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MasterChef Australia...

Ooh!

..their mystery box
was a saucy little number.

Use at least one of these sauces
to cook us a show-stopping dish.

The creative juices were flowing.

Yeah, baby!

That looks amazing.
Oh, get in my belly!

Delicious.

It is beautiful,
seamless, tasty food

and visually stunning.

I've made a black sesame ice-cream
with raspberry sauce.

So you've used soy
in all of those elements.

So well done.
Thank you.

But the bottom four
face a pressure test tonight.

Alright, girls and boys?

Yeah.
Yep.

SAVINDRI: This is
my first pressure test.

I am shaking
in my sensible kitchen shoes.

But it is eye on the prize.

I am not ready to go home.

I just hope we all get a plate up.

Morning, all.
ALL: Morning, Andy.

You four are in for
one hell of a day.

'Cause this pressure test,

it's either going to
make you or break you.

Pezza, first pressure test.

How are the nerves?

Oh, I love pressure.

We get a lot of pressure at work,

and, you know,
work with the wife,

so pressure comes every day
to keep that...

(LAUGHTER)

..to keep our marriage still going
after these years.

I think I'll be right.

Right, when you think of intricate,
technical, detailed dishes,

there's one chef
that takes the cake.

He's worked as an executive
pastry chef in five-star hotels

across London and France...

Of course.
Oh, my God!

..and in some of the best
restaurants in Australia.

He's put fear into the hearts
of MasterChef contestants

since this competition began.

And the very mention
of his pressure tests

will have you
shaking in your boots.

Passionflower.

Peach Melba.

Bombe Alaska.

Passionfruit pavlova.

Of course,
I'm talking about...

..Darren Purchese.

(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)

It's Darren Purchese!

He is an icon.

His desert game
and his pastry game is world class.

So I know these guys
are in for a world of pain.

I have had Darren's desserts before,

so I'm very excited
to see what we're doing.

But there's also a part of me
that's just completely terrified.

That's the bigger
part of me at this point.

Darren, welcome back, mate.

We missed you
in the MasterChef kitchen.

Thanks.
It's fantastic to be here.

It's great to see Sofia again.
Known her a long time.

Never met Chef before.
I'm honoured.

Really, it's fantastic.

Obviously, I know Poh. Love her.

And you, mate,
you're one of the best.

What about Studio Kitchen?
Mate, that is going bananas.

Yeah, it's a recipe platform,
an awesome community of food lovers.

And I'm just creating
my favourite recipes,

putting it up there and
just generally having lots of fun.

It's going to be interesting to see

how many of these
sign up after today.

They may not want to know you.

What do you think, crew?

Should we put
you out of your misery?

Yes, please.
See what's under that cloche?

Yep.

Today...

..you'll be making my...

ALL: Oh!

Oh, my, gosh.

..cherry blossom.

(WHISTLES, IMITATES EXPLOSION)

I think my heart is skipping a beat.

Darren's dish is...

..the most sublime piece of art.

I'm gobsmacked
by what I'm looking at.

Guys, this dish
is a real favourite of mine.

It's ethereal.

It's inspired by
my love of Japanese food,

but also by my love
of combining sweet and savoury.

Why don't you enjoy it
and have a taste?

We have lemon cheesecake.

ALL: Ohh.
(LAUGHTER)

If it wasn't hard enough.
Oh, my gosh.

Inside that cheesecake

is a beautiful cherry blossom
liquid centre.

That adds an artistic element,
but also adds to the flavour.

Oh, the flavour of that.

It's certainly a really important
element on this dish.

Getting up close and personal
with this dish,

the more frightened I'm becoming.

It's absolutely divine.

It's the most delicate, beautiful,
citrusy lemon cheesecake.

Absolutely perfectly balanced

with this gorgeous
cherry blossom filling.

That cheesecake,
it's the heart of the dish.

(CHOCOLATE CRACKS)

(LAUGHS)
Wow.

What about the crack
on that chocolate?

Yeah.

You can see some beautiful
chocolate work here

in the shape of cherry blossoms.

Also on the plate,
this cherry here on the stem

is filled with white chocolate
and cherry blossom cream.

I mean, apparently,
this is doable, right?

(ALL LAUGH)

Anything is doable.
It's been tested, it's doable.

We've got this beautiful
miso caramel

and it just adds
a salty, savoury element

and it references
the Japanese cuisine.

My brain is short circuiting

when Darren's listing off elements

that I'm going to have to
somehow wrangle together.

Of course, the other striking thing
about this dish is the appearance.

So I suggest that as soon as
you get back to your benches,

I would sketch that out

so that you don't have to be
thinking about it at the last minute.

Yep.

Your brain will be twisted
by the time this is done.

Guys, you really need
to dig deep today.

I have done one of
Darren's pressure tests

and I've only just started
talking to him.

It's true.

OK, we're giving you four hours.

And guys,

you'll have everything you need

to recreate the cherry blossom
at your benches.

And, of course, the dish that looks
and tastes the least like Darren's

will send its maker home.

Alright, Darren.

This isn't your first rodeo,
so take it away.

Your time...

..starts...

..now!

(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)

Go, Sue.

Come on, Pez.

So, I am the only person
in today's pressure test

that has previously
done a pressure test.

Alright.

I'm reading the recipe
and it looks so complex.

It's seven pages long,
which is just crazy.

What I've learned
from the last pressure test

is work smart, work clean,
and be methodical.

So, cocoa powder...

Darren's cherry blossom dish
is cherry blossom in many ways.

It looks like
a cherry blossom garden,

and it's got flavours revolving
around cherry blossom as well,

which is incredibly smart.

The first thing that I need to make
is the cheesecake,

which is the main element,
so you have to get it right.

The cheesecake itself is a really
beautiful lemon and vanilla mousse.

The gooey cherry liquid centre,
it needs to ooze out,

and it had that intense
floral type of flavour.

So I need to make sure
I get the right ratios.

At the moment I'm just doing
the cherry blossom liquid centres.

I'd say I'm going alright.

Only early days,
got to keep ticking away.

I haven't really made
vanilla cheesecake like this before.

Mum makes a limoncello cheesecake,

but it's nowhere sophisticated
like this.

Cherry blossom liquid centres?

That's a beautiful kick
that you weren't expecting.

So I'm definitely following
the recipe very precisely today.

Game face on.

I'm determined to get this one
over the line

and really come out of my first
pressure test on top, hopefully.

OK, alright, so...

Having desserts being
my wheelhouse and being a baker,

it's going to actually help me a lot
in terms of using my instincts.

I do make cakes,
I love making cakes.

When you've got the time,
you can really perfect it,

especially with wedding cakes.

Like, I'm...

I don't know if you've ever
dealt with a bridezilla.

But four hours is nothing.

Like, four... I don't even
bake a cake in four hours.

It's madness!

So I really need to
trust my instincts

and not just trust the recipe.

I'm just about to finish my
cherry blossom liquid centres

and then move on to
the vanilla cheesecake.

I don't think it's ever
fast enough in this kitchen,

but trying to aim
to get as many things done.

Here's hoping some of those
baking skills pay off.

I'm making the cheesecake.

I don't feel
in my comfort zone at all.

Get that hustle on.

I don't make desserts.

I don't really even like
eating dessert, to be honest.

Give me a slab of cheese.

Is that 12 both sides?

Keep pushing.

There's technical elements
that I have never done before...

Jesus.

..so I'm taking my time.

Polycarbonate.

Sue's looking a little frazzled.

I think maybe the nerves
are getting to her a little bit.

She seems like
there's not much urgency.

And she's moving
at a very slow pace.

Yeah.

She's kind of just not focussed.

So I'm a little bit worried
for her right now.

That's not 6.5cm.

Um...

SOFIA: Make that cherry blossom
spring to life.

You have three hours to go.

(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)

Sue, just keep going.

Pick up the pace.

Hello. Any advice?

Am I really way behind?

No, you're doing alright.
Am I doing... OK.

(LAUGHS) Give me courage,
give me courage.

Thank you.

OK, go.
OK.

I'm hinging a lot on
doing well in MasterChef

for the next chapter of my life.

I've been a wife, a mum,
a working mum,

and now I've been given
this amazing opportunity

to follow my dream in food.

And I'm extremely
passionate about it.

I'm happy with that.

And so I'm just going to enjoy it,

lean in and get the job done.

Uh, if I...
If I had to go home today,

it would make me quite upset.

So I got myself into this,
I've got to get myself out of it.

I'm now doing vanilla cheesecake,

so I've just got to get past
this first element,

and then I think I'll find my feet.

You know, eye of the tiger.

(SINGS EYE OF THE TIGER)

It's there.
It's playing in my head.

Darren, we've known each other
for at least a decade.

Longer.
Longer.

And I know you're a really nice guy.

I must say, this is the first time
I've thought you're evil.

ANDY: Every time he comes in here.

You know, I get
a bad rep around here.

He's one of the nicest blokes
I've ever met in my life.

But, you know, I'm really excited
for the challenge for these guys.

You know, I'm really excited
for these guys

to be cooking something
they never cooked before.

I know there's pressure.
I know there's a lot riding on this.

These guys just think about

they're cooking something
they've never done before

and learning new skills.

Because even if you manage to do
all the different elements,

you've got to make sure
on the plate, when we taste it,

all the textures, flavours,
are going to be delivered exactly.

This is what MasterChef
is all about.

Exactly.

Getting to recreate a recipe
from a true legend of the industry.

I would be lapping this up.

Do you know what?
It's how you approach it.

Yeah, David. Looks beautiful.

I feel like my pace is good
and my energy is good.

I'm in a good rhythm.

This is the cheesecake
that I've just finished,

and this needs to go into
the blast chiller

for an hour or until set.

Whoo! Alright.

The cheesecake is the star
of the show for this dish,

so it's really important
to get the right ratios.

Make sure you fill them up.
Yeah.

She's in a bit of trouble now.

She's not filling up
her mould enough.

Definitely.

Let's go, Savi.
Come on, Sav.

Let's go, Sav.

I've got my cheesecake done.
That's in the blast chiller setting.

I've got my two different glazes,

the white spider glaze
and the purple glaze, ready to go.

Now it's time to start
the chocolate work.

You have the chocolate cherries

and the chocolate
cherry blossom branches.

And what I remember
from Darren's chocolate

was that it's so delicate.

And you get that satisfactory snap.

There is a lot of science
in tempering chocolate.

Something I'm quite familiar with.

They're based on a specific pattern,
so I'm feeling quite confident.

I'm going to have to temper

four different coloured
chocolates here today.

Dark chocolate.

White chocolate.

Pink chocolate
and cherry chocolate.

I don't know how these little fellas
are going to handle this,

but I'm keen to have a crack.

Yeah, yeah. You know, there's a
confidence about him, definitely.

Is there a confidence that

you're getting these elements
done correctly,

or is there a confidence
that you just get them done?

I'm trying my best
to follow everything,

tasting as I'm going.

So just loving it, mate.
I think I've got it...

You've got to be up and about.
and you've got to enjoy cooking.

You are getting a little bit
deer in the headlights,

so let's just continue
to lock into that recipe,

take a breath
and go to another level.

Keep going.
Righto, mate. Beautiful.

Keep going.

Go, Davey boy.
Cheers, Jilly.

Wish you were doing this one.

Oh, it's not my forte, eh?

I might sign you up
as my apprentice after this.

Ha!

Let's go, Pezza. Let's go.

Uh, I'm just shaking
like a mongrel dog.

But anyway, I'm, uh...
Yeah, just still having a crack.

I am dotting cherry blossom flowers
like there's no tomorrow

because it really reminds me
of decorating wedding cakes,

so I'm putting a little bit
of my flair.

It's not veering
that far off course,

but, um, yeah,
freestyle a little bit.

So I've done the little cherry
blossoms with the flowers.

They're in the fridge. They've
got the white chocolate on them.

I'm tempering the chocolate

to make those fiddly
little chocolate cherries.

Uh, I need to get this chocolate
to 31 degrees.

This is dark chocolate.
So, um...

Yeah, I'm just going
to test that now.

Time is of the essence.
You have 2.5 hours to go.

(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)

Go, Sue!
Go, Sue!

Yeah, Pez.
Nice work, mate.

Yeah, Pez.
Looking beautiful.

Yeah, Davo.

Good work, mate.

The glaze is nice and shiny.
Look, it's beautiful. It's good.

They never taught me how to draw
spider webs in art class.

David, you're a rock star, mate.

Keep pushing, mate.
Keep pushing.

Savi, that looks so good!

Nice, Sav,
that looks really good.

Keep pushing.
Nice work.

I finished the cheesecake
with the purple glaze

and the white spider glaze
for the top of the cheesecakes,

and they look really pretty.

I'm feeling good.

I really feel like
I'm achieving things here,

so I'm reasonably confident

doing some more chocolate
for the cherry spheres,

and it needs
to be a very thin layer.

If I make it too thick,
it makes it harder to get them out.

I'm tempering the cherry chocolate
for my chocolate cherries,

which are little
round chocolate, um, balls.

Spheres, balls.

Darren's just crunched
and they were so thin.

I've never done any spray with food
but know how to use a spray gun.

That was one of my jobs over
the time when I used to spray cars.

I think it's got the same idea as
working with his tempered chocolate.

Yeah, David.

Do a little love heart.

Then I just got
my other dark chocolate,

pour it into the moulds really quick
and then drain it off.

It's set in the blast chiller
really quickly.

On ya, Pez.

Yeah, Davey. Got this.

Two hours to go.

(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)
Two hours!

PEZZA: And they've
been in the fridge.

They're coming out.

So you know it's nice
and tempered.

I'm really happy.

At the end of cook,
it's going to be filled with

a really beautiful and fragrant white
chocolate and cherry blossom cream.

Now I've got to get on to
this red velvet brownie.

I'm thinking I might be just
starting to find my feet.

I will try those chocolates.

Go, Savi.

Yeah, Dave! Whoo!

Yeah, Davey!

Love your work, mate.
Yeah, Dave.

Cheers. Whoo!

Come on, Sav.

Just don't know why
they're not coming out.

I'm sure the whole neighbourhood
can hear me.

But these chocolate spheres,
they are not coming out.

I'm gonna give it a bit more time.

It must not be set,

so I'm going to put it
back in the fridge

because I need to move on
to making the red velvet brownie.

I just need to keep moving on.

I'm not giving up yet.

I will come back to
those chocolate spheres later.

So pretty, Sue.
So very pretty.

Very pretty.
Well done.

Good job.

Isn't it stunning?
Beautiful.

Yeah, Sue!

Hi, Sue.
Hi, ladies.

You've got chocolate on your face.
It's a good sign.

I've always got stuff on my face.
It's all good.

You can definitely tell the page
that you've been working on.

Yeah, I'm working with chocolate.
You can tell?

So I'm pushing it.
Yeah, keep going at this pace.

Because I think at the beginning
you were a little bit shell shocked.

Yeah, hesitant.

Yeah.
So just keep going at your pace.

Yeah, I'm sort of finding my groove.

I'm getting a, like, a second wind.

I'm feeling I can do this, right?

You've already done a bunch of stuff

that you never thought
you'd be able to do.

That's exactly
what's going through my mind.

Keep up the pace, Sue.
OK, thank you.

I'm so happy with these
little cherry blossom branches.

They look pretty.

God, Sue's looks incredible.
Unreal, Sue.

It's time to get on to
my chocolate spheres.

My red velvet brownie
is looking really good.

Now I have to do the miso caramel.

Yes, Pez.

The velvet brownie looks nice,
cooked well,

so I think it's going to be good.

I don't know if these are
going to come out.

Come on, Savi.
Try these one more time.

So the brownie's all in the oven,
it's doing its thing.

I need to try and get those
chocolate spheres out again.

I'm a little bit confused,

because I have no idea
what's going on.

It won't come out of the mould,
simple as that.

And I'm panicking.

She's still struggling
with that, hey?

Yep.

If I don't get the chocolate
cherries on there,

which was such a beautiful part
of Darren's dish,

that could be the reason
that I go home today,

so, like, I can't give up.

We've got to speed up, guys.

Go, Savi.

I have no idea
why they're not coming out.

Oh, my God, what am I doing?

Oh, my God.

I have completely forgotten
about my brownie.

Wait, what?

I have no idea
why they're not coming out.

Oh, my God, what am I doing?

I've spent so much time
on my chocolate spheres,

I have completely forgotten
about my brownie.

Wait, what?

But I'm just hoping
it's not overcooked.

Alright, let's try
those chocolates again.

Let's go, Savi.

Hustle, girl.

Let's go, Sav,
let's get them out.

Where she needs is to speed
through the rest of the cook

and try and retemper
some chocolate at the end.

Just enough...
Just enough to make...

No, she won't have time. No way.

Yes!

Nope.

I'm having another crack
at these stupid spheres.

Yes, Sue!

One whack and they're out.
That's awesome.

Good pace, Sue. Good pace.

It's not happening,

and it's definitely put me
behind quite a bit.

Come on, Sav.
Pick up that pace.

Keep going, Sav.

I...

..am just having a hard time
swallowing the fact

that these tiny
little delicate chocolate spheres

could be the actual end
of the road for me.

Hey, Sav.
Hello.

I've noticed your demeanour
has changed completely.

You know, I think those cherry domes
that haven't quite come out.

No.
Have they affected you?

Are you going to still be on track?
They have a little bit.

It's 'cause you got that thing
in the back of your mind

that's like,
"Something hasn't worked".

Yep.
But you got to separate that.

Yep, I know.

Let's go, Savi. Let's go, Sav!

I'm happy with
my chocolate spheres.

I'm crossing off each element,

so there's a level of confidence

that I didn't have
at the start of the cook.

And it's time now to move
on to the velvet brownie.

Darren's was light and spongy
with lots of holes through it,

so I have to get the texture right.

I don't know how much time I've got,
but I'm baking it.

It is feeling tangible now

to get to the end
of this cherry blossom dish.

Chefs.

You've got 40 minutes left.

Come on, guys.

(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)

PEZZA: I'm going alright.

I'm just getting the last
few things going.

I'm just making
the miso caramel cream,

trying to get it to 82 degrees,
the temperature.

And we're there now.

The highlight of Darren's dish
for me was the miso caramel cream.

It was nice and salty and umami.

So that's what ties
the whole dish together.

If I don't get this right,

to me, this is the thing
that's sending me home.

I'm trying to finish up
really quickly,

so we've got a bit more time
at the end to plate up.

Come on, mate.
You've gone so well.

Keep pushing.

How close to plating are you?

Uh, after this, I can start plating.
Let's go, let's go. Come on.

This miso caramel cream,
it tastes quite strongly of miso,

but when I whip it up a bit more,
I'm gonna aerate it,

and I think that's going to reduce
the intensity of the flavour.

But I don't want to over whip it.

Come on, Sue. Come on. Yes!

Let's go, Sue! Come on!
Come on, Sue!

Yes!

Get 'em out, Sav. Let's go.

This is attempt number six.

The chocolate spheres
have been in the freezer,

so I'm hoping that
they've set enough

for me to get four spheres out.

I need four of these.

I don't think they're going
to come out,

but it is what it is.

Nice!
Yes!

Yeah, Savi!
Yes, Savi!

Oh, my God.

I need four. I have four.

Do you know what? Enough.
That's fine.

By some miracle, I've got
the four spheres that I need.

Ah, OK.

I have to focus on the caramel now,

because that needs to
actually be on the plate

and it needs to be whipped
to the right consistency.

Got to get this done
in the next 10.

DAVID: I've got about
20 minutes left.

I'm working on the miso caramel
and then I can start plating up.

So my miso caramel cream
is looking pretty good.

I am very happy with how it tastes
compared to Darren's miso caramel.

It's giving me that same flavour,
the same umami and saltiness.

And so I have
all of my elements ready.

"Starting at one end
of the semicircle

"plate four dots of miso caramel."

I'm trying my best to recreate
Darren's cherry blossom dish

as perfectly as I can.

It looked like something that
you would display rather than eat.

There is a finesse to it.

I've got the cheesecake that I know
was at 11 and 2pm on the clock,

and the red velvet brownie,
the cream, the miso caramel cream,

and I have to build the chocolate
cherries filled with cream.

I know that I still have to plate up
the rest of the chocolate elements,

and it's just
the trickiest thing ever.

It's so delicate.

You've actually caught up, Sue.
Have I?

So...
Oh, that's so great.

Yeah, just know that.
Keep going!

The first part of this cook,

I was really nervous and it took me
a while to get into my groove.

So I'm feeling happy that I'm going
to get everything onto my plate.

Look, I'm all over the shop.

The miso caramel cream just doesn't
seem to be coming together.

It's still just watery.

I've just got to keep this whipping
until I need to put it on the plate.

Fingers crossed it comes together.

Let's start plating this dish up.

Sorry, mate.
I made a mockery of your good work.

You're doing alright, mate.

You're doing amazing.

I'm working fast.

I'm just trying to put
all these elements

on where I think they were
supposed to be on the plate.

Now, look, crunch time
for the miso caramel cream.

It's got to go on the plate.

Darren's was just so nice
and airy and fluffy.

And mine's just watery.

And it's more of a sauce
than a paste.

I don't know what this means
for my dish.

My heart just sinks.

This miso caramel cream,

it's still watery
and it's more of a sauce.

I don't know what this means
for my dish.

My heart just sinks.

but I just need to keep moving

and get all the elements
on the plate.

That's all I can do.

Nice, Pez.
Keep going, mate.

Very good stuff, Pez.

Six minutes left to go!

(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)

Hoo, this is freaking me out.

I'm just finishing
my miso caramel cream

and the pressure is thick.

You gotta lift, otherwise, all the
hard work, it doesn't mean anything.

I know.

Like, Andy is in
frantic soccer mum mode,

and that's not helping me at all.

I'm like, "Dude, just stay calm."

Everything rides on this dish.

You have four minutes to go.

Come on! Four minutes!
(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)

PEZZA: Ah, stop shaking.

SAVI: Multitasking,
and I love plating, actually.

I love making
things look beautiful,

and I think, "Yep, I can do this."

I'm happy with the flavour
of my miso caramel.

It is nutty and umami
and creamy and just beautiful.

So all the things are coming
together on the plate.

I'm so determined that I'm
not going home on the back of this.

Help us out, gantry. You have...

ALL: Ten, nine, eight,

seven, six, five,

four, three, two, one.

(CHEERING, APPLAUSE)

Yes!

You hustled so hard today.

You did good.
Man.

You rocked it.
You did so good.

I like to persevere,

and I thought I really
pulled it together at the end.

Yes.

I think the fact that I have been
in the pressure test before,

it just gave me a bit of confidence.

And my hope is that I've recreated
Darren's dish perfectly.

David.
Hello.

Hi, David.
Hi, David.

Tell us why you're here
and why you want to keep being here.

I think I wouldn't have cooked
the things I've cooked or, you know,

even dreamed of making this.

That's such a special thing.

And it's like, well,
what's the upper limits of that?

I've got no idea.

But the only way to find out
is just to stay for that.

Well, I think it's time to taste.
Awesome.

Thank you very much.
Appreciate y'all.

Thanks.
Thank you, David.

Just looking at that,
I'm, like, really impressed.

SOFIA: Yeah, it's pretty bang on.

That does not
look like a first attempt.

No.

OK, let's see how David's
tempered that chocolate.

We'll have a snap.

Pretty good.

That's very thin.
It's very fine work.

Let's have a look in the middle
of this cheesecake.

Oh, look at that.

Perfect.
Pretty good.

That's excellent.

Yeah, it's got great texture.

The textures on this plate
are really good.

We got a nice snap
from the chocolate.

The chocolate temp has done really
well with the chocolate cherries.

Sort of thin shell.
Really thin, yeah.

Which meant that there was
a maximum amount of cream in there.

Yeah.

Which makes that element,
you know, sing.

Absolutely fantastic.

We get what it's all about -

the spring, the blossom coming up,

the flowers,
the lovely pink colours.

I don't remember myself
trying to knock something

as precise as this my first time.

I'm actually quite impressed.

The saltiness in the miso cream

really demonstrates
the point of using miso.

The velvet brownie is rich
and delicious and very chocolatey.

The cheesecake is light,

and I love this
lovely cherry filling

which was just the right thickness.

It is seriously very good.

I think David has smashed it.

I've put my family on the line.

Good luck, Sue.

Diving in the deep end to take
on a new career in food.

And so if I'm eliminated
on this dish,

it would devastate me.

Hey, Sue.
Hello.

I just don't want to go home.

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How are you feeling, Sue?

Extremely nervous.

I think it's going to take
a while to forgive you, Darren,

because it was very hard.

(ALL LAUGH)

You got to be proud of that.
It's beautiful.

Oh, thanks.
Sue, you've done an amazing job.

Sue, what is the food dream?

What do you see
when you close your eyes?

Look, it keeps changing direction.

It's a discovery tour.

I'm going into a time in my life
I should be retiring.

And I have got
such a fire in my belly.

And I am filling my cup,
and it's not full yet.

Sue, it's really beautiful to see
how much you want this.

So we'll try your dish.

OK, thank you.

Thanks, Sue.
Good luck.

Thank you so much, Sue.
Well done.

Of course,
the texture of those two creams

is a little bit
on the soft side.

But look at the fine chocolate work
that she's got on there,

and let's see...
So fine.

..if that chocolate is tempered.

There's a snap there.

It's so fine, but it's still intact.

Now, it's the cheesecake.

Oh, that is perfect.

Look at that. That's pretty good.

That's really lovely.

She hasn't done a bad job at all.

Love the cheesecake mousse.

I thought it was
a really great texture.

Great flavour as well.

Detected the lemon in there,

which really did offset the ooze
of cherry blossom on the inside.

I love the fact that she got
that spider web glaze right.

The miso caramel,
I really love that flavour.

And really, those are the two
main components of this dish,

and I thought she accomplished
those very well.

I love the cheesecake element
of the dish

and each component
was there or thereabouts

with the flavour of yours,
I reckon, Darren.

Sue's cheesecake is definitely
the highlight of her dish for me.

Lovely glossy, sort of mauvey
purple-pink colour.

And then cutting into it,

the way that liquid filling
sort of reluctantly came out

and in those proportions,
I thought was wonderful.

I like very much
her chocolate tempering.

That was very well done.

It's probably the finest
shell that we have so far.

The blossom little touch
is just perfect.

The velvet chocolate brownie
is very rich.

It's delicious.

In fact, he tastes like a fondant,
which I really, really like.

In all, I am seriously,
really impressed.

Got it, Sav. Go smash it.

Thanks, guys.
All the best, Sav.

This pressure test
was absolute chaos,

so I am not
feeling confident at all.

It's been such a wild ride
and I'm not ready for it to stop yet.

Sav, how do you feel
after cooking that?

Oh, my God, those chocolates spheres
were the death of me.

Ahh!

Um, but there's four spheres
out there.

You know what? You only need four
and you've got four on there.

So you should be proud
of your resolve.

Thank you.

Sav, what would your emotions be
if this was your last cook?

I'm so not ready to go.

Like, there's so much more
that I want to show,

and with the Sri Lankan background,

especially now,
learning all those techniques,

that realm of possibility.

So, yeah, I would be gutted.

Sav, I think we're going to
taste your dish now.

Thank you, everyone.

Thanks, Sav.
Thank you.

Thank you so much.
Thank you.

Really pleased she's managed to get
all of the elements on.

Do you know what?

The arrangement of those elements
best represent yours.

I agree.

I'm just going to grab one
of those cherry twigs.

It snaps.

Let's have a look at that
cherry cheesecake liquid centre.

The ratio of that cherry centre
and the cheesecake mousse

is out of whack compared to yours.

It's a bit of a mixed bag for me.

I think my biggest thing
is the cheesecake.

That's like the main element
of the dish.

And there was an abundance
of the cherry centre,

so it was more acidic
and it threw the balance out.

I think the brownie
was a little bit dry.

Yeah, me too.

Not over tasty.

Not super brownie.

A real dish of surprises.

All of the components are done.

That miso caramel was light,

and it kind of got
a really nice sensation,

a sort of rush over my tongue.

You know, she thought on her feet.
She kept going.

And, you know,
was it a perfect dish?

Certainly not.

Obviously, my miso caramel cream
is not up to scratch.

But this is all new to me.

If I can do that today,
what am I going to be able to do

in another four or five weeks?

It's not time for me to go home yet.

Pezza, how was your first ever
pressure test, mate?

Yeah, it was... It was hectic.

But I'm really proud of
what I put up.

I'm a plain cook.

This sort of stuff's going to bring
me out of my shell, I think.

It's the next step
of what I want to do in life.

Uh, the Perrys, you know,
not just me, but the whole family.

I think we can do
a spectacular restaurant.

Tasmania is missing
that in a big way.

And Smithton, definitely.

You know, the old fish and chip shop,
it's got to go, you know?

We need to start
dishing things like that up.

Get out of here so we can taste it.

Thanks, guys.
Thanks, Josh.

I think...

..he's got too many cherries.

Heavy on the cherries.

You can tell he's from Tassie.

They're Tassie cherries, aren't they?

A bit of a puddle with the miso.

Yeah.
Yeah.

There's absolutely
no body whatsoever.

And it's just a bit
more of a sauce on the plate,

which is a real shame,

because there's some deft
touches on there.

I want to get
inside that cheesecake.

Alright.

Look at that. That is...
Great consistency.

..oozing out.

The proportions are really nice.
Yeah.

This has got
the liquid centre in there,

it's in the right spot.

Well, I'm really thrilled for Josh
in terms of attempting something,

none of the elements of
which he would have tried before.

The cheesecake is delicious.

I think it's been my favourite one.

He's managed to do the little branch
of the blossom tree

very thin, delicate.

And he managed to take them off
with those large pair of hands,

who are constantly touching meat.

(LAUGHS)
And so I'm quite amazed.

Love that cheesecake.

Thought it was a fantastic texture.

Really light.

And that inside,
that ooze that we got there,

it was really fantastic.

Unfortunately, the miso cream
has clearly let him down here.

We're talking about this dish.

You know, it's ethereal,
it's light.

It kind of dances over your tongue.

The lack of body in that miso cream

does affect the way
this whole dish actually eats.

And I think it's a real shame,

because flavour-wise,
I think he's nailed it.

That's the thing
that brings the dish together.

And for it to be a puddle,
it just was a let-down.

Of course, the elephant
on the plate is the miso,

but I think he's done
a decent job.

I mean, you can
definitely still tell

that it's a representation
of your dish.

Yeah.

I am blown away,

and not just
by what I've seen on the plate,

but your application, your talent,

and most of all,
your passion has really inspired me.

I feel honoured to have just played
a small part in your food journey,

and I want to thank all of you
for doing my dish justice.

Give it up for
Darren Purchese, everybody.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

Regardless of the result,

you should all be extremely proud
of your efforts.

David.

Every element was bang on.

Sue, the flavours
of your cheesecake were excellent.

And your chocolate
was well-tempered.

You're safe.
Well done.

Thank you.

Josh.

Your cheesecake was also fantastic,

but your miso caramel cream
was under whipped.

Sav.

Your dish was the closest
to Darren's in terms of appearance,

which is an outstanding effort.

But your brownie was dry

and your cheesecake mousse
wasn't balanced.

Sav, as good as that dish looked,

we couldn't get over those flavours.

I'm so sorry. You're going home.

Sav.

It is a rare thing for a cook
to come into this competition

and take to it like a duck to water.

But from the very beginning,
we knew you were special.

And I am sure
all these guys would agree,

this kitchen, it ain't going to be
the same without you.

The experience and all of you guys
has been amazing.

But I think the biggest thing
is meeting all of these people.

I'm walking away
with a lifetime of love,

so I couldn't ask
for anything better.

Jill, can see the heartbreak
on your face.

I've learnt so much from Savi,

just about life,
about love and about food,

and I...I'm devastated.

Well said, Jill.

Sav, for now, unfortunately,
it's time to say a big goodbye.

Right now,
my heart is just shattered.

But MasterChef has
completely changed my life.

I am not the person that walked
through those front doors.

This is not the end of my journey
in the world of food.

There's just so much more Sav
that you are going to see.

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