Dani Venn is eliminated over runny eggs while wearing MasterChef’s only immunity pin

Dani Venn was eliminated from MasterChef Australia: Back To Win on Sunday night while wearing the show’s only immunity pin. 

And the chef says that she’s disappointed that she chose the wrong dish – but stands by her decision not to use her immunity pin. 

The 34-year-old was undone by runny eggs in her Thai street food staple, son-in-law-eggs, with the judges complaining that the dish was under-cooked. 

Dani told Ten Daily on Sunday:  ‘Of course, on reflection, I could have used  [the pin but] I think what I’m more upset about is, I could have cooked a different dish!

The cook also admitted, ‘The egg was a stupid idea.’ 

The cook says that she felt it was too early to use the pin:  ‘I didn’t play the pin because I felt like if I’m going to play the pin at this point in the competition there’s not really much point in me being there. There’s still 20 people in the competition’.

The chef then joked that she’ll have to sell her immunity pin – which the show has let her keep. 

She said:  ‘I still have the pin… and it’s going straight on eBay. I’m kidding. They tried to make me give it back and I was like nope, this is mine. I’m taking it.’ 

Fans were devastated for Dani, with one person Tweeting: ‘I feel for Dani. She looked a bit run down and that she was struggling with illness and obviously missing her kids a lot.’

Another wrote: ‘Gutted to see Dani left the kitchen with the one and only immunity pin. Aarrgghhh!! Nonetheless, she will always be remembered for her positivity in doing all kinds of challenge.’

Someone else chimed in: ‘Dani’s last words on her death bed.. “I should have played the immunity pin”‘. 

Yet another person joked that she would sell her unused pin on eBay – the same joke Dani later made herself. 

Not everyone was so sympathetic, with some fans saying she should have used her pin, and one person calling her ‘arrogant’ for not having done so.