Conor Curran is eliminated from MasterChef after plating up less than impressive ice-cream dish
MasterChef star Conor Curran was sent home on Sunday night’s episode.
The 27-year-old restaurant manager left the culinary competition after plating up semolina orange cake with Sicilian olive ice-cream and anise syrup.
Conor landed in the bottom two alongside Amir Manoly but proved to be gracious during his exit from the show.
Gone: MasterChef’s Conor Curran, 27, (pictured) was eliminated from the series after plating up a less than impressive olive ice cream for the judges on Sunday night
‘I don’t feel any tears or negativity,’ the Melbourne cook said, adding he was pleased to be in the top 24 chefs in Australia.
Tasked with showing the judges what he had ‘mastered’ in the challenge, Conor was a sea of calm in the kitchen.
He chose the dessert as he had been praised for his ice cream previously. However, this time he received little feedback until he plated up at the judges’ table.
Gracious: ‘I don’t feel any tears or negativity,’ the Melbourne cook said, adding he was pleased to be in the top 24 chefs in Australia
‘Can you see the grain?’ Jock said, casting a critical eye over the ice-cream.
Melissa agreed, saying the ice cream was ‘icy’.
‘I think what makes Conor’s ice-cream in the past fantastic was that velvety, creamy, beautiful texture,’ she said.
Not so impressed: ‘I think what makes Conor’s ice-cream in the past fantastic was that velvety, creamy, beautiful texture,’ Melissa said of the dish
‘And today, that isn’t the case, sadly. It is icy.’
Andy agreed with the other two judges critique.
‘The flavours are ok. For me, there’s a couple of technical flaws that are really distracting,’ Andy said.
Not so great: Andy agreed with the other two judges critique. ‘The flavours are ok. For me, there’s a couple of technical flaws that are really distracting,’ Andy said. Pictured: Melissa
‘The ice-cream. It’s grainy, it’s lumpy. It’s icy. That’s a problem.’
It was a rough night for Conor who served up dry beef in his stew earlier in the night. He landed in the cook-off alongside Justin Narayan, Amir, and Dan Dumbrell.
Elsewhere, Amir scraped through the challenge by the skin of his teeth after he failed to wash his herbs for his falafel.
Still here! Elsewhere, Amir (L) scraped through the challenge by the skin of his teeth after he failed to wash his herbs for his falafel. (R) Conor
A clearly emotional Amir was forced to remake the Middle Eastern dish within 10 minutes with him clearly disappointing the judges.
Despite emotionally telling the Jock, Melissa and Andy he wasn’t happy with what he had produced – it was Jock who went in to bat for him.
‘I’ve got to say, up until that last 10 minutes, you could see he was a master at doing this,’ he said, before the end of the challenge.
MasterChef continues Monday at 7.30pm on Channel 10
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