Juanita, who John Torode said has cooked some of the best food he had ever tasted whose strawberry dish Gregg Wallace called “as good a dessert as I have eaten anywhere”. So it was almost beyond belief when he got through for his controversial blow-torched mashed potato mountain (with a split egg nestled somewhere inside) over Juanita Hennessey. Even during the middle stages it felt like he was scraping by. But Billy spent most of his time breaking confit egg yolks and saying unforgivable things like “I cook on the edge”. Blaming everyone else on his team in the relay invention test when he didn’t deliver the goods.Īll of this would have been mere shading to his character had the 32-year-old London property surveyor been the stand-out favourite from the beginning – think of Scottish prodigy Adam Handling’s tantrums in 2013’s Professionals competition. The other two finalists were Louisa Ellis and Steven Lickley. In the final, aired on 21 December 2017, Craig Johnston was crowned champion.
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Series 10 (2017) Series 10 began airing on 7 November 2017. Scottish chef and college lecturer Gary Maclean was crowned the winner. On of the perks of being crowned the king of the kitchen - walking away with a trophy and the kudos (there's no big cash prize) - was the loan of a £56k Maserati Levante to drive around in for a week.Talking back to John Torode over his vac-pack machine. Series 9 (2016) Series 9 began airing on 8 November 2016. "It was quite a savage time, mentally and physically exhausting, but it's been great ever since," said Laurence, who will be taking a well-earned holiday to Mexico in June with his girlfriend. The gruelling MasterChef schedule meant he was finishing a shift at RSB at midnight, then heading to London ready for 7am filming the next day before returning to Nottingham for his next four-day stint in the kitchen. However, his more immediate plans include opening a bar in Nottingham city centre and a small restaurant space for a pop-up. "I'm still young and I still have a lot to prove," added Laurence.
I will be taking the next year to make these tough decisions before taking my next step. "I've had a lot of restaurant offers on the table, people offering me money to open my own place in Nottingham and London. Shortly after Pidgin was awarded a star in the 2017 Michelin Guide, Haigh left.
In 2016, she opened a supper club called Pidgin. but I’d like it to be Jamie who ends up the winner. I really enjoyed working there but it was time to go on my own," he said.Īfter numerous offers, he won't be making any snap decision on his future and is likely to sticking around Nottingham for a while, after buying a house in Mapperley Park. judging this week as they are bound to praise all of them from tonight.
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In the month leading up to his departure he was given free rein to host his own pop-ups in the restaurant's private six-seater dining room Nucleus - a sell-out success giving diners the opportunity to sample dishes, inspired by his MasterChef journey. Featuring Winner Anton Piotrowski from Devon, who won Masterchef the Professionals in 2012. The sous chef left Restaurant Sat Bains at the end of March, after two years in the two Michelin-starred kitchen at Lenton Lane. Celebrate the Masterchef finals with this tasty dual book offer, each featuring past winners Signature Chefs South West & Channel Islands 2016 RRP 25.
It's been great fun travelling up and down the country doing events and meeting people," said Laurence about the pop-up supper clubs with his fellow MasterChef finalists. Since winning television's toughest culinary competition, the 26-year-old chef, from Mapperley, has been inundated with exciting offers for the future. Restaurant offers, fast cars, potential book deals and fans asking for selfies - such is the life of MasterChef: The Professionals champion Laurence Henry.