WEBVTT - TOMMY CHECKS OUT OF MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA! 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:01.720 It's in the news today, but it was actually on 0:00:01.800 --> 0:00:05.000 TV Reload the podcast last week. They might welcome back 0:00:05.000 --> 0:00:08.559 to TV Reload. My name's Benjamin Norris and on this podcast, 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:12.039 I go behind the scenes with the biggest players in television. 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:15.280 Each episode you will get a front row seat with 0:00:15.440 --> 0:00:20.560 content makers like executive producers, writers, editors and casting agents, 0:00:20.760 --> 0:00:24.280 plus the talent that we see on our screens. TV 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:27.760 Reload reloads the shows that you were currently watching and 0:00:27.880 --> 0:00:31.080 gives you a better insight at our television industry and 0:00:31.160 --> 0:00:35.400 streaming services today. On the podcast, I Have mastershef Australia's 0:00:35.440 --> 0:00:40.000 latest eliminated Fans Versus Favorite favorite, Tommy fam returning from 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:43.000 season thirteen. He was back in the kitchen faster than 0:00:43.040 --> 0:00:45.680 you can say pressure cook. Tommy was playing with a 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:48.320 lot of heart and cooking with Gusto, so it was 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:51.160 sad to see him leave the competition. At this point, 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:54.120 we will talk about his feelings returning to Fans Versus 0:00:54.120 --> 0:00:57.480 Favorites on Channel ten, how Julie added to his experience, 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:00.880 what he thinks brought him undone, and who he thinks 0:01:01.160 --> 0:01:04.200 will be the last man or woman standing. However, let's 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:07.119 get started with today's guest. I'd like to welcome Tommy 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:08.760 fam to TV Reload. 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:14.560 There's definitely pros and con for me coming back straight away. 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:17.479 I musta sheriff has produced some of the biggest names 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:17.959 in food. 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:20.920 I guess silver linings to everything. 0:01:21.360 --> 0:01:26.920 The first time ever it's fans versus favorites, it. 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:29.400 Was like, you know that that kind of shaking over 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:31.680 the hand under the neck, like no, this is not happening. 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:34.720 We wanted a battle and that's what we've got. 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:37.880 Man, can I get there? I think I've got what 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:40.119 it takes. And I'm sorry Tommy. 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:41.520 Alvin's desh was. 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:45.120 Unbeatable and that means you're going home. 0:01:46.520 --> 0:01:50.559 You know what to do when she gets event Hi, Tommy, 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:51.480 how are you? 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:53.640 I am great? How are you mate? 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:56.720 I'm so excited and I'm happy to be speaking with you. 0:01:57.240 --> 0:01:59.400 I'm a little bit surprised that I'm speaking with you 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:01.360 because I kind of had you with someone that would 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:02.560 be there right to the end. 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:06.000 Yeah, it was definitely a shock to me as well. 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:08.000 But you know, you're only as good as your last cooking. 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:11.040 That just happened to be a not very good day 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:11.280 for me. 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:13.919 Well, how did this series go for you? And I 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:15.720 guess the question I really want to know is what 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:17.480 was the biggest hurdle this time around. 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:17.960 I think the. 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:20.560 Biggest hurdle for me this time around is not to 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:24.200 be so incuminated by all the other favorite They're all like, 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:27.400 they've all been around for quite a while. I'm not 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:30.320 saying that they're old, but like they've no over experienced 0:02:30.320 --> 0:02:32.480 and they know, you know, they know their way around 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:35.359 the cuisine and their style of cooking, and I'm a newbie. 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:37.840 I'm basically a fan, if you think about it, I 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:38.919 was just there last season. 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:41.320 Absolutely. I mean, do you think it's better or worse 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:44.160 to come back so soon? Because you know, there's been 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:47.160 conversation online about you know, Julie hasn't been on Mastership 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:49.440 for so long. You know, maybe she's out of practice 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:51.960 with this format. But then for you, you've gone back 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:54.560 so quickly, So what do you think is better or worse? 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:58.120 I think there's definitely pros and cons for me coming 0:02:58.160 --> 0:02:59.040 back straight away. 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:01.240 I you know, I know the format of the show. 0:03:01.280 --> 0:03:06.840 I'm still kind of fit and ready for Master Chef competition. Julie, 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:10.000 she's been away for a while, but she had that 0:03:10.120 --> 0:03:12.360 time to kind of build even more and more of 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:15.800 her repertoire. She's got more skills under herself. I feel 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:18.800 like somewhere in between, maybe like if you were in 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:21.640 season seven or eight or something like that, you'd be 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:22.480 probably perfect. 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:24.720 Well, you came seventh last year, and then you're back 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:27.240 very quickly, You're straight back into the kitchen. Why do 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:30.000 you think producers saw you as the standout of your 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:32.440 season to come back or one of the standouts? But 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:34.120 why do you think they picked you to come back? 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:38.760 I think they saw, you know, my passion for my 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:42.120 style of food, you know the uniqueness of my just 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:44.400 my love for my food, and I think I kind 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:46.360 of projected that really really well. 0:03:46.400 --> 0:03:48.480 And I loved you know, COOKIEVI. 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:51.320 In the Mease food sharing, you know, the different styles 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:53.320 of in the meat food that people didn't really know 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:56.240 but could come to love. So I think them seeing 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:58.040 that in me last season, they thought that I probably 0:03:58.080 --> 0:03:58.839 had more to give. 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:01.600 You say, the phone number come up, and you're like, 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:04.320 hang on a sec, that's mastershift from last year. Why 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:06.560 are they calling me? And did they have a pitch 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:08.440 to try and get you to come back? Like? What 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:10.840 were I was saying to you? Straight away? Come on, mate, 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:12.200 we wanted to come back because of this. 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:16.359 Yeah, do you know that that that Instagram kind of 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:18.360 TikTok thing where they like there's a phone and it's 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:20.479 like Thailand is calling or something, and it was like 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:22.200 and then like you pick it up and then we'll 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:24.159 show you like flashes of pictures. For me, it was 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:25.760 like master Chef is calling, and like if I pick 0:04:25.760 --> 0:04:28.680 it up, it's like flashes of like all these hectic 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:32.719 pressure and you know, me like stressed and all that. 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:34.440 That kind of went through my mind as soon as 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:36.960 I saw the phone number come up. But you know, 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:38.760 they explained to me that they'd love to have me 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:40.520 on the season, and they told me the format, and 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:42.800 you know, I was quite into it, but at the 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:43.640 same time, I was. 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:45.560 Like, oh, I don't know if I'm ready, and. 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:47.080 You know, I think I have. I had to ask 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:49.760 my partner like do you think I could do this? 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:51.919 And at first it was it was like, you know 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:54.839 that that kind of shaking of the hand under the neck, 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:58.479 like no, this is not happening. But after, you know, 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:00.880 we spoke to the producers and they were like, look, 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:03.240 we're gonna let you have your family down. We kind 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:04.040 of warmed up. 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:05.800 To it, yes, and you did well, because I mean, 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:08.880 weren't you sharing your accommodation? I guess, you know so 0:05:08.960 --> 0:05:11.119 to say with Julie, I mean that is that true? 0:05:11.120 --> 0:05:12.960 Were you living with Antie Julie. 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:17.440 No, So we had the big kind of hotel apartment 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:20.000 complex and I had my you. 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:22.320 Know, apartment area with. 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:25.039 My partner and Miles, and then Julie was just down 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:26.880 the hall. So you know, I'd read that Julie all 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:27.320 the time. 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:30.039 Just so many other contestants had come out saying telling 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:31.839 the story about you guys and saying, you know that 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:36.719 Julie was Auntie Julie. Basically, I love Tommy. 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:39.760 You can't not love Tommy. I loved him before I 0:05:39.800 --> 0:05:41.520 met him, from watching him last season. 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.800 And I loved his little boy. His little boy calls 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:49.280 me Uncle Julie and his family to me. 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:54.480 Well Uncle Julie. To Miles, it was Uncle Julie. 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:56.400 And it was just it was so nice for me 0:05:56.440 --> 0:05:59.080 to bring Miles to Julie. It was a great way 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:01.600 for both of us to kind of decompressed and not 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:04.120 talk about the competition but just enjoy each other's company. 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:08.040 And Miles, I feel really kind of lit Julie up. 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:11.640 She whenever she saw Miles, she just she's just that 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:14.719 typical and it's just like, you know, Julie is like 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:18.040 this watching her on TV, but seeing it in real life, 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:21.120 seeing Julie kind of just be that typical kind of mummy, 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:24.760 kind of grandma personality that she is, it's just so 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:25.520 beautiful to see. 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:26.760 Well, you might be able to help me out with 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:29.440 a rumor, but I heard that Miles was dancing to 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:31.920 Julie playing an electric guitar at one point. Is that 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:32.680 a true story? 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.560 Julie loves to play music in her house and it's 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:40.080 just like Miles loves music, and they just go. 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:40.720 Hand in hand. 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:44.880 Amazing. Well, does top ten change anything really when it 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:47.880 comes to the internal pressure of a competition like this, 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:49.880 I think top. 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:53.080 Ten it definitely changes something. Once you hear that number 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:54.640 and you get to it, you're like, well, things are 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:57.920 getting really real. You start to really see the kind 0:06:57.960 --> 0:07:00.240 of finish line in your You're like, oh, man, can 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:02.200 I get there? I think I've got what it takes. 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:05.479 And the pressure really kind of builds up from there. 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:08.640 Once you get your top ten your mind changes completely. 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:12.160 And getting those ingredients in that pressure test, was there 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.640 a big red flag with any of those, like, you know, 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:18.120 once they were revealed, you know, was there any signs 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:19.600 that you thought this could go bad? 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:24.440 I think once the three ingredients were revealed, I knew 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:27.160 straightaway that I definitely wasn't going to coat with the pumpkin. 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:30.520 Chicken and fish. You could go either way. 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:34.000 I just felt the fish was the right thing to 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:36.240 choose that they think. I think if I did chicken, 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:37.480 I don't know if I would be able to have 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:40.920 such amazing dishes like I had. At least two of 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:44.160 the dishes were like one of my kind of top dishes. 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:46.240 And it was just really just unlucky for me those 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:47.120 first two rounds. 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:49.240 Well, I can tell you that, just by coincidence of 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:52.240 watching this episode, I had one of those, let's just 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:55.560 say menu logue delivery, one of those sort of meals 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:57.760 that you can do very quickly at home, and it 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:00.640 was basically the same thing as you were looking. But 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:03.240 mine looked terrible compared to yours, and I don't think 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:05.000 it tasted very good either. Yeah. 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:11.800 Well maybe one day then absolutely. 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:14.640 Well. You know, everyone seems to be playing into their 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:16.800 skill set, you know, which is very smart. Do you 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:19.119 think that there is safety and playing in your lane, 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:21.520 or do you think that the winner will be someone 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:23.960 who takes maybe more risks. 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:28.760 I think I think staying in your lane is probably 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:30.840 the smartest thing to do in Master Chef. 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:33.280 It's like, it's like, you know, if you cook, you 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:35.760 know a lot of pasta and lasagneans up. 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:37.920 At home, you you know what to do when like 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:39.840 shit hits a fair right, Like you know that, oh 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:42.440 my god, my pasta sauce is you know, tasting a. 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:43.880 Little bit weird. You know, I'll add a little bit 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:45.080 more water and a little bit of sugar. 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:48.679 But let's say you cook I don't know, vitameat food, 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:50.319 probably want in a blue min and you cooked that 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:53.520 probably two or three times under the pressure of Master Chef. 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:56.400 Trying to do that and then getting to that point 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:58.320 with something stuff up and not knowing what to do 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:01.320 really is just the worst thing that could happen because 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:03.359 you don't know what to do, and in that timeframe 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:05.719 you don't have that time to kind of change and 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:06.280 fix it. 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:08.480 I was really shocked that you went into round two 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:10.920 because I felt like your first cook in that series 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:13.000 of Cooks was quite amazing, and I felt like you 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:15.760 just missed out on going up to the gantry by 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:19.920 you know, very little was there then some frustration that 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:22.480 you pull into those next two cooks. I mean, do 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:25.840 you go that was amazing? Why Hama not up there? 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:27.600 I mean, how hard is it to let go of 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:28.960 that kind of anguish? 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:33.400 Yeah, shaking it off is definitely something you have to 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:34.040 learn how. 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:35.000 To do in Masters. 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:37.600 If I found that, you know, that mental game is 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:39.679 so so much more. 0:09:39.480 --> 0:09:40.679 Than you know. 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:42.840 I think it is like I think coming into a 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:46.040 cook if I'm not mentally strong, I no matter what 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:48.360 I'm cooking, I won't cook it well. So I learned 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:50.800 to come I think this is probably you know why 0:09:50.840 --> 0:09:52.480 it was good for me to come back back to 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:54.120 back because I learned that skill and I kind of 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.240 still had that skill off. Take it off, do what 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:58.400 you can because if you don't, you're going to ruin 0:09:58.400 --> 0:09:59.000 your next dish. 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:00.839 Well, there's something kind of fun about following all of 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:03.240 this stuff on social media, and I really enjoyed someone 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:05.920 tweeting along with you saying, you know, the disappointment was 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:07.760 on your face and you took it out on slashing 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:08.520 these fishheads. 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:13.720 I don't know, Yes, yes, this is breaking down you know, 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:15.800 any kind of protein where you need kind of a 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:17.400 cleaver or you know, just. 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:19.480 Whatever is for some reason. 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:22.640 Really during a cook you just you don't you you 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:24.760 don't realize that, but you're like, you're just slamming this, 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:27.160 you know, fishbone, doing over and it just kind of 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:28.360 lits out some of that pressure. 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:32.000 Yeah, avoid paying for therapy just by yourself a mullet, 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:35.120 mallet or whatever. Take it out of the kitchen. 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:36.360 That's it. 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:39.600 Well. I loved the genuine relationship that you had with Alvin, 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:42.000 and you both had this amazing moment which was so 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:45.160 truly respectful, like, you know, two fighters who want to 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:50.240 win with integrity. Summy, how are you doing? 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:52.040 I'm good, Matt. Are you doing, man? 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:57.959 Yeah, you know, hang in there, hanging in Yeah, you 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:02.000 both go on. Great. Everything in this whole competition has 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:04.200 led up to this cook. 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:08.920 You know, I want to know at what point, though, 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:11.720 did you think he slipped into the lead, Like, when 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:14.400 did you realize, oh, maybe I don't have this. 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.600 I think I think there was a point where I 0:11:17.679 --> 0:11:21.440 realized he was making you know, his kind of famous 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:23.520 the dish that made him famous. 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:26.280 I was like, oh, this is this is getting tricky. 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:28.240 He is getting to, you know, the pointy end, and 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:32.079 I realized, oh, I really need to not stuff up 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:34.160 anything on my dish shore else I'm going home. 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:36.200 What was his dish called again, Drunken Chicken? 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:37.960 Was drunken Chicken? Yeah. 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.480 Once I heard the word, hey, album's doing drunken Chicken, 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:42.360 I was like, oh. 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:42.480 It's on. 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:45.400 That's when you started drinking and became the drunken Chicken. 0:11:45.480 --> 0:11:46.240 Yeah, I guess. 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:46.960 Yeah. 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:49.520 I don't think I'd get anywhere if I started drinking 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:49.880 doing that. 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:53.520 Cook Well, the back catalog of your food repertoire is amazing, 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:55.800 and it makes me feel like anyone who has an 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:59.120 international cooking history does have an advantage. I think this 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:02.240 is because you know, I'm mildly obsessed with Vietnamese food, 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:05.680 But I guess in some ways having an international understanding 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:08.640 of the complexity of flavors gives a bit of an 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:11.559 advantage in my mind? Or is that just me am 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:12.240 I being silly? 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:13.240 I do think so. 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:18.120 I do think having that kind of background in, you know, 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:24.040 another style of cooking really helps with your understanding of flavors. 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:26.600 And you've got this kind of backlog of what your 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:29.880 family has cooked you, what you've been eating your whole life. 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:32.599 But then again, you don't have some of those techniques 0:12:32.800 --> 0:12:36.280 or you don't have some of those kind of confidences 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:38.080 of you know, some people that cooked, you know, a 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:41.640 lot of French food, for example, they have those techniques 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:43.520 in the confidence saying you know, I know how to 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:45.920 do this, and it's you know, I can do this 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:46.640 all the time. 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:49.840 So I think there's you know, pros and cons to both. 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:52.000 Was it a bittersweet in a way, because I mean, 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:54.360 I was very emotional watching you leave because I was 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:56.559 shocked that it was happening. But then to find out 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:58.840 that you've got baby number two on the way? Was 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:00.360 that a great way to sort of sol from the 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:03.439 blow for leaving the competition at this point? 0:13:03.559 --> 0:13:04.000 I think so. 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:07.240 I think there's I guess silver linings to everything, and 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:10.160 I think without and it was really hard for me 0:13:10.200 --> 0:13:12.800 to kind of take this in at first, But at 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:14.960 the end of the day, I did have a little 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:19.040 one coming, so it probably was good timing, even though 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:23.199 I wanted to stay in the competition for longer. Although 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:27.720 I'm so gutted that I'm leaving, I've got big things 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.320 at home, you know, I've got big news. My partner 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:33.080 Winnie and I are expecting another little one. 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:35.559 Oh I'm not. 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:36.680 Don't worry about it. 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:38.959 You know, no more, no more teas. 0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:44.080 Were you sitting there watching the logis the other night 0:13:44.160 --> 0:13:47.040 with the whole Master Chef nomination. Were you watching? 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:47.480 Well? 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:50.440 I was watching because the logis was on the same 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:54.520 day as my elminem elimination episode, so I couldn't watch it. 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:57.160 I was looking on Instagram just to see if we 0:13:57.160 --> 0:13:59.760 did win it. And then you know, midway through my elimination, 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:01.520 I'll like, oh my god, we want it. But then 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:03.320 I was they say, oh, back to my death. 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:05.280 Well, I kind of you know, I really hope that 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:09.560 you see that there's something about all of these favorites 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:12.880 coming back that I think has allowed that nomination to lift, 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.640 because I mean, it could have easily been nominated. Yes, 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:18.600 it was nominated, but I do feel that the warmth 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:20.720 of the integrity of you guys coming back to this 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:24.240 show is given this season something really truly inspiring, and 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:27.320 I think that's where the nomination has come from, and 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:28.600 I mean the win has come from. 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:31.640 Yeah, I think. I think definitely the format has given 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:35.360 viewers a different kind of perspective on how this show 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:37.200 is as well. You know, they see, oh there's these 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:40.280 fresh faces, but there's also these people that have been 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:43.800 through it and still love it. And I think that shows, 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:47.040 you know, the audience, that it's a such a beautiful 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:48.080 kind of show. 0:14:48.600 --> 0:14:50.760 Well, we are at the pointing end of the competition, 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:53.480 and the numbers are certainly dwindling. I want to know, 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:55.720 who do you think is going to win at this point, 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:58.760 Not necessarily who you want to win, but who do 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:00.920 you think is going to take this comp petition out? 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:04.560 I think it would be hard to how to not 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:09.680 say that either Julie or Billy could win the competition 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:12.640 just because one I love them both. Sorry I had 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:15.400 to say that anyway, But too, I think Billy has 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:19.040 got such She's so amazing in the kitchen. She moves 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:20.800 like a demon in that kitchen. If you've seen her 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:23.320 cook in that kitchen, you just lose your mind because 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:26.520 you're like, how does she do everything so quickly? And 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:29.280 Julie she's the og. She has you know, years and 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:32.480 years of experience under her belt, and that really makes 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:33.000 a difference. 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:36.560 Well, I think that those two women, you know, definitely 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:39.960 have a fairly clear path to that winning title. And 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:43.120 I think for a lot of Australians, people are hoping 0:15:43.160 --> 0:15:44.640 it could be either of them. I think it'll be 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:48.000 a shock if it is maybe a fan. But I 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:49.840 guess if it is a fan, who do you think 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:51.000 could take that part of it out? 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:54.440 Oh, if it is a fan, I would have to say. 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:57.080 I would have to say probably Dan. You know, he's 0:15:57.720 --> 0:15:59.880 he's a battler, you know, and you know the underdog. 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.600 Always root for the underdog. So I think it would 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:05.600 probably be Dan that would make it to the end. 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:07.960 If I had to choose for somebody, choose somebody. 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:10.560 Well, something I ask everyone who joins the podcast is 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:13.160 this question, which is what is something from behind the 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:15.880 scenes that we as an audience didn't see that you know, 0:16:15.960 --> 0:16:18.920 we won't see from your time back on Master Chef. 0:16:19.320 --> 0:16:22.640 The biggest thing that you probably didn't see was all 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:26.240 the connection that we made, you know, living in that 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:28.720 kind of apartment complex. We came over. 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:32.280 Some day we cook and we share food. Some days 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:35.920 we just come over enjoy, you know, just whatever food. 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:37.840 You can get takeaway, just because we need to kind 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:40.440 of decompress and let go of the day. And like, 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:43.480 the biggest thing for me was I had miles and 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:45.160 sometimes my partner. 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:47.080 Was just had enough of him, so I'd take him. 0:16:46.920 --> 0:16:49.360 To you know, Julie's house or Michael's house or Dan's 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:50.600 house and we just kill them. 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:51.880 And I think it was. 0:16:51.840 --> 0:16:53.360 So fun for me to be able to kind of 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:56.440 introduce Miles to them and have kind of Miles be 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:57.200 part of their life. 0:16:57.400 --> 0:16:59.200 Well, I look forward to seeing Miles on you know, 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:01.640 Master Chef Children, which obviously was a bit of a 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:04.119 joke on the project at the start of the season. 0:17:04.160 --> 0:17:06.400 But yeah, I just thought it was fantastic to watch 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:09.840 you on the show. You were so inspiring and I 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:12.240 hope you've enjoyed coming back to the show. And I 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:14.440 don't know, maybe they maybe maybe in years to come, 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:17.040 they'll have you playing with Miles. 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:20.880 Yeah, maybe we congratulations very longer. 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:22.040 I thank you my day. 0:17:22.520 --> 0:17:25.280 It's lovely to chat with you, big fan, and I 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:27.960