Episode Summary
Grand Finale – The grand finalists were Nat and Josh P. The judges announced that the winner of the season, in addition to the $250,000 prize, would receive a three-week residency at ALUMNI Crown Melbourne. The contestants’ families were introduced, and the two-round challenge began.
In the first round, the contestants each had 75 minutes to make a dish with black peppercorns. Nat made a Scotch egg with a peppery sai ua coating and nam phrik num. Josh made ribeye steak with peppercorn sauce, fondant potatoes and Brussels sprouts two ways: grilled and pureed. Nat’s Scotch egg had an oozy yolk, and her strong flavours complemented each other well. Josh’s steak was perfectly cooked, and the sauce was outstanding, but the Brussels sprout puree was a bit grainy. After one round, the score was 36 points for Nat and 33 points for Josh.
The second round was a pressure test. The contestants were given 4 hours to replicate Clare Smyth’s Core-teser, an intricate dessert reproducing the flavours of Maltesers. Nat struggled with the elements, including the aerated dark chocolate centre of the entremet, but pulled them all together. Her mousse was incorrectly prepared, with large undissolved pieces of gelatine. Josh was confident with many of the steps in the recipe, but his malt sugar puff didn’t inflate properly, so he missed the most striking visual element of the dessert. The textures of his dish were a better match to Clare’s, but Nat’s dish had the more striking appearance. In this round, the score was 35 points for each contestant.
With a final score of 71 to 68, Nat was declared the winner of the season.
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MasterChef Australia Show Summary
MasterChef Australia has a different format from that of the original British MasterChef and MasterChef Goes Large formats. Initial rounds consist of a large number of hopeful contestants from across Australia individually “auditioning” by presenting a food dish before the three judges in order to gain one of 50 semi-final places. Entrants must be over 18 years old and their main source of income cannot come from preparing and cooking fresh food in a professional environment.
The semi-finalists then compete in several challenges that test their food knowledge and preparation skills. In Season 1, the top 50 competed until 20 were left, with the final 20 progressing to the main stage of the show. From Season 2 onwards, 24 contestants progress. The contestants will then be whittled down through a number of individual and team-based cooking challenges and weekly elimination rounds until a winning MasterChef is crowned. The winner plays for a prize that includes chef training from leading professional chefs, the chance to have their own cookbook published, and A$250,000 in cash.
