Another series of Masterchef over and another very worthy winner has triumphed. Dhruv Baker, 34, was simply magnificent through pretty much the entire series and wowed not just the judges but myself with his gorgeous looking food - how it must have tasted I can only image (and hope to discover one day if Dhruv's career goes the same way as 2009 winner Matt Follas who now runs his own restaurant, The Wild Garlic in Dorset) and Greg even described him as having the 'palate of an angel'.
The first time Dhruv walked into the Masterchef kitchen he looked a potential winner and his first dish of duck with upwards of 20 herbs and spices marked him out as one of the contestants to beat. He went into the final against the very talented food blogger, Alex Rushmer, and paediatrician Tim Kinnaird. But they didn't quite cut it I'm afraid.
Here's Dhruv's winning menu:
Starter: Spiced lobster with baby fennel, celeriac puree, saffron buerre noisette & fennel chilli mayonnaise
Main: Roasted loin of venison with spiced confit chestnuts, carrots, curly kale, venison jus and chilli chocolate oil
Dessert: Masala tea ice cream with spiced Sauternes poached pear and chocolate truffle
Sounds good huh? Actually, shall we have a look at his main?
Masterchef is probably my favourite show on telly when it's on. I haven't missed an episode for at least 3 series and the idea of John and Greg finding a genuine cooking talent with the desire and passion to change their life is quite inspiring!
I actually got riled up when they had such complete morons 'competing' in the early rounds of the latest series. ARGH! Give me a go! I can do better! And I really want to give it a go, but I guess Masterchef is primarily an entertainment programme and suffers from the same pitfalls of X-Factor - you need the embarrassingly rubbish people as well as the talents to make the format entertaining.
Who knows, if I got the chance to work in a professional kitchen I may just love it! I love those moments when you're slaving over the cooking, sweating, you're hot and bothered, but then it all comes together and you turn out a perfect meal. It's almost euphoric. I really wish my uncle still had his pub in Devon. I'd love to head down now and spend a week doing work experience in his kitchen. I think I may have missed my best opportunity.
Well, I've applied for the next series so we'll see if I get a lucky break this time around. I really want to do it and I think I could do well! Bring it on...
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