With Wednesday's episode coming down to the wire between the red and blue team, George likened the atmosphere to a tense football match. Offside: George Calombaris copped a not-so-subtle ribbing from fans on Wednesday after a seemingly innocuous football reference he made on MasterChef'So, it's like one of those tight football matches - it's one-all and it all comes down to those entrees,' George said on air. While the comment may have gone through to the keeper, some MasterChef viewers were quick to link the comment with George's 2017 football fracas. 'Dunno if you should be bringing up tense football situations George,' one fan cheekily tweeted. 'George: one of those tight football matches 1-1,' they wrote.

Source: Daily Mail June 13, 2018 15:33 UTC