparesis. I know exactly what Josh’s parents are going through. I hope they are doing okay. 😢
Yeah :/ , same. Doing anything with a leg of lamb is not it being thrown into a pressure cooker. That he plated what could easily be served in a 2 star was pretty amazing.
He is an insecure little man who is nothing without his family succes and he knows it, 90% of what he says is no sense trying to make other people feel even smaller than him.
Josh and Christine where pleasures both to watch go to the finals. Christine though… it’s her dedication to the taste. The trying of every ingredient to master the blend on the pallet. Josh is speed and skill… both are amazing. Only one though seemed in love with the food itself.
About 15 years ago I was living in a trailer and couldn't afford to pay my electric bills, so I lived for eight or nine months through the summer and winter in Georgia. I had a full time job and was a full time student, so I couldn't afford much, and was extremely frugal. One of my neighbors, who was elderly and disabled, was kind enough to share some of the chicken that he had bought in bulk and I stored it in a cooler. I had to buy a bag of ice a day to keep it fresh, but I didn't mind spending the extra dollars because I could finally eat some real food. This went on for a couple of months because I would cut his grass for him and do random tasks he couldn't do himself, so it was a good trade, and I wound up being able to eat plenty. Luckily I had a gas powered stove, which had an oven that didn't work, and I had some flour, some spices, and oil, so I decided to fry a little bit of chicken a night. At first, I cooked by flashlight. Then candle light when my batteries died. Then I cooked it pretty much in complete darkness from what I coudn't see from the street lights in the park when I ran out of candles. After a while it became second nature to know when the chicken was done. You can tell by how the chicken feels under the utensil you have. I used a fork, myself. To this day I don't have to guess to know if my chicken is cooked to perfection from those couple of very lucky months. I know I wasn't blind, but I know how she knows.
The problem Becky had that season was that she peaked too early. If there had been about four fewer contestants that season, she might’ve won it. That being said, Christine Ha is unbelievable and was most deservedly the MasterChef for that.
As a Filipino, it's not hard to imagine the taste of her dishes since we almost have the same flavor profile as the Vietnamese. It strikes a balance between savory and fresh. Blood orange on the chicken will help reduce that oily taste. I know someone who marinates their chicken in lemon and fish sauce before coating. My mom marinates with vinegar.
That's kind of a jerk move to give someone a lamb leg and not enough time to actually cook it. Quick thinking with the pressure cooker, it was clearly the only way forward.
Josh was mean right back, whispering to Christine that “they never said [Becky’s] dish was delicious” 😂 I think that’s just the nature of the competition
Thrilled that Christine won this season, but I felt so bad for Becky. She was consistently in the top, and Josh came out with such a good dish that they had to pick him.
Yuca is delicious, its flavor distinctive. Combining that with tender lamb and some sauces sounds amazing, Josh did an incredible job pulling off such a time consuming dish under those constraints.
From what I remember she is legally blind. She was diagnosed with her disease in 2007 and went on MasterChef on 2012. She hadn't really cooked professionally before. Since 2007, her vision has remained relatively the same. She can "see" objects within 10 or 12 inches of her face. Otherwise, she says she sees the world as if looking through a steamy mirror after a hot shower. (Being legally blind does not necessarily mean a complete loss of vision. Dim vision is common.)
i have only saw potatoes with wine glazing in stew dishes. but since what she presents there is frog legs with no stew, soggy potatoes becomes a question in fine dining standard
I always thought this show would be cool to see the contestants given ample time to complete their signature dish. It’s like being impatient and waiting for your food has won in culture as priority vs waiting for quality cuisine to be done right. When you rush you just mess things up.
I wonder if Christine ever tripped Ramsay out a little. Most people avert their eyes or look around when the pressure is on, but since she has no reason to do that she's always just like :) no matter what he says.
I never got the sense with Christine that she was a token winner - the opposite was true. It felt like she had a super-powered palate that most of us would ever be able to compete with.
Exactly 💯
Maybe her palate was enhanced due to her body’s response to adapting to her severely limited eyesight
I have no clue why this popped up on my feed.
But having watched this on TV. You can tell if she didn’t make it as a chef
Being a food critic would have been a perfect job for her
@@terrarian5166 yea the common saying you lose one sense and it heightens another
@@sorrowfulrose3082
I'd stop short of calling that a complete myth, but later studies largely debunking the idea of sensory compensation-in which one's remaining senses become heightened in sensitivity and resolution-are more rigorous and reliable than the earlier studies that gave rise to the theory. There is some evidence that the congenitally blind enjoy neuroplasticity sufficient to enable a measure of cortical reorganisation that re-maps inputs from other sensory organs to the brain centres normally responsible for processing input from the eyes-salvaging some ability to build a mental image of one's surroundings-but that is categorically not sensory compensation. Rather, it is sensory substitution, wherein a part of the brain that has lost communication with the sensors whose inputs it was designed to process is fed data by an entirely different sense. As you can imagine, data from audio sensors is always going to be of limited use to a processor designed to make sense of data from a light sensor, and the rewiring required to deliver even that less-than-compatible data is difficult to accomplish without the neuroplasticity of a preteen-Christine was diagnosed with neuromyelitis optica at the age of 24. Anyway she doesn't need all that-the girl is boss.
I met Christine here in Houston, when she had came out with her cookbook. I told her I would like to have met Josh. She looked at me and said. He was a true gentleman.
Well, I don't think she looked at you lol
Yeah 😅
😂😂
@@paulking5199 She was obviously looking in the direction of where words was coming from jackass.
Christine and Josh really stood out as the stars of this season. It could have gone either way with these two to win the gold. RIP to Josh. I didn’t even know he was suffering from bipolar disorder. I think he could have gone so far in life. Christine winning is such an inspiration for a blind person. I actually teared up with she won.
Many people go unnoticed with it. Can either be via medication, acting, or that most people aren't looking too hard.
When some of those things fail, things can go bad....fast.
Reason for making fried chicken: It’s what she likes to eat if she has chicken legs. She messed up with salmon earlier in the season. Despite not liking cooked salmon, she presented that type of dish thinking a sashimi one was too lazy. So now she cooks what she likes.
That makes her A home cook (which is ok) and not a chef.
Except for she is a Chef, soooo
@@ketienne1021wow you reported my comment, how cringe
@@ketienne1021Everyone in this competition is a home cook.
@@ketienne1021 this competition show is for home cooks and amateur chefs to compete...
Christine should be an inspiration to us all.
Listen, after this season, I tried twice to make dinner with a blindfold on.
IMPOSSIBLE!!!
And, I've been cooking 30+ years and the dish I made wasn't hard... a freaking lasagna recipe I've made hundreds of times.
She deserved and deserves every smidgen of credit I can imagine. ❤
To be fair, she's been doing it for her entire life, I'm pretty sure if you did it a bunch more times you might get there but it'll take awhile
@@TheImmortalRinactually no. She was diagnosed with her disease in 2007. She went on MasterChef in 2012.
@ckelcro oh wow okay, I assumed it had been a lot longer than that, makes it even more impressive then
oh yea i once had a challenge to do my usual prep work blindfolded, like i've been distracted watching videos or listening to music while working before and its totally fine but completely no sight was godamn terrifying and a whole different feeling big props to her for sure
@@sorrowfulrose3082 I don't think Christina is completely blind, legally, blindness is a spectrum. She's probably severely disabled but not completely blind. Probably closer to looking at things through frosted glass
She is the best winner in the show’s history. So talented. Miss you, Josh.
She is even greater than allah
@@havefuntazarasu5367 Like…The Beetles? Bigger than Jesus Christ? Sure.
@@ChoiceEnvironments yes she is greater than allahs including jesus crhsits
@@havefuntazarasu5367 Jesus Crshits? This is a weird yet hilarious conversation.
Not sure, but is the guy whose food was finished by Gordon and nothing left for the other judges not from this show?
Christine was an amazing cook in the masterchef kitchen. And inspiring given her disability. Absolutely incredible
Did she die by his grilled cheese?😂
She could amaze even when she didn't have the sight of others.
This is exactly why she won. Sob story trumps cooking on every show out there.
Where's she now?Hope she doing great
@@cuthwulf We saw what she put out. And I don't think either of the chefs take it lightly. If they didn't like the food, they'd throw her out. When she first stepped in on audition they were doubting her.
Christine was obviously the star of this season but I was rooting for Josh. To start off as one of the best contestants, get eliminated early on, get a chance to return and then make it to the finale is a great comeback story. He sadly ended up committing suicide at the age of 24. He had so much going for him. He was tall, handsome, athletic, charming, and a great cook. Just goes to show that none of that matters when you’re struggling with mental health.
He would have won any other season
Joe: "I've never eaten anything like this"
I can tell Joe 💀
Oh my Lord 😢 Joshua "Josh" Marks (April 28, 1987 - October 11, 2013) was a contestant on Season 3 of MasterChef. He was the runner-up of that season. On October 11, 2013, he committed suicide at the age of 26 by shooting himself in the head while battling with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
Tragic
RIP Josh
Shame...
That was sad reading about him and his battle
That is so so sad.. he was a great guy. Depression sucks. In 2014, I lost a daughter in the exact same way. She shot herself in the head after a few years of suffering with paraparesis. I know exactly what Josh’s parents are going through. I hope they are doing okay. 😢
Rest in peace, Josh. I only know you through this clip, but you were clearly a light. I see you working hard here, and you inspire me to keep going.
Yeah :/ , same. Doing anything with a leg of lamb is not it being thrown into a pressure cooker. That he plated what could easily be served in a 2 star was pretty amazing.
to this day i am not sure what joe was trying to accomplish by saying that
He is an insecure little man who is nothing without his family succes and he knows it, 90% of what he says is no sense trying to make other people feel even smaller than him.
bro literally pulled together a bunch of smart sounding words
Joe trying to be a pretentious bald a-hole as usual
Bro said all that just to be wrong and say “congratulations, good job.”
Joe has got to be one of the dumbest motherfuckers alive. Bro yaps just to yap and be wrong
“Just coming here and being able to kick butt”
💀💀🤣 Christine is a mood
Josh and Christine where pleasures both to watch go to the finals. Christine though… it’s her dedication to the taste. The trying of every ingredient to master the blend on the pallet. Josh is speed and skill… both are amazing. Only one though seemed in love with the food itself.
She’s blind but she can cook better than most of us! Her food looks delicious! I hope she’s doing well these days after winning this competition.
Most of us? Make it all of us😂😂😂❤❤❤❤
Shes cheating. Her sense of taste was enhanced lol.
she opened her own restaurant called "the blind goat"
I think she is doing well. Just appeared in the new season of Masterchef as a guest judge. Still humble even with that Masterchef title.
She’s doing great. She moved to Canada and opened up a restaurant. She’s also published a cookbook or two.
She’s got to have some kind of superpower to be able to deep fry chicken perfectly without being able to see it
You gotta cook a lot of chicken and you'll know what you're looking for
About 15 years ago I was living in a trailer and couldn't afford to pay my electric bills, so I lived for eight or nine months through the summer and winter in Georgia. I had a full time job and was a full time student, so I couldn't afford much, and was extremely frugal. One of my neighbors, who was elderly and disabled, was kind enough to share some of the chicken that he had bought in bulk and I stored it in a cooler. I had to buy a bag of ice a day to keep it fresh, but I didn't mind spending the extra dollars because I could finally eat some real food. This went on for a couple of months because I would cut his grass for him and do random tasks he couldn't do himself, so it was a good trade, and I wound up being able to eat plenty.
Luckily I had a gas powered stove, which had an oven that didn't work, and I had some flour, some spices, and oil, so I decided to fry a little bit of chicken a night.
At first, I cooked by flashlight. Then candle light when my batteries died. Then I cooked it pretty much in complete darkness from what I coudn't see from the street lights in the park when I ran out of candles.
After a while it became second nature to know when the chicken was done. You can tell by how the chicken feels under the utensil you have. I used a fork, myself.
To this day I don't have to guess to know if my chicken is cooked to perfection from those couple of very lucky months.
I know I wasn't blind, but I know how she knows.
@@firstpersonwinner7404bro she's blind!
@@climid this feels like a thread Toph would like.
Except she can't read it either.
When Gordon tried it, you can tell she was thinking "Why the hell am I hearing silverware??"
The problem Becky had that season was that she peaked too early. If there had been about four fewer contestants that season, she might’ve won it. That being said, Christine Ha is unbelievable and was most deservedly the MasterChef for that.
5:08 Idk if it is the Key & Peele skit that made me think for a second he was going to flip the script and say "this is really... quite disgusting"
It was The Menu for me. "This is really quite... bad"
As a Filipino, it's not hard to imagine the taste of her dishes since we almost have the same flavor profile as the Vietnamese. It strikes a balance between savory and fresh. Blood orange on the chicken will help reduce that oily taste. I know someone who marinates their chicken in lemon and fish sauce before coating. My mom marinates with vinegar.
The fact she does this all blind is astounding
That's kind of a jerk move to give someone a lamb leg and not enough time to actually cook it. Quick thinking with the pressure cooker, it was clearly the only way forward.
You can cook it 50 different ways, he chose to cook it like that :)
@@melanp4698how
I'm pretty sure he chose the lamb leg as well
Fun fact: Fried chicken and cream kale was Whitney's finale dish back in ss1
RIP Josh ❤ Hope you have peace at last, brother
what happened to Josh?
@@mycatsloveeachother6648 Died.. by suicide. He struggled a lot mentally. He had Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia.
@anubhavnigam2483 rest in peace. I came just to mention that bpd is a seperate diagnosis from bipolar, bpd stands for borderline personality disorder
@@jaytrain3692 thanks for pointing that out. I've amended my comment accordingly!
@@anubhavnigam2483 of course!
Josh, I really wish you would have reflected on these moments and realized how talented and respected you were. You left the world way too soon.
Becky was such a mean girl about "Oh well Christine did **OKAY**"
She said that as a point that she may have a chance to beat Christine as it wasn't perfect. EVERYONE loves Christine in this season.
Josh was mean right back, whispering to Christine that “they never said [Becky’s] dish was delicious” 😂 I think that’s just the nature of the competition
You guys have a very low bar for what 'mean' is.
“c’mon, Josh. focus”
as if he wasn’t being a distraction. lol
RIP Josh, he was my friend.
what? he died?
@@mrffbmanagerguy6322 yes.
@@ArekSuroboyo1 thanks for your response. that is very sad. sorry for your loss
@@mrffbmanagerguy6322 Thank you, he was a kind soul and we often talked for hours
Oh snap.
I love Gordon. Makes himself famous with a TV show calling out pretentious chefs and proceeds to fork and knife a drumstick.
He was famous before the whole master chef idea was created
I know cooking is about the flavour and she can adjust the flavour with her tongue, but the way she cooks with her blind eyes are just... WOW
Normal cooking is about flavour
But high standard cooking require good apperance for the food, and this is where her blind eye is problem
@@vietcuongnguyenle8530 Didnt seem to be a problem for her.
"No one can stop me from winning this competition!"
Christine over his shoulder - 👁👄👁
I always get inspired by Christina And Josh was a good chef may he rest in peace
Josh deserved to win this. The amount of work that took is nuts...but the execution was fantastic
Anyone of the three would be a winner, it just sad they all in one season
RIP Josh ❤❤
Thrilled that Christine won this season, but I felt so bad for Becky. She was consistently in the top, and Josh came out with such a good dish that they had to pick him.
I felt like this was the best season of MasterChef
100%, after this season, I stop watching masterchef. and until now I just watch this season when I remember =))
Darn.... I love the beginning down to the end. It shouldn't have ended. Still love it though
Yuca is delicious, its flavor distinctive. Combining that with tender lamb and some sauces sounds amazing, Josh did an incredible job pulling off such a time consuming dish under those constraints.
RIP Josh 🥺
Did he die?
@@RefugeeKLicious yeah shortly after the season aired.
@@Elegant_Juicehow old was he and do you know how he passed?
@@cmqguyhe committed suicide after battling bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. He was 26
@@gmikeakaoh man poor Josh 🥺💔
2:07 Thank goodness there was a guy telling him to focus cause he was just taking it easy up till then 🙄
Must have hurt Joe to pay a compliment
RIP Josh. What a tragedy.
I was going to comment but you already did. RIP
How did he die tho ?
@@xadezkreator He took his own life. Very sad.
Hands down the most memorable season for me. It was incredible to watch her journey to victory.
You need to be a damn good chef to pull off a master chef level frog dish
She is cute too. I love her most than other
0:40 Josh's secret ingredient - the sweat from his nerves 😅
RIP josh. I hope you found the peace you were looking for.
RIP Josh
Christine and Josh. Best Masterchefs.
Is it weird that one judge only judged one dish and the other two? How can you accurately judge that
They probably cut scenes to save time.
They make two dishes. One is hot and unfilmed, the other is cold and filmed. The dish was judged but not on camera.
@@Lappelduvideify ah, thanks!
I still don’t know why Josh off-ed himself, but he was so talented. I just wish he held out until the pain passed 😢
Imagine getting lumped with frogs legs. Not many people have ever cooked one.
Her chicken recipe is in her cookbook and I think I saw it posted online.
Bruh… the way my blood boiled when the person gave her a crab… then steamed when she got pinched… that ep was hard to watch 😭
R.I.P Josh
What happened to Josh?
Huh?
@@davidcantor8349he committed suicide a year after this. They said he had schizophrenia
@@annawhyte5890 Oh man… that is truly sad and heartbreaking. He looked like he had his entire life ahead of him and a bright future. Damn.
@@davidcantor8349 i been watching stormchasers on Max and alot of people on that show are no longer with us.
R.I.P Big man. Hope you have found some peace.
Man, cooking carimañolas in less than a day with lots of prep time, its amazing
Was she 100% blind? Either way, amazing person and chef. Bravo ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
She could see before starting to lose sight at 18. Lat I recall, she can barely see anything on one eye only
From what I remember she is legally blind. She was diagnosed with her disease in 2007 and went on MasterChef on 2012. She hadn't really cooked professionally before.
Since 2007, her vision has remained relatively the same. She can "see" objects within 10 or 12 inches of her face. Otherwise, she says she sees the world as if looking through a steamy mirror after a hot shower. (Being legally blind does not necessarily mean a complete loss of vision. Dim vision is common.)
This was the best season ever .
Becky was screwed from the beginning on this having to cook frog legs. It is like they set her up for failure.
Josh was clearly so sick at cooking and confident in his ability to do a great job
The blind/deaf have heightened senses and they have to think 10 steps ahead. Of course she won.
i have only saw potatoes with wine glazing in stew dishes. but since what she presents there is frog legs with no stew, soggy potatoes becomes a question in fine dining standard
RIP josh
Potatoes cooked in wine is classic French.
Aww Josh, I hope you’re in better place now. RIP
I always thought this show would be cool to see the contestants given ample time to complete their signature dish. It’s like being impatient and waiting for your food has won in culture as priority vs waiting for quality cuisine to be done right. When you rush you just mess things up.
I wonder if Christine ever tripped Ramsay out a little. Most people avert their eyes or look around when the pressure is on, but since she has no reason to do that she's always just like :) no matter what he says.
If you dont know masterchef, you cant even tell Christine is actually blind.
Oh i really love Christine.. she's really a good cook
Anyone coming here from MasterChef Canada? I feel like these cooks wouldn't even get an apron, let alone be in the finale.
that's because you're a moron lol
"I deserve it..." Guess not.
This was a great season and well fought. I hate Josh lost his way later. So sad.
I wonder how many Meetings about plates they had for this show....LOL
Oh, during one of the elimination, the contestant gave her a live crab, and she killed that despite complications.
Josh nailed it. That looked bomb
Josh was only 24? That's wild
We miss you Josh ❤
I don't know, I think Betty might be going home seeing as this is the first time I've seen her in this video.
Not a single one of Joe's words makes you want to be near him, anything he says is always just negative or reluctantly positive
Wtf Josh died a long time ago? He committed suicide by shooting himself in the head while battling with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
That carimañola dish looks delicious, i'm gonna look for a place that sells panameño food now 👌 greetings from mexico to our panameño brothers
RIP Josh dude was so dope
I love these guys
The way he picked the frog leg up and looked at her like it was her fault they looked like frog legs
How tall is that man???
I didn't notice that myself until they hugged. Had Christine looking like a doll.
Josh was 7' 2''
Josh needed a higher kitchen table
@ 0:22 click on 3:27
Gordon Ramsey is British so the thumbnail should be spelt "glamourise."
*It better be a bloody good chicken" It was.
Such a shame that Josh took his life, he was a great chef.
One of the greatest contestants ever!!!!
Becky was so cute. Her personality is calm which I love it and she can cook. I would want her to be my wife lol
Becky and Christine should have been in the top 2.
Becky was the most consistent while Cristine was extraordinary.
Could Gordon have dragged out that announcement any longer? Jesus
How did she know which ingredient to pick
Ugh I love Frog legs so much. She would’ve triggered a bad ending for this season if it was me.
All produced. They know from.EP1 who will win.
WTF was Joe even trying to say?
I feel that she’s more a bias favorite than anything
"Let me tell you" .... but you just have
Josh had me at Yuca.