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MasterChef is back...
Boom!

...with 45 of the country's
most ambitious home cooks.

Ah!

I'm stressing.

Each week, nine will battle
for a coveted place

in the quarterfinal.

Oh! Oh, my God.

Stress. Stress.

Oh.

I can't believe it!

Chronic.

I absolutely...

love it.

Hey.

Dib dab, that's fab.

Only the strongest will make
it to the final challenges

and the culinary adventure
of a lifetime...

It's all about the speed now, OK?

It's a piece of art.

Cheers!

Oh.

We need to pick up the pace, please.

...as they compete for the title
of MasterChef Champion 2023.

We want passion, drive, ambition.

We want beautiful food.

Let the culinary battle commence.

It's the last week
of the MasterChef heats...

...and nine more home cooks
are arriving for their audition.

I don't know how I will
handle the pressure,

so I will try my best to,
like, enjoy every second of it.

Coming to MasterChef is like
my ultimate dream of life,

so I feel great and honoured,
to be honest.

I'm nervous, but I'm a realist.

I can only do my best
and like anything else in life,

give it a go, you know,
don't hold back.

Go for it and see what happens.

Welcome to the MasterChef kitchen.

You are our last batch of
contestants in this year's competition.

How about that?

And who knows, we may well
have saved the best for last.

We've asked you to bring in
your own ingredients,

and we would like you
to cook for us, please,

a family favourite
with a bit of MasterChef style.

We're not going to be here in the MasterChef
kitchen with you watching what's going on.

We're going to be next door
in our tasting room.

We will, of course,
taste everybody's dish

and at the end of it, John and I
will choose our favourite three.

And the cooks that made those dishes will grab
themselves an apron straight through to the next round.

That will leave six of you,

who will have to cook again
for four remaining aprons.

Sam, our floor manager,
will be looking after you

and making sure you stay to time.

We'll see you soon.

That's a bit stressful!

Pressure. Pressure on.

Oh, my God.

Now it feels real.

We aren't going to be concerned
about the process.

What we're going to be concerned about is the
plate of food that appears in front of us.

I want to taste something

that somebody really does cook
regularly for their family.

People have always said
that I should go and MasterChef.

So now I'm here, it's down to me
to get the job done, yeah.

I am a bit nervous, but then
I'm trying to, like, smile a lot

so it doesn't show too much,
my nervous face!

I need to blow the judges away,
basically,

and cook to the best of my ability

and hopefully get one of those
delicious aprons.

The contestants will audition
in groups of three

and have one hour and 20 minutes
to create their family favourite.

Now, this will be interesting.

OK.

First up is 63-year-old
retired tour guide Cristina,

who loves to entertain
at family gatherings

and has recently become
a grandmother.

My style of cooking is sharing,
family cooking, gutsy flavours.

It's a bit haphazard,
a little bit erratic sometimes.

I've left my potatoes in the hotel.

I just need two potatoes
of any description.

But it's always made with love.

Main ingredient,
I leave it at home.

Cristina's got what sounds
like a classic dish.

Pan-fried sea bass
with a lemongrass veloute,

served with potato
and celeriac dauphinoise.

It's my posh dish when I'm trying
to impress new people in my life.

Dauphinoise, we know,
layered potatoes and celeriac,

usually a little bit of cream.

Normally,
I've got my hands in here,

but you guys will have a go
at me if I do that.

Let's keep going. Keep building.

Sea bass has to be cooked nicely,
falling apart.

The skin needs to be crispy
and really well seasoned.

Whoops, that was a mistake.

Ah, you got nervous.

Lemongrass veloute.

Veloute is a stock-based sauce,
thickened with a roux.

It's got to be smooth and silky.

This is the star of the show.

Big flavours here, aren't there?

Celeriac, lemongrass.

Is that going to overpower
the gentle fish?

You want to try? It's good!

How are you doing over there?

Very good. Good. On time.
What about you?

I'm all right. I'm OK.
Yeah? Yeah. Nobody died yet!

30-year-old IT consultant Jeff
was born in France

to an Italian father
and a Greek mother.

As well as cooking, he enjoys
playing ice hockey in north London,

where he now lives.

So I'm very competitive
in real life.

Like, I do a lot of sports.

I always try to push the boundaries,
get out of my comfort zone.

So I'm here on MasterChef
to challenge myself.

Jeff is making us
a carbonara ravioli.

So my family's from south of Rome

and carbonara is the emblematic dish
of the city of Rome.

So that's why I'm hoping
this will bring me luck today.

Carbonara sauce, which is egg yolk
and cheese and bits of bacon.

Jeff is going to put all of that
inside a ravioli.

He's definitely showing some skill
because ravioli is not easy to make.

I spent all my holidays in Italy

and I was following my grandma
everywhere -

in the garden, in the kitchen.

She was always making me
play with dough,

so maybe that's why
I'm doing pasta today.

Good pasta, as we know
in Italian families,

is full of heart and love
and it's generous.

That's what I want from this dish.

It's my favourite dish.

It was the dish I was eating
on Wednesdays after school

or Sundays with family dinner

and I will try to elevate it
to MasterChef level.

South Indian born Vijaya
moved to Scotland

with her husband 12 years ago
to pursue her career in IT.

She now lives in Dunfermline

and loves to cook
for her two young children.

My cooking style is 99% Indian food.

I just want to keep
the authentic flavours.

Especially when my children
are born and brought up here,

I want to, like, introduce to them
flavours which I have enjoyed.

Butter chicken curry.
who doesn't love one of them?

That chicken needs to be beautifully
tender and lots of luscious sauce.

My children love it because
they don't want it to be, like,

overpowering with the chilli
or curry.

So this is their favourite.

Deep-fried poori bread,
nice and puffed up.

And that means they can't be greasy.

Let's go to the fire.

I hope this is really opulent
and really rich.

An hour and 20 minutes.
Can she get it all done?

I'm pretty confident because I
normally make it all the time, so...

It's just I want to know
how I do it under pressure.

How's it going, Cristina?

I've done all the hard work
and I have to zone out,

try not to panic and try
not to burn the last bit.

Breathe. You've got this.

Cristina, that's five minutes
to go. Thank you very much.

That wasn't so good, but that's OK.

Chronic!

This is the lemongrass veloute.

It's come out as it does at home.

So that's, I suppose, a good thing.

Cristina, we're ready when you are.
OK, let's do it.

Well done. It looks good.
Well done. Let's have a look.

That crispy skin was just right.

Retired tour guide Cristina's
family favourite

is pan fried sea bass with
celeriac and potato dauphinoise,

broccoli and a lemongrass veloute.

Your fish is cooked really well.

It falls apart, the skin is crispy,
nice colour around the outside.

You've got this
wonderfully silky veloute,

really nicely made,

very, very heavily flavoured
with lemongrass.

Your dauphinoise, really nice slices
of potato and nutty celeriac

cooked very, very well.

We both really, really
can clearly see

that you are a knowledgeable
and skilful cook.

Clearly. That's very kind.
That's lovely to hear. Thank you.

Cristina, see you soon.
Thanks a lot. OK, bye-bye. Bye.

Shall I take the dishes with me
and wash them up? No, we'll wash up!

See you later.
I'm quite used to washing up!

I'm feeling happy. It was an
amazingly positive experience.

I loved it. I feel quite emotional
about how much I liked it.

I know that's a silly thing,
but I really enjoyed every moment.

My Italian friends
would be mad at me

because you don't put butter
with carbonara, but I don't mind.

So I really hope
they enjoy this dish.

Less fancy at home!

Are you happy with your dish, Jeff?

Yeah, pretty much,
for a first challenge.

It looks good from here. Thank you.

Let's have a look at that.
Well done. Look at that.

Hello, Gregg. Hello, John.

IT consultant Jeff
has served his version

of a classic pasta carbonara.

Ravioli filled with egg yolk,
pecorino and Parmesan cheese,

topped with pancetta
and served with a Parmesan crisp,

parsley powder and a butter sauce.

You're trying to take a classic dish
like carbonara

and turn it into something
completely different.

I think your pasta is really beautifully
thin and cut out, the perfect ravioli.

I really like those a lot.

Carbonara, we know, just has the coating
of egg and cheese around the outside of it.

Great flavours in here,
but it's dry.

I'm very impressed
with your pasta making

and those little bits of pork
give a real salty sweetness.

The issue, as I see,
is inside is really firm

and I think it kind of needs
to be wetter in there.

It was a tough first challenge,

but I will focus on the good
feedback they gave me,

so hopefully I will make it through.

Next up, butter chicken curry.

They will just smell the spices. I
can! It looks amazing. It smells great.

Presentation is really important.

It just...
First, you eat with your eyes.

It looks absolutely fantastic.
It's lovely. Lovely.

I would love a portion myself.
Yes. Thank you.

Hey.

Wow.

IT consultant Vijaya has made
a butter chicken curry,

rice with pomegranate,
cashew nuts and curry leaves,

spiced potatoes served in a
rice cracker and poori bread.

I really like the coating
on the outside of those potatoes.

It's really nice and hot and smoky.

Your rice is joyous.

There's a lovely sweetness
coming from cashew nuts.

Your poori, I'd like mine to be
just a little bit crispier.

The whole thing is gloriously
awash with butter.

The only problem I've got here is there's a
couple of bits of chicken that are undercooked.

I think I gave myself too many
items within the timeline,

but I have done my best
and we'll just hope for the best.

Back in the kitchen,
the next three competitors

have started preparing
their audition dish.

50-year-old Richard works
as a painter and decorator

and is a second dan black belt
in Jujitsu.

He dreams of one day owning
a small bistro by the coast.

Well, my day job is very mundane.

Decorating the empty properties.

It's the same every day.

So when I get home and I want
to cook, it gives me a release.

It takes me to a place
that I like to be in.

I'm fed up of crawling around
on my hands and knees

painting skirting boards.

I'm 50 now. I can't be
doing it much longer.

I don't think my knees
could cope with it any longer!

Richard is making for us
Asian glazed salmon,

served with pommes paolo
and grilled asparagus tips.

Asian glazed salmon. What sort
of marinade are we going to get?

It's got miso, yuzu, soy
and a bit of maple syrup in it.

We're going to put that
over the salmon,

sous vide it in the water bath.

Pomme paolo are little
fried potatoes,

but all stacked up
like roulette chips.

This is the tricky bit and one
of the time-consuming bits.

Hopefully, we'll get it done.

Grilled asparagus tips.

Hopefully, get some nice
little charring on it.

How are you doing, Richard?
It's all under control.

Cheers.

38-year-old Diya lives in Leicester
with her husband and two children.

She loves to cook the food
of her Indian heritage,

which she's been doing
since a young age.

My first memory of food and cooking

came from the age of four,
actually,

when my mum taught me
how to make poor is.

And I still remember actually
putting a little stool

next to the hob
and frying poor is at that age.

That's the moment I really fell
in love with food and cooking.

She's taught me so much,

and she passed away
about 12 years ago.

So I'm just paying a homage
to my mum today

and I'm hoping I can do her proud.

Diya is giving us
aloo Chana tokri chat.

So it's a Mumbai street food,
sort of a snack.

Savoury, spicy, sweet, salty.

Cold, hot, crunchy. Everything.

It's literally me on a plate.

Spiced potatoes and chickpeas
served in a tokri basket.

It's like a pastry that's
deep-fried as a basket.

Cumin yoghurt chutney. Absolutely.

And a green chutney.

Tamarind and date chutney
and home-made sevs.

It's made out of chickpea flour.

And it's like noodles,
but crispy and deep-fried.

I think that is done.

That's good. I'm happy with that.
I don't need to make another batch.

30-year-old Jack started cooking
at the age of 11.

He now lives in north London
and works as a sports journalist.

I learnt when I was about ten years
old that I'd never be a footballer,

so I'm as close
as I can get to it now.

When I'm not watching football,
I'm cooking,

and when I'm not cooking,
I watching football, so win-win.

Jack, listen to this for simplicity.

Beef and broccoli stir-fry
with chow mein.

If I told you I'm making stir-fry,
you'd just go, OK, it's a stir-fry.

But it's better
than a normal stir-fry.

Nothing too fancy.
It's just done properly.

Chow mein, a noodle dish usually
flavoured with soy and ginger

and maybe some spring onions,
even some oyster sauce.

Slightly sticky, a little bit sweet.

The beef needs to be thinly sliced
and slightly pink and not dry

and the noodles cooked
all the way through.

It doesn't sound very ambitious,

but it is something
that I'd really like to eat.

Everyone in the country has probably
had a stir-fry over the dinner table,

so my take on a stir-fry,
trying to take it to another level.

Hopefully, it blows them away and
I can get through and get an apron.

Richard, that's two minutes. OK.

That's good to go now.

So I'm going to blowtorch it,

lemon zest, a bit of sesame
over the top and that's that done.

I put it in the water bath because
I want it to keep its vibrancy.

Fingers crossed, when they touch it,
it should just fall apart.

So these are the pommes paolo.
They should be delicious.

I'm quite happy with that, really.

I just hope I don't drop it!

Hello.

Painter and decorator Richard has
cooked his salmon in a water bath

and served it with an Asian glaze,

pommes paolo - stacked potato
slices, roasted in butter,

and asparagus tips
with sesame seeds.

That's not cooked. That's not
cooked, Richard, I'm afraid.

How often do you cook
with a water bath at home?

Never. I've not got one.

So it's a saucepan
with a thermometer in it.

It's very sweet, that coating across the top
of the salmon. For me, a little bit too sweet.

I love what you've done with those
potatoes. I think they're excellent.

But they don't belong
with the salmon.

But actually, I think you don't get anywhere
in MasterChef without taking a risk.

And that's what I thought.
Go big or go home. Wow.

Or both. Yeah.
There's always that problem!

Bit deflated, I'm not going to lie.

My fish was undercooked.

So, big mistake.

I should have checked. It's my own
stupid fault. I should have checked.

So...

This is the aloo Chana, which
is the chickpea potato stuffing.

Yoghurt.

This is a sev that I made,

which is the crispy
kind of chickpea noodle.

OK, Diya, let's go. Let's go.

Hello. Hello.

Travel consultant Diya
has served a traditional

Indian street food dish -
aloo Chana tokri chat.

Spiced potato and chickpeas served
in a deep-fried basket called tokri,

topped with yoghurt,
home-made sev and pomegranate,

with a cumin yoghurt chutney,
green chilli chutney

and a tamarind and date chutney.

What's inside this little pastry cup
is a bundle of brilliance.

I think it's really delicious.

Hot, spicy, cool, sweet, sharp.

I get all of that.

The sev across the top
is really crunchy.

I could bury myself in that really
happily and have it all afternoon.

Thank you.
I'm really happy to hear that.

I think that's absolutely delicious.

I agree with John.
It's a wonderful thing to eat.

And you literally are going
through layers of texture

and layers of flavour as well.

I don't know whether you can tell,
but we're delighted with this.

I'm hoping you guys
really did like it.

We wouldn't...
What? Do you think we're lying?!

Why would we lie?!

Thank you very much.
Thank you. Bye-bye.

They like my food!

There's more to come
if you give me a chance!

Coming together now.
Everything's done.

Everything's prepared
for when I have to plate.

So, yeah, I'm ready to go.

OK, Jack.
Time to send it to John and Greg.

Sports journalist Jack has prepared
a beef and broccoli stir-fry.

Onglet steak marinated
in shaoxing rice wine,

garlic, ginger and sesame oil,
with a vegetable chow main.

Jack, I'm really, really impressed
with the flavours of your dish.

Your noodles taste really good.

The actual beef itself
is super, super tender.

I think your beef could probably be
more of strips rather than big bits.

That's not an easy piece of beef to cook
and you've done it really, really well.

The sweet saltiness,
I'm really enjoying.

Here's my issue.

Apart from the cooking of the beef,
you've just boiled some noodles.

And it doesn't mean you can't cook,
it's just very difficult to know

whether you can or not
from this dish.

Yes. Thanks very much.
Thank you very much. Cheers.

Off out, yeah? Yeah.
Nice one. Thanks.

I would pay for that
in a Chinese restaurant.

Well, it actually tastes
like a Chinese takeaway.

I'm a little bit disappointed.
Maybe I could have done more.

That was one of my fears heading in
was, could I have done more?

And the judges mentioned that.
But I'm pleased with the dish.

If I have to cook again,
I'll cook again.

It's now down to the last
three auditionees

to impress John and Gregg.

Indonesian-born Endang owns
and runs a gift shop in Dumfries.

She came to Scotland 22 years ago

and has lived there ever since
with her husband and two children.

My husband is Scottish,

so he brought me there
and I'm enjoying it.

I know it's cold, windy,
constant rain.

Because rain in Borneo,
the rain stops!

And when it stops, it's sunny.

In Scotland, it stops
and it's still grey.

I should make haggis.

I could cook Scottish. Next time.

Endang is making us beef rendang,

served with coconut and turmeric
rice, peanut crackers,

crispy shallots and a cucumber
and red onion pickle.

The good one should be
creamy and spicy.

There is desiccated coconut
and coconut milk.

Beef rendang, as we know, can
actually cook for most of the day.

So how Endang is going to get this
out in just over an hour, I don't know.

I mean, that beef has literally
got to be falling apart.

Usually, it takes hours
to cook rendang.

So I'm using the pressure cooker.

When my children...
when they're coming home,

I always ask them,
what do you want me to cook?

Could you make rendang, Mum?
OK, it's fine.

Endang cooking rendang!

40-year-old painter
and decorator John

lives in Bristol
with his partner and four daughters

and is passionate about cooking
sugar-free, low carb meals.

My daughter is a type one diabetic
and she can't really have chocolate.

Which kid doesn't like
a chocolate bar?

She doesn't get to get those,

so I decided that I was
going to make my own.

John is giving us a chocolate tart
with drunken raspberries. Bring it on.

What sort of chocolate filling
have we got in there?

Have we got, like, a ganache,
chocolate mousse mixture?

I'm making a refined,
sugar-free chocolate tart.

Obviously, I'm using a sweetener
because, you know,

it wouldn't be a chocolate tart
without any sort of sweetness.

We are going to find out
how good John's pastry work is.

Is he making his own pastry?
You would hope so, wouldn't you?

This is made of hazelnuts
and almonds and egg yolk

and a bit of sweetener.

Kind of like a shortcrust pastry.

It's a huge reduction in the carbs
that you need to put in, you know,

which means less insulin.

That is gross!

I don't know exactly what I did.

I'm going to have to
remake it really quickly.

I think I didn't add any sweetener.

I think that was my
major downfall there.

I'm worried about the chocolate
setting. Yeah, a little bit.

29-year-old Fannata has a degree
in occupational health and safety.

She fell in love with food,

watching her grandfather cook
in his native Ghana.

I take inspiration
from all over the world, really.

Currently, I really am
loving French cuisine,

you know, with bits
of my Ghanian heritage

and other west African
countries as well.

So it's pretty cool.

Fannata obviously is making
a dish for Mr Gregg Wallace.

Pear frangipane tart.

Frangipane. Almonds mixed together
with butter and sugar and eggs,

almost like a sponge in texture.

With a tamarind sauce.

Sharp, sour sauce with the sweet
frangipane and pear. Lovely.

Tamarind drink, it's a very
popular drink where I come from.

It's like the drink of my childhood,
right.

Served with almond praline crumb
and a honey thyme ice cream.

It looks good, actually.
You know, I'm so relieved.

I thought I was going
to have to serve, like,

soggy ice cream or something,
but this is churning nicely.

Thank goodness. I'm actually
sweating. Can you imagine?

Mate, this dish from Fannata
fills me with absolute joy.

But it also scares me
because this is a lot to pull off.

So a lot of things going on the tart. It
needs time to cook and bake properly.

So that's my biggest challenge
right now.

Rendang is doing OK.

This is the pickle.

Peanut crisp.

OK, that's me. Wish me luck, guys.

Good luck. Thank you.
You don't need luck, it looks great.

Hello.

Gift shop owner Endang
has made beef rendang.

A beef brisket curry made
with desiccated coconut,

rice cooked in lemongrass,
coconut and turmeric,

peanut crackers and a cucumber
and red onion pickle.

I love the flavour that's sitting
on the outside of that beef.

It's really spicy, hot with chilli,
really nicely seasoned.

These peanut crackers, I think,
are delightful.

The beef itself,
the meat needs more cooking.

How long do you cook it at home for?

Five hours. It's too hard.

Your rendang sauce is thick, creamy,

almost sweet with coconut
and then salty and then chilli.

What a fantastically flavoured dish.

Thank you. The beef is too chewy.

Oh.

I am happy the taste is there,
the combination is... They love it.

It's just the beef.

I think it could have done with an extra
ten minutes, maybe, chilling, but we'll see.

Hopefully, it comes out all right.

I want it to, like, be like
a knife through soft butter.

Hopefully, Mr Sweet Tooth,
Gregg Wallace, will like it.

That's the aim of the game,
isn't it?

It looks delicious. It does look
delicious. and that's from afar.

Brilliant. Good luck. Well done.
Well done.

John's sugar-free chocolate tart
has been artificially sweetened

and has a hazelnut and almond base,

topped with vanilla cream
and toasted hazelnuts,

served with salted caramel,
raspberries soaked in brandy

and a raspberry coulis.

Refined sugar free, so there's
no real sugar in any of it.

My daughter is a type one diabetic.

You've got strong cocoa
chocolate inside there.

I do like the amount of vanilla
you've got across the cream

and I'm enjoying
the odd boozy raspberry.

But in the middle there,
it's a little wet.

Without any sugar, I'm really surprised
because it's sweet enough for me.

I really love all the vanilla in that cream,
that definitely doesn't need sugar in it.

Your pastry, I think,
is a revelation.

Almost like a cheesecake base
with those nuts going through it.

So thank you. I think it's
a really, really good tart.

What's your daughter's name?
Lee ya.

This is for Lee ya, right?

She's missing out on school dinners,
desserts,

she's missing out on ice cream
when everyone has ice cream.

We have a barbecue, all the kids
get a lolly. She misses out on all of it.

It's all right. It's OK.
You all right?

What you're trying to do is to give her
what you want to give her and that's great.

I think it's admirable.
So good on you.

I promised I wouldn't cry.
I couldn't help myself.

It came over for me,
the emotion, too much.

It just means so much, that's why.

Last to serve is Fannata.

The tarts look good.

I bit brown, but I don't mind brown.

Everyone knows brown food
tastes better!

Health and safety specialist Fannata
has served a pear frangipane tart,

an almond and ginger praline,
sweet tamarind sauce

and a honey and thyme ice cream.

Your ice cream is lovely
and creamy and silky and soft,

very strong with thyme.

And when you put that
with the sour tamarind,

it becomes almost savoury
in the flavours.

The tart case,
you've cooked it just too much

and it's gone very, very dry and
really, really hard, which is a real shame.

I admire the work you've done here,
I really do.

It's not quite perfect.

Cooking in the kitchen for the
first time was very challenging.

But you know what?
Like, I know I can cook, right?

So if I get another chance,
I will take it.

We've seen some good cooks come
through this kitchen already this year.

We know how high the standard is.

There's a couple here on my list
that have impressed.

Cristina is getting an apron,
with Diya.

There's a couple of people who made
mistakes they know they made

and probably understand
they're going to have to come back

and just show us
what they're made of.

That now means then
we have one apron left

and we've got a conversation
about three gentlemen.

Jeff with carbonara ravioli.

John with a chocolate tart.

And Jack with beef-broccoli
stir-fry chow mein.

I can clearly see potential
in all three,

but I've got doubts about all three.

Well done, all of you.

Some dishes that really
put a smile on our face.

Some that really made us
sit up and take notice.

We have three aprons to give out and
of course, we have made a decision.

The first person getting
a MasterChef apron...

...is Diya.

Congratulations.

Thank you. Thank you very much.
Very good. Thank you.

Thanks.

The second person getting
their MasterChef apron is...

...Cristina.

Well done, you, Cristina. Fabulous.
Thank you.

The third person
getting an apron is...

.John.

Congratulations.

Thanks.

Diya, Cristina, John, come
and collect your aprons, please.

Thank you.

Well done!

Oh, my God! Well done!

Well done! You can hug the granny!

Well done! Well done! Really good,
really good. Well done, guys!

Goodbye, blue. Hello, white.

Look at that.
See if it fits. Does it fit?

I love it. I absolutely love it.

Made to measure.
It suits us. I know. Perfect.

Brilliant, guys.
Hello, we're done. Forward.

Six of you here and we have
four aprons to hand out.

That means two of you today
will sadly be leaving us.

Welcome to a MasterChef
invention test.

We have laid out an amazing
set of ingredients

and you can choose whatever you like
and cook whatever you want.

Cook something which is wonderful.
One hour and 15 minutes.

We're going to give you ten minutes to come
up and collect your ingredients. Up you come.

There's always like bits and bobs
in the fridge,

so I'm always having to sort of
think up, put things together, etc.

So this is actually kind of great.

Lots of ideas coming in
and it's very exciting, actually.

I haven't got a plan yet.

I'm just trying to see everything that's here
and then trying to come up with something.

There's beautiful fish
like brill and hake.

There's mussels if they want
to do seafood.

And for those who are willing to
take a risk, there's a pork tenderloin.

They've got the ability
to make pastry, make a dessert.

It can be a vegetarian dish.
They could make pasta.

There are so many things
they could do.

I've got a few options.

I'm just looking around for what I need to make
the dish tasty, so hopefully I can do that.

So no pressure!

Right, you've got your ingredients.
We hope you've got a plan.

You've got an hour and 15 minutes.
Come on. Off you go.

Oh, horrendous.

This is my worst nightmare.

I like a plan.
When I ain't got a plan, I struggle.

I'm off again, mate. Sorry.
Stay away from me!

I'm definitely a recipe follower.
Definitely, yeah.

But I can think on my feet.

I like to think there's a decent
enough breadth of recipes there

to set me in good stead
this time round.

What are you making for us?

I'm doing, like, mustard
and herb roasted pork loin

with a wild mushroom risotto.

What did you learn
from the last round?

Don't leave anything to chance
in this competition

and don't assume
that you're doing enough.

My one fear going in was,
was I doing enough?

Are you doing enough now?
Absolutely, yeah.

That tenderloin is interesting

because you can actually
serve it pink.

If it's cooked all the way through,

it can go dry because
there is no fat whatsoever.

He's got to be careful
he gets it absolutely right.

Underneath,
we've got a risotto with mushrooms.

Pork, mustard, mushrooms.
Wonderful combination.

With rice, it could be luscious.

I guess there's a slight fear
of the unknown as usual.

But then I basically need
to just prove to John and Gregg

that I know how to cook, really.

That's what it comes down to,
isn't it?

I'm making a pan fried fish,

a Spanish romesco with a little
tweak of Scotch bonnet,

balsamic reduction
and some crispy fried potatoes.

Do you know what the fish is?

Erm... Do you know what,
It doesn't look too familiar.

Say hake.

It's a hake. No, it's not.
You've got that bad...

Yes, it is. Yes. Yes, it is.

We've got fish and chips,
Spanish style with romesco sauce.

Wonderful.

If we get crispy bits of potatoes,
a beautifully cooked piece of fish

which is well seasoned and a lovely,
rich, peppery romesco sauce

with olive oil, lots and lots
of garlic and almonds,

I'm going to be really happy.

25 minutes gone. 25 minutes gone.

I'm very, very excited
for the invention test

because the way I cook sometimes
like that, I just open the fridge,

the cupboard, what is available
and just make up on the way.

Sometimes work, sometimes not.

So, see.

Endang, your bench smells good.
What are you making for us?

I'm making vermicelli noodles,

served with the spicy coconut milk
with mussel in it.

You don't seem as confident
about this dish.

Yeah, because I just
invent it today.

Why not do something
that you know very well?

Well, that's why you
call it invention dish.

If she can make a really lovely,
rich, coconut broth,

which is fragrant and spicy
with noodles

and those mussels work beautifully,
it could be delicious.

Vijaya, what are you making for us?

I'm making a vegetarian thali.
Ooh. What's a thali?

Thali is a collection
of different elements

that you enjoy eating
with rice or bread.

We've got little breads in a pan

with spiced potato
running through them.

We've got paneer with lots
and lots of different vegetables

and a sort of creamy, rich,
chilli sauce around the outside.

A dhal, but using little,
tiny, orange split peas.

She's made a cucumber
and yoghurt raita,

a dip that goes
with the whole thing.

I know that I can cook,

so I will try and be my best
and I hope the best wins.

You've got 25 minutes left.

I start now. Are you going
to make risotto? Yes.

You're going to do it in 25 minutes?
Yes. Are you? Yes, I am. Wow. Good luck.

I usually cook my risotto
in like 16, 17 minutes.

So I'm making a...

...risotto with blue cheese cream.

Figs. So it's going to be
a little bit sweet.

And I've also prepared
a piece of mushroom.

You've never seen fig and cheese
mushroom risotto before, right? No.

So how have you dreamed this up?

I like both, so I guess
combining will be good.

I know some people are doing risotto, so
I just wanted to be a little bit different.

That is new to me. Yes.
Good luck, Jeff. Thank you.

Figs and blue cheese baked together.
Absolute classic.

Lovely.

However, figs
and blue cheese and rice,

I think is one step too far.

I'm here for a reason,
to go out of my comfort zone.

I'm not cooking for my friends any
more, I'm cooking for John and Gregg.

So, yeah, I will do what it takes
to try my best to get an apron.

You've got 13 minutes.
It's unlucky for some.

I'm feeling very nervous, I won't
lie. It's make or break today.

This time, I'll just try
and cook everything properly!

If it's not good enough, then at
least I did it and gave it my best shot.

I find it quite daunting, this.
Not having a plan.

Did you kind of have what John
Torode calls recipe blindness?

Oh, absolutely did, yeah.

What's your dish, please,
Richard?

I'm doing a mushroom risotto,

and then I'm doing some
oven-roasted fish,

to just to sit
on the top of it as well.

Are you using a water bath
in this round?

Absolutely not.

Richard has decided to make
for us a mushroom risotto.

And then across the top of that,
we're going to get a piece of hake.

Hate can go really dry and
almost like cotton wool

if it's overcooked.

We can't
have another undercooked fish.

I know, yeah.

If I do, I'll get my coat
now, shall I?

Five minutes.

Fish is cooked this time.

That's it, your time's up,
stop!

Fingers crossed.

IT consultant Vijaya

has made a vegetarian thali -

paneer curry,

lentil dhal,

cucumber raita,

onion pakoras

and cumin rice,

with spiced-potato-stuffed bread.

The breads... They're OK.

However, everything else
is delicious.

Thank you, thank you so much.

Your dhal has got lots and
lots of mustard seeds

running through it and all the
flavours

of smoky cumin and
coriander.

Your rice with all that cumin
is delicious.

That's really, really lovely.

And the array of spices
and flavours

that go through these dishes is
amazing.

You've got paneer here,
mild cheese,

and a really lovely,
sweet, buttery

sauce clinging to it.

I've got these little bits of fried
onion that are just delightful.

These are the dishes

of a confident cook who cooks
like this regularly,

and you can taste it.

Thank you so much.

They loved it.

So many positives about
each and every element.

I was, like, amazed.

Painter and decorator Richard

has served oven-roasted hake

on a wild mushroom
and porcini risotto

flavoured with Parmesan.

Your rice is cooked well.

Your fish is slightly
overcooked.

We had under in the last round,

now it's slightly over.

The overwhelming flavour there
for me is white wine

that's not cooked off and it's
permeating everything.

Hake is a really difficult
fish to get right

and, unfortunately,
yours is overcooked.

The risotto, saltiness of
Parmesan,

I don't mind that,
but it's all white wine.

From the start I just couldn't
get my head around it,

so I didn't have a plan...

...and it showed at the end.

I've become a victim of the old
invention test, I believe,

Health and safety specialist
Fannata also chose the hake

and served it with romesco
sauce

made with almonds,
roasted peppers and yuzu,

fried potatoes,

chicory and a
balsamic reduction.

I have to tell you, I really
like the way this plate looks.

Oh, thank you.

Potatoes, crispy on the
outside, fluffy on the inside.

Fish has cooked really nicely,
rich and salty from that butter.

That sauce underneath,

the smokiness coming from
the peppers,

the nuttiness from the almonds

and it's rich and succulent.

You know what, in an invention
test I think you've done pretty well.

I don't see a home for the
reduced balsamic.

Your fish is cooked nicely.

Love your chips. Thank you.

Put out a dish I wanted to put
out.

John and Gregg seem to be OK
with it

so let's see how it goes.

Gift shop owner Endang
has served

mussels in a coconut broth

flavoured with chilli,
galangal and lemongrass

with vermicelli noodles,

samphire and fried potato
dumplings.

Hoar!

Hwa!

You should squeeze the
lime on it.

SQUEAKY VOICE: Squeeze the lime
on it?

Inside that bowl, you have
the fragrance and the flavours

of a Thai curry with a really
hot scotch bonnet.

The little potato dumplings
I really like.

The little bit of samphire add
a bit of saltiness to it.

Your balance of flavours
really are quite incredible.

Thank you.

My little mussels are cooked
really well.

It's a good broth,
it's a good dish,

it's got great flavours.

I bring my my Indonesian style
of cooking with chilli,

with galangal, with lemongrass.

So...

So I'm happy, I'm happy, Yeah.

Next, it's sports journalist
Jack.

His dish is pork tenderloin
coated in mustard

on a wild mushroom risotto

topped with roasted hazelnuts
and crispy sage.

You've cooked that pork well.

It's got...it's got a nice
pink tinge to it, Well done.

Personally, I'D prefer this
rice cooked a little bit more.

I like the crunch of the nuts.

I like the woodiness of the
mushroom.

I like the sweetness of the
wine in there

and it's really nicely
seasoned.

Pork, mushroom, sage, nuts,

all cooked really well
together.

That's delicious.

Jack, thanks very much.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

I'm relieved, I'm pleased.

I think I've made a good
account of myself

considering how stressful it
was at the start.

So I can leave with my head
held high if I have to leave.

Finally, it's IT specialist
Jeff.

He's also served a risotto

flavoured with a blue cheese
cream and topped

with figs, walnuts

and a pan-fried king oyster
mushroom.

I've never had rice with blue
cheese,

figs, nuts and mushrooms.

Yeah, me neither.

The rice needs more cooking.

Your blue cheese cream

has a little bit of blue cheese
in it, but not a huge amount.

Considering you've been really
dangerous

with figs, blue cheese,
walnuts,

it doesn't deliver

that flavour that I really want
to get from those three things.

I actually think the idea of
blue cheese

and fig in the risotto now
I've tasted it

is a nice idea because,
of course,

we have figs with cheese

on a cheese board.

But we do have a couple
of big issues here.

The mushroom isn't cooked

and the rice is hard.

I'm happy with what I made.

I was bold on the flavours.

Of course,
it's not a perfect dish,

but I'm not a pro chef either,

so that's fine by me.

We have four aprons to give,

the last remaining aprons

in this year's competition.

Vijaya's food was just great.

She made a dhal, raita,

a paneer dish, some bread,
some pakoras,

all of them without a recipe

just went and did it.

Good work.
She's got herself an apron.

She's in the competition,
right? Absolutely.

Endang has made us a really
spicy sauce,

really well flavoured and
balanced.

It was a good looking dish,
it was a really tasty dish.

I loved Endang's broth,
absolutely loved it.

Endang has got an apron.
Well done, Endang.

I'm going to put my
hand up for Fannata.

Cooked a piece of hake and she
cooked it really, really well.

She made a romesco without a
recipe.

Very, very good chips.

I see no reason why she can't
go through.

That now eaves us with a
conversation about

Richard, Jeff and Jack.

Three boys who all cooked
risotto.

Richard, the risotto itself

he made with lots and lots of white
wine, which he hadn't cooked off.

And that fish was overcooked.

Jeff, he's inventing
as he's going.

Blue cheese, figs and nuts.

That most certainly works.

But there wasn't enough
of the blue cheese.

There wasn't enough of
the figs.

Rice was undercooked.

Jack's food

the pork was flavoured well with
the mustard across the outside.

Pork, nicely cooked.

Risotto, nicely flavoured,
well seasoned,

but actually, I'd like the rice
cooked a little more.

Oh, I'd be devastated
if I had to go home.

Devastated. I don't feel like I've
shown everything I can do yet.

I know I can do better.

It's just one of those things.

At home I could have done it
standing on my head, probably,

but in the MasterChef kitchen,

it's a different ball game
altogether.

I'm happy with what I've
delivered.

Not perfect, of course, but

it's outside of my control,
but it is what it is.

Thank you very much indeed.

Some of that food was
absolutely delicious.

We have made a decision.

First person leaving us is...

Richard.

It's good to meet you, mate.

Yeah, you too, good luck,
everyone. Very good to meet you.

Thanks, Richard.

Deflated, disappointed.

You just don't realise what the
pressure environment it is

until you actually
get in there.

Jeff, Jack, one of you
unfortunately is leaving us.

The person getting this year's
last apron...

Jack.

Jeff, thank you.

Thank you. I hope you enjoyed
it. I did, thank you very much.

Thanks, Jeff.

Obviously not what I expected.

I took risks.

And when you're not a
professional, of course, taking a risk,

you make mistakes.

But it's OK, it was all in all

like a good experience for
me, so I'm quite happy.

Congratulations, all four of
you.

You have got the last remaining
aprons of this year's competition.

Please come up and get them.

Yes!

Bit snug, but, yeah, I'm
pleased I'm in the competition.

I want to prove myself
going forward.

I want to go on the MasterChef
journey and this is the first step.

I'm super glad, super relieved.

There's so much more ahead

but, you know, it's good to just
savour this moment right now, it's great.

Very happy.

I'll just take it one day at a
time

and happy to be through
this time then.

Really excited.

WWhoo! That's it.

Excellent day.

I hope I can sleep well
tonight.

It's really good.

Next time,

this week's best
cooks return to face

two demanding challenges.

Cream, cream, cream, cream,
cream, cream, cream.

...as they fight for a place
in the quarterfinal.

My mouth is on fire
and I love this.

Bonza, beauty, bingo.