The grand finale was a celebration of friendship – but it was conversations about race and diversity in food that defined Back to Win
So ends another heartbreaking, heartwarming, frustrating and weird season of MasterChef Australia.
The show’s 12th season featured an all-new judging panel; contestants from previous seasons who were “Back to Win”; and, about halfway through, social distancing – which meant no hugging on a very huggy show.
Perhaps the most painful zero-hugs policy moment was when the dessert king Reynold Poernomo lost the dessert elimination challenge on Sunday, and cried hunched over a workbench.
Finalists Laura Sharrad and Emelia Jackson, close friends who appeared on season six together, hovered around Reynold, sort of moving their hands around a lot.
ARE YOU HAPPY AUSTRALIA?! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?! you've successfully bullied Laura out of making pasta. #Masterchefau pic.twitter.com/WgJG3QnkBe
— Em Rusciano (@EmRusciano) July 20, 2020
There was drama: while cooking, Laura burned her hand, summoning the greatest of all heroes, especially this year: a nurse.
There was also intrigue: the judge Jock Zonfrillo wore a kilt.
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