MasterChef star Courtney Roulston reveals a MAJOR flaw with the cooking show – and says it’s the reason why she was eliminated so early in the season
Despite her experience as a professional chef, Courtney Roulston was eliminated from MasterChef Australia on Tuesday’s episode.
And the 40-year-old reality star has since revealed why she believes she was sent home so early in the competition.
Courtney told Hit Mid North Coast’s Krysti & Bodge on Wednesday that there was a major problem with the challenges this season.
Unfair? MasterChef star Courtney Roulston (pictured) had revealed a major flaw with the cooking show, and says it’s the reason why she was eliminated so early in the season
She said the recipes were too complicated and included ingredients that were so obscure even experienced chefs would be left scratching their heads.
‘I didn’t know what a boab was. I still don’t know what it is. Kohlrabi cones?’ said Courtney, who was asked to make Orana’s signature prawn dish on Tuesday.
Courtney explained that some of the methods were completely foreign to her, which heightened her stress levels during the cook-off.
‘I’d never put burrata through a siphon gun before… that’s why I took so long reading the recipe,’ she said.
‘I thought they gave me the Taiwanese version and I couldn’t actually understand it.’
‘I didn’t know what a boab was’: Courtney said the recipes were too complicated and included ingredients that were so obscure even experienced chefs would be left scratching their heads
Speaking to News.com.au about the challenge, Courtney said the pressure had gotten the better of her during the episode.
‘If anything, they’ve made it look friendlier in the episode,’ she said.
‘I think at one stage I was nattering on to myself like a mad woman. I needed a triple gin and tonic at the end of the first one.’
‘I’d never put burrata through a siphon gun before’: She explained that some of the methods were completely foreign to her, which heightened her stress levels during the cook-off
Courtney came in fifth place on the second season of MasterChef Australia in 2010, before returning this year for the Back to Win season.
The Sydney Swans caterer was the second contestant to be sent home on Tuesday, after the yellow team was put through a two-round pressure test.
Judge Jock Zonfrillo tasked them with cooking dishes from his three-hatted Adelaide restaurant, Orana, including its signature scarlet prawns.
All star: Courtney came in fifth place on the second season of MasterChef Australia in 2010, before returning this year for the Back to Win season
But Courtney failed to remove a ‘poo chute’ from one her prawns, sending her to the elimination round with Ben Ungermann and Reece Hignell.
In the elimination round, the trio had to make a delicate kohlrabi salad with burrata foam and a damper served with lamb butter by following Orana recipes.
After cooking the dishes, Courtney had to assemble and present them right in front of the judges.
Oh, chute! Judge Jock Zonfrillo found a poo chute in one of Courtney’s prawns on Tuesday’s episode, sending her to the elimination round with Ben Ungermann and Reece Hignell
But her salad dressing got stuck in the bottle, and she was forced to serve an unfinished kohlrabi dish.
‘One dish was incomplete and that was yours, Courtney. And that’s why you’re going home,’ Jock said.
But there were no hard feelings and Courtney immediately gave the judge a hug.
MasterChef: Back To Win continues Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 10
On the chopping block! Courtney’s salad dressing got stuck in the bottle, and she was forced to serve an unfinished kohlrabi dish. Pictured with Reece (left) and Ben (right)