WEBVTT - Amy & Alice MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA - Reality TV Contestants 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:01.760 It's in the news today, but it was actually on 0:00:01.840 --> 0:00:04.600 TV Reload, the podcast last week Their Life. Welcome back, 0:00:04.600 --> 0:00:06.800 guys to TV Reload. As you may know, my name 0:00:06.880 --> 0:00:09.600 is Benjamin Norris and this is your podcast to get 0:00:09.640 --> 0:00:12.119 all the inside goss on the popular TV shows you 0:00:12.119 --> 0:00:15.560 may be watching from around the world. Undeniably, our TV 0:00:15.680 --> 0:00:18.000 sets are a major part of our home entertainment, and 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:20.640 yet very little is known about how our favorite shows 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:23.840 get made. So each episode, I've been finding guests that 0:00:23.920 --> 0:00:25.599 want to dive just that little bit deeper in to 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:27.880 the shows they're currently making, so that you can hear 0:00:27.920 --> 0:00:30.880 all their exclusive stories and gain access to the biggest 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:33.640 names in Australian television. I want to thank you for 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:36.720 downloading or subscribing to this podcast however you've found it. 0:00:36.880 --> 0:00:38.959 I love hearing your feedback, so make sure you leave 0:00:39.000 --> 0:00:41.840 a review or a comment on your chosen podcast platform. 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:45.080 This episode of the podcast, I'm joined by Amy and Alice, 0:00:45.240 --> 0:00:49.200 both eliminated from Master Shehef Australia this week. Both different girls, 0:00:49.240 --> 0:00:52.280 but fascinating to hear their different stories back to back. 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:55.040 Our first guest, Amy has been a big fan of 0:00:55.080 --> 0:00:58.000 Master Chef Australia for years watching it with her mum. 0:00:58.240 --> 0:01:01.120 She's been inspired by the journeys some of our favorite 0:01:01.120 --> 0:01:04.000 home cooks and even attempted to recreate some of those 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:07.160 recipes at home. We did see Amy get booted on 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:09.480 Sunday Night, but as you will hear from our chat, 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:12.360 she's still laughing and it was great to hear about 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:15.319 her time on the show. Our next guest, Alice, was 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:19.840 our Tuesday Night Eliminee. Alice's parents immigrated from Shanghai. However, 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:22.160 Alice was born and raised in Sydney, where she felt 0:01:22.240 --> 0:01:25.480 enriched by her duel heritage. Earning her bachelor's degree in 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:28.600 history and Economics from Harvard University. Alice went on to 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:31.800 earn her Master of Arts in East Asian Studies from Stanford. 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:35.120 You will hear about how food helped Alice bring her 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:37.199 head in her heart together, and I hope you stick 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:40.240 around after the first chat to hear about Alice's journey, 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:43.480 as she has some amazing insights on food. I will 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:45.960 ask the girls about their highs and lows and find 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:49.280 out how they ended up on Mastership Australia. Amy will 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:52.040 talk about her passion for fusion food and if there 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:55.800 was any other Japanese, Mexican ideas ready for that elimination 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:58.760 cook Alice will then explain what went down in her 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:01.320 final cook and office that's a theory that might not 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:04.720 have been her fault. Plus, we will get plenty of 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:07.960 exclusives from behind the scenes of MASTERSHEF Australia, which is 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:10.120 currently on Network ten and you can catch up on 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:12.960 ten Play if you've fallen a little bit behind anyway, 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:15.640 Let's bring Amy into the podcast first and stick around 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:16.960 for Alis, who will be popping in. 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:17.600 Straight after that. 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:21.480 Congratulations, you know, on your time of MASTERSHEF Australia. 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:23.280 Has this been an emotional ride for you? 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:27.200 It's been crazy. It's been a rollercoaster of emotions, you know, highs, 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:30.119 lows everything in between. It's been incredible. 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:33.640 Have you all been there for each other? And do 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:36.600 other people, like your friends and family understand what it's 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:38.280 like to have been a part of something like this. 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:41.040 Yeah, I guess people don't really understand where you're going 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:43.919 through if they haven't been through the whole experience. I'm 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:46.120 lucky enough to have a really tight group of friends 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:48.360 from the show and we're still catch up regularly and 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:50.760 like talk all the time. So I'm really lucky in 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:53.560 that sense because we could do it yeah all the time. 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:57.040 Well, it was weird because the other contestants in previous years, 0:02:57.080 --> 0:02:59.520 well the last few years where we had COVID, they 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:02.160 could up physically. But are you able to go and 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:04.200 catch up with you know, other Victorian content? 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:06.520 Where are you from? You're in Melbourn? 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:06.799 Yeah? 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:07.239 Melbourne? 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:08.600 Yeah, no, sorry, I had it written down that you're 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:10.960 in Melbourne. I'm like hanging a say, is my stalking accurate? 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:12.840 Correct? 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:13.519 Okay? 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:13.760 Great? 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:15.960 Were you able to catch up with other Victorians? 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:16.800 Of course? 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:17.280 Yeah? 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:19.480 And then you get to have like master Chief parties. 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:21.600 Is that what you've been doing for every episode? 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:25.200 Nah? A little bit, Like first couple of episodes are 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:27.840 really exciting. But you know, it's nice a debrief after 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:30.480 every episode because like, yeah again, like you've been through it, 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:33.160 but like watching it's kind of a different experience, so 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:35.600 it's it's good to get you watch it again, debrief 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:36.920 and onto the next one. 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:39.440 It's always so surreal as well, because you know you 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:41.839 can live the experience and then to watch it back 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:44.680 it can be a different experience all over again. You know, 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:47.440 how have you felt watching yourself back on the show. 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:49.560 You know what have that part of the experience been, Like. 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:51.960 It's been good because I think when you're so like 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:54.960 stressed and anxious, like you kind of forget certain parts. 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:57.200 But looking back, you're just like, oh, that happened. That happens. 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:59.360 So it's good for my little brain to kind of 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:02.600 patck and see and also to watch other people's cooks 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:05.040 because you don't experience other people's cooks as well because 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:07.520 you're so focused on yourself. So it's good to see, 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:09.080 you know, everyone smashing it. 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:11.640 Is there something in particular that you're like, oh my god, 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:14.240 that really shocked me watching it back, that you had 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:15.440 maybe didn't know about yourself. 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:20.040 No, I think everything's pretty true. I laugh a lot, 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:23.680 so that's like probably more than the average person, but 0:04:23.920 --> 0:04:25.640 not everything was pretty accurate. 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:27.880 Well, how did you come across the series? I'm assuming 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:30.640 that you know, I've confirmed that I'm a huge Master 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:32.640 Chef fan. I'm assuming you must have been as well. 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:34.200 How does something like this come about? 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:37.279 Did you just apply? Did someone see your cooking? Like? 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:39.240 What was what was that journey to being on the show? 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:41.800 Like, yeah, that like me and my mom have watched 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:43.920 Master Shecheff for as long as I could remember, so 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:46.520 it was kind of surreal, like going from like the 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:49.279 couch to the actual thing. And I've been a medical 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:53.320 administrator for ten years, so food and medical like don't 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:56.840 really go that much. But I used to it a 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:58.680 bit of a backstory. So I used to bring in 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:01.400 like extravagant lunches all the time to work. And one 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:03.839 of the nurses was like, Amy, this is so like 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:05.520 you take half an hour to play it up your lunch. 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:08.960 She's like, go on mastership. She's like, just do it. 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.960 And I was like, oh, maybe, like maybe, I don't know, 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:14.320 and then one day I just did it on a whim. 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:16.880 So you're telling me so first time applying, because you know, 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:19.279 I've interviewed a lot of contestants and they some of 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:21.320 them applied, like you know, up to five times. 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:23.480 You know. For you, you've applied once and you got 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:23.920 straight in. 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:26.360 Yeah, it's crazy, Like I've heard stories about that too, 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:28.000 and I'm like, oh my god, the journey that they 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:29.760 would have gone on. I don't know if I could 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:30.880 do it five times. 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:34.560 But no, they're just not as good as you read it. 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:35.800 It's fine, stop it. 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:40.120 I felt really lucky to have but on the first time. 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:42.560 You know, when the elimination day starts, do you have 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:45.200 any idea, you know, as that it might be you 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:47.719 going home? I mean, do you read into maybe other 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:50.160 favorites in the competition, or if the theme is more 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:52.560 suited to you more than maybe some of the others. 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:54.960 You know, what was that day like for you? Did 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:56.680 you have any idea that it might be you going home? 0:05:57.640 --> 0:05:59.320 I didn't, Like, I mean, you definite want to think 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:01.279 that you're going to be the one going home, But 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:03.719 it was it was very stressful, Like coming up to it, 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:06.760 I'm like, oh, like two day cooks daunting in itself 0:06:06.760 --> 0:06:09.400 and like not being there to supervise your food and 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:11.640 all that kind of stuff. So I was definitely stressed 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:13.680 going in. It was probably one of my most stressful cooks. 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:15.640 And I feel like, for myself, the only thing I'd 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:17.800 be good at doing on Mastership is probably cooking my 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:20.719 own goose, because I feel like the pressure for me 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:22.880 would really get to me. But I want to ask 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:25.400 you about the pressure of the experience. You know, is 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:27.440 it as dramatic and as stressful as it looks on 0:06:27.480 --> 0:06:29.240 television or is it a little bit more calm in 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:29.640 real life? 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:33.360 Oh no, it's a hundred times more stressful than what TV, right, 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:36.960 so don't worry. Like it's a pressure cooker, like, definitely, 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:39.600 but in the best way possible. Like you kind of 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:41.960 you're so stressed that like you kind of tweak into 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:44.480 like creative like things in your brain. So it's good 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:47.240 in that aspect. But no, it's definitely a pressure cooker. 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:49.960 I like to think of myself as like a good cook, 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:52.760 and I think I understand flavors and all of that, 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:55.440 but I also feel like i'd only cook my Aussie 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:58.400 standard meals, like you know, my spaghetti and my chicken 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:00.719 palma and all of these things which you know probably 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:02.800 wouldn't cut it on a show like this, Are there 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:05.960 some ideas that are too basic? And do the producers 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:08.279 try and help you to lock in dishes that maybe 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:10.880 are a little bit more extraordinary for viewers to watch 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:11.280 you cook. 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:13.800 I mean, I'm with you, Like I love eating all 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:15.640 that stuff. I love cooking that stuff at home. Like 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:17.600 I think you just have to cook from your heart. 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:20.120 And I think that's the best advice that anyone can give. 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:22.520 Is just like if you try to be extravagant and 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:25.480 like try to change an original thing, it kind of 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:28.560 gets lost. But simple good things done right, you can't 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:30.040 beat it. And it's just like if you want to 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:32.080 cook a chicken palmera mass chef, do it. 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:36.280 I feel like that would be me what they would be. 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:38.680 Like, you need to go home now because everyone in 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:39.760 Australia made this tonight. 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:41.720 It is not inspirational at all. Please leave me. 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:45.280 No, it's relatable, like my caramel dumplings, like the simplest 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:47.560 dish ever. But you know everyone can make it at home. 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.160 So well, if we talk about in my house going 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:54.040 out for dinner, we start with Japanese Mexican is like 0:07:54.120 --> 0:07:56.360 our next one down the line. So the idea of 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:59.640 this fusion idea of yours to me was really quite epic. 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:03.200 Are the other dishes that you could have made with 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:05.840 that sort of Japanese Mexican fusion? Or is that your 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:07.200 one Japanese Mexican fusion? 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:09.559 Okay? 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:12.520 I wanted only I reckon nah like it was. It's 0:08:12.520 --> 0:08:14.440 an epic dish and I think that you know, when 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:16.400 I cooked it at home, it was it was. It 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:19.240 was good to me. But maybe in the future I'll 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:20.760 kind of tap into that again. 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:24.640 I'll let you know I'm here for different flavor combinations, 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:26.000 and I want to talk to you about this thing 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:29.440 that I do at home. So for my spaghetti bolin AI's, 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:32.400 I put in veggie mind and I put in a 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:36.360 little bit of true with sabi, I know, and I 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:39.240 put enough with sabi in so that it is actually palatable, 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:41.560 so it's not just about the spice. I actually like 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:44.240 a bit of that with sabi flavor with the meat sauce. 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:48.400 Now is this disgusting or is this fusion? And should 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:50.040 I apply for master chef and try it out? 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:54.120 Yes? Yes, and yes I'm going to try that at home. 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:55.920 I've never heard of anyone doing that. 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:58.360 It was more that there was just some stuff in 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:00.400 the fridge, and I was like, you know, when you're 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:02.600 making the spaghetti and you want to sit the meat 0:09:02.640 --> 0:09:04.480 sauce there for a while, you kind of like that 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:07.720 idea of it, sort of you know, bubbling together and 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:10.040 having all those flavors come together. So you're often looking 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:14.240 around for spices, and I just randomly thought veggimie and 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:16.599 masabi would be good, and it is quite delicious. 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:19.560 I'm so into the I put vegimine in my spaghetti 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:21.520 bolonnaise too, so you're not alone on that one. But 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:23.760 I'll definitely put in how much would you put it? 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:26.040 I'm going to send this to you on Instagram. 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.560 I'll put this on Instagram for everyone that's listening to 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:31.360 this so they can see. But you can buy Okay, 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:34.000 here we go, So you could buy this green tube 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:37.360 from Cole's or Bullies. We'll say Coals though, because they 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:40.400 sponsor Master Chef, so you can buy a little green tube. 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:43.559 I put half of that in. Oh half, it's a lot. 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:45.559 But I'm also. 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:48.720 People like, stop talking about yourself, stop talking about your 0:09:48.760 --> 0:09:52.120 weird food, Ben, we don't really care. Right to me 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:54.720 on Instagram and let me know how it goes. Just 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:58.280 one of those green emoji faces. You are disgusting, Ben Norris. 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:01.440 Ever again if it works into it well. 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:04.760 The living conditions have been under attack last week because 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:07.200 some photos came out on Instagram of you know, what 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:09.280 it's like to be there behind the scenes and what 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:12.360 the accommodation was like. And I looked at those photos 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:14.920 and I was like, this looks like adult summer camp. 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:18.120 Like to me, it actually looked like how I would imagine. 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:20.720 I wouldn't have expected that you'd be in some lavish 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:23.400 mansion while it was going on. What were your thoughts 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:25.439 Did you read any of those comments about what people 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:27.040 were saying about the accommodation. 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:30.000 I have heard on the grainvine, but haven't read much. 0:10:31.000 --> 0:10:33.320 That's actually the green room. It's not a living condition. 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:38.080 Candle It wrote that story. I mean, it's so funny. 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:40.600 People have a look at one thing and then they 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:43.560 run with it. They're like these poor bastards, and it's like, no, 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:44.840 you're just the green room. 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:47.720 It's okay, just relax, it's just agreement's fun. 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:51.000 It does bring me though to my favorite question to 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:53.680 ask people, and that is any show that any reality 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:56.600 TV contestants can be on, there's always things that are 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:59.640 written online. What are some of the most outrageous things 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:01.760 that you might I've read about yourself or about the 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:04.199 show whilst this, whilst being a part of. 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:06.080 It, I did actually read one and I think it 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:09.600 was hilarious. Someone said that I used laugh like my 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:13.600 laughter's punctuation, and I totally agree with you. 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:14.800 Just did it great. 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:18.839 I just did it full stop. That's funny. 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:21.640 It's so fun I mean, I think it's a way. 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:24.600 I mean, it's very infectious for you, so you've obviously 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:26.760 worked out that it works well in your repertoire, so. 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:27.760 Keep it, keep it going. 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:30.880 I appreciate it, but yeah, is it a nervous thing though, 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:32.680 or do you think it's just a part of your 0:11:32.760 --> 0:11:33.560 jovial nature. 0:11:33.760 --> 0:11:37.559 I'm just happy, Like I just I laugh and I'm nervous, 0:11:37.600 --> 0:11:39.960 and that was probably mostly on the show, but I 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:41.600 just just laugh at everything. 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:43.680 I think it's better to laugh when you get eliminated 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:45.760 from something. I feel like if I was eliminated from 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:47.880 a show, I'd be really worried that it'd have like 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:51.160 a tantrum. Is there any way that the producers try 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:55.040 to sort of maintain your emotional response, you know, when 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:57.520 you are eliminated. Is there anything that they say to you, 0:11:57.600 --> 0:12:00.000 like it's you'll be okay, maybe we'll bring you back. 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:01.960 What do they do to try and make sure that 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:05.400 you walk away smiling and laughing like you did? I mean, I. 0:12:05.400 --> 0:12:07.720 Don't like after you get a lot of support after, 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:10.120 but during the shows it's like it's just you. You know, 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:13.280 it's your emotions as like what it really is. And 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:16.040 I guess you just have to in the moment, like 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:18.160 what I thought was I was like I was content, 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:20.800 like if I go home today, it is what it is. 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:23.600 But I wasn't going to cry until I turned around 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:26.120 and I saw Grace, my bestie, crying, and then that 0:12:26.200 --> 0:12:28.760 set me off and I was like, don't make me cry, 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:31.560 and then I did. But that's fine. 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:34.280 They say don't cry on reality TV because people don't 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:35.680 like it, but I disagree. 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:39.400 I disagree. I think that everyone should just be full emotion, definitely, And. 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:41.320 It's just like if you're in a pressure cooker situation, 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:43.880 it's just like you. I think it's better to let 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:46.120 it all out as opposed to just like setting that 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:48.520 just like bottling it all up. So cry away, I. 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:51.720 Say, well, I was reading this is what made me cry, 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:56.120 was reading how previous winners had spent their money, their 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:58.880 prize money. Had you even allowed yourself to think that 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.240 far as to how you might have spent the money, 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:01.679 had you. 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:03.839 Want I honestly didn't think about the money at all, 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:06.000 Like I wasn't there for the money, Like I wasn't 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:07.440 there to win it. If I was to win it, 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:10.160 I would be like love that. I would be so proud. 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:13.040 But to even get on the show was a huge 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:15.840 accomplishment for me, and I guess I just took it 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:18.720 every week by week, another week, the other week, another week, 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:21.600 so I think that, yeah, money's not an issue for me, 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:24.559 So I didn't really think about it, just the experience. 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:26.840 Just there for the experience, which is just ad point. 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:29.320 There are also reports at the moment that the creators 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:32.200 of Master Chef, who created it, you know, all those 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:35.480 years ago, on the hunt to make another cooking series, 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:37.880 you know, after being a part of Master Chef, which 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:40.320 is just such a fun show. Have you walked away 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:43.640 with any ideas on what audiences might want from a 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:46.080 cooking show if it was to try and change in 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:48.000 a way and they were trying to look at something different. 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:52.959 Good question. Actually, I think solely just to cook from 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:55.559 the hut, and I think that like when people cook 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:58.400 from their backgrounds and what they love, it like it 0:13:58.480 --> 0:13:59.400 shines on TV. 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:01.960 Is there any dishes that you were saving? Is there 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:03.880 anything we've missed out on? I feel like there might 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:06.840 have been a dish that you'd been reserving for a 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:08.640 slam dunk. Is there anything that you feel like you 0:14:08.720 --> 0:14:10.160 would love to have cooked for the show. 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:12.880 I would have loved to I had a bit of 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:15.760 a because I loved tinfish. So I wanted to present 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:19.400 my own tinfish to the judges and you know diy 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:22.560 ken and have that kind of all sealed. So I 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:26.160 was saving that one for a special special cook. But 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:28.520 you know that's fine. I can just cook it outside 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:29.440 of the Mass Chef kitchen. 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:33.440 Just create your own YouTube channel. Definitely, there we go. 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:35.840 We can cook along. We can cook along there. So 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:38.400 do you not what you know now? Because you may 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:41.640 know more. But like when you left the competition, did 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.640 you have a feeling about who could probably win this? 0:14:44.760 --> 0:14:46.720 Like it was there a strong feeling as to who 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:47.840 you thought might take it out. 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:51.440 I mean, it's anyone's competition. Everyone is such an amazing cook. 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:55.560 But I'd love Grace to win because she's my bestie. 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:58.240 She was my roommate, like we had such a great bond. 0:14:58.280 --> 0:14:59.560 So I'd love for her to take it out. 0:14:59.800 --> 0:15:01.720 Well, Well, maybe she will, maybe she won't. We'll have 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:02.720 to keep watching. 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:06.000 Everyone who joins the podcast asked this question, what is 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:08.560 something from behind the scenes, something that we wouldn't have 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:10.600 seen or we won't see, maybe kind of like a 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:14.280 Master Chef secret from behind the scenes, probably. 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:18.280 Like my microwave dish, my caramel dumplings was iconic. Like, 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:20.000 I was at the microwave for a very long time 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:22.080 on that challenge, so probably like would have loved to 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:25.080 see a bit more microwave action, But that's fine. 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:28.480 Do they do they not want you to use microwaves 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:29.560 on the show? 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:31.920 No, microwaves are great, you wouldn't be there for good 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:32.320 use it. 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:35.000 I remember there was a fast food place though, and 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:39.320 I was always like, bacon, bacon will always tasted weird. 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:40.640 I don't want to say the name of this fast 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:43.040 food place because then I'll get sued. But then it 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:46.120 turned out they were cooking their bacon in the microwave, 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:49.760 and I was like, I don't think bacon belongs in 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:52.000 the microwave. That needs to be literally on a sizzle 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:55.960 pan or on the barbecue. And has this changed your 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:57.600 life in some way? Like do you think that you'll 0:15:57.800 --> 0:16:00.000 open a restaurant? Like what are your ambitions with food 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:00.760 moving forward? 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:04.240 So I'm actually a chef now. I work at Biromantica. 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:06.560 I'm a pizza chef there. I've got a couple of 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:09.400 pop ups on the horizon, So yeah, that'll be awesome. 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:12.080 Like to be creative, because like you can be creative 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:14.200 in a restaurant, but like you can't be your fullest 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:16.080 creative self, so it would be good to get a 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:18.280 couple of dishes that I did get on the Master 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:21.000 Chef Kitchen, and I'm designing an apron. 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:24.000 I want an apron. Thank you so much for the chat. 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:24.800 It was so fun. 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:26.800 Thank you you too. Thank you. 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:30.840 A big thanks to Amy for popping in. She certainly 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:33.320 has an infectious way of talking and I'm really glad 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:36.040 that I got some advice from her. However, not sure 0:16:36.120 --> 0:16:38.320 if my spaghetti would get me fired in the competition, 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:41.240 but who knows. Now we've got Alice ready to pop in. 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:43.520 This is a very different pace to the interview, but 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:45.840 I'm sure you'll get something completely different out of this 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:50.640 as Alice has a fantastic way of talking about food. Hi, Alice, 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:51.360 how are you. 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:54.360 I'm doing pretty well. I am in London. 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:56.480 I've just been traveling around for work and so this 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:59.360 whole I have not seen anything any episode. I've been 0:16:59.480 --> 0:17:02.600 sort of catch up on the Socialism with other contestants. 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:05.120