MASTERCHEF: DYNAMIC DUOS: L-R: Contestants Athena and Timothy in the MASTERCHEF: DYNAMIC DUOS episode "Macaron Mayhem" airing Wednesday, Aug 6 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Cr: Kelly Gardner / FOX. © 2025 FOXMEDIA LLC.
Originally posted on August 6, 2025 @ 9:05 pm
Masterchef Dynamic Duos Recap for 8/6/2025
-It is macaron week on Masterchef Dynamic Duos on Fox! Each team will have to make their very own tower of macarons that identical in size and color with two different flavors.
-The best team will win the final reward in the challenge, while the worst will be sent home.
-Javiar and Azu make a strawberry and raspberry flavor, as well as a chocolate one.
-Joel and Adam make a chocolate peanut butter one and a strawberry cheesecake flavor.
-Jesse and Jessica make a pistachio flavor and a strawberry cheesecake flavor.
-Timothy and Athena make banana pudding and peach cobbler flavors.
-Tina and Avian make a matcha and strawberry jam flavor and yuzu whipped ganache flavor. They run into issues and wonder if they should start over. However, time is not on their side.
-Michele and Zach make a lavender lemon flavor and a bourbon flavor.
-As always, the judges walk around and offer commentary.
-Javier and Azu run behind and must rush to catch up.
-Timothy and Athena’s are undercooked.
-Avian and Tina’s macarons break.
-Before long, time is up and the judges must taste the macarons.
The Tasting:
Adam and Joel: Their strawberry cheesecake and chocolate peanut butter macarons are delicious and exceptional.
Jessica and Jesse: Their pistachio and strawberry cheesecake macarons are really nice, especially the strawberry one.
Rachel and Julio: Their chocolate/blood orange/Brigadeiro and passion fruit and white chocolate macarons are overcooked and sized differently.
Tina and Avian: Their yuzu white chocolate and matcha macarons are too hard and a complete mess.
Zach and Michele: Their lemon lavender and chocolate bourbon macarons are good, but could have used more filling and flavor.
Timothy and Athena: Their peach cobbler and banana pudding macarons are different sizes and inconsistent.
Azu and Javier: Their chocolate amaretto and strawberry-raspberry macarons are inconsistently filled but are delicious! Chef Tiffany Derry is obsessed with them!
-Adam and Joel, Michele and Zach and Azu and Javier are in the top three, with Adam and Joel winning!
-Timothy and Athena and Tina and Avian are in the bottom two, with Athena and Timothy going home.
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