MASTERCHEF viewers were left raging at their TV's over a frustrating show shake-up.
The BBC cookery show returned to screens tonight, with aspiring cooks vying to be this year's competition champions.
First up was the audition process - which saw the budding chefs get to work on preparing their individual dishes for the judges to taste.
But the floor manager kept appearing during the episode to let the contestants know how much time they had left until they had to go in and present their dishes.
The floor manager told the chefs "that is time up", and "you have five minutes left" a number of times during the audition process.
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This didn't sit well with the viewers who were left yelling at their televisions in frustration at the staff member, labelling him "annoying" and "unnecessary."
Taking to Twitter, one wrote: "Who's the bossy hand-clasping goon in the MasterChef kitchen, barking out five minute warnings at everyone, during the bring your own picnic round? Middle-management material, through? and through."
Another added: "They've f****d around with the format, this doesn't work MasterChef we don't need to see their cool boxes, and the floor manager."
A third wrote: "This time keeping bloke is annoying and unnecessary. I find myself shouting at the TV for him to shut up!"
A fourth raged: "This stupid floor manager needs to p*** off."
A fifth fumed: "Can someone get this floor manager of the show, he's trying to act like some hard man. He can p*** off."
