‘They’re store bought’: MasterChef’s Hayden Quinn admits that he’s still using pre-made ingredients after being slammed for using packet tortilla chips on the show
He was slammed by the judges for using packet tortilla chips instead of making his own while cooking nachos on the latest season of MasterChef.
And, appearing on The Project on Saturday, the 34-year-old revealed that he is still using pre-made ‘store bought’ ingredients.
Host Susie Youssef reminded Hayden of the incident and cheekily asked: ‘Have your skills improved since then or are you still doing the packet chips?’
Still the same: Appearing on The Project on Saturday, Hayden Quinn (pictured) revealed that he is still using pre-made ‘store bought’ ingredients to cook
Grabbing a plate of tortilla chips from his cooking station, Hayden replied with a giggle: ‘I’m not going to lie, no joke these are store bought tortillas.’
It comes after Hayden came under fire earlier this year, when he pulled a packet of Doritos out of the MasterChef kitchen to use in his nachos.
He plated up chilaquiles verdes with an avocado cream and peach hot sauce, and the judges suggested that a homemade variety would have taken the dish to another level, alongside a hotter sauce.
Tough question: The Project host Susie Youssef reminded Hayden of the incident and cheekily asked: ‘Have your skills improved since then or are you still doing the packet chips?’
Pre-made ingredients: Grabbing a plate of tortillas from his cooking station, Hayden replied with a giggle: ‘I’m not going to lie, no joke these are store bought tortillas’
He later defended his decision to use packet chips calling himself a ‘common man’ who has to ‘represent the people’.
‘I’m the common man! I don’t go around making my own tortilla chips and I can guarantee you, no one else does,’ he told The Project in May.
‘I’ve got to represent the people and cook with those packet chips, and I’m sticking by it 100 per cent.’
Out of a packet: Hayden came under fire, when he pulled a packet of Doritos out of the MasterChef kitchen to use in his nachos
In the meantime Hayden is set to return to our TV screens for the second season of Taste of Australia but this time with a focus on NSW.
‘This season it’s all about NSW staying in my very own backyard sand enjoying it at the same time,’ he added.
Taste of Australia with Hayden Quinn continues Saturday at 4:30pm on Channel 10.
Back to work: Hayden is set to return to our TV screens for the second season of Taste of Australia but this time with a focus on NSW