Monique Fiso

MasterChef NZ returns after a seven year absence to Three with judges Nadia Lim, Vaughan Mabee and Michael Dearth. I can't believe I drew the second Felina Kee ...

This is clearly the last thing most of them want to hear. It’s light and delicate-looking, and that’s exactly the sort of thing it takes years to learn how to imitate at culinary school. Farzana might have been in their group, too, but for the bone thing. Rachel has mixed things up by putting the sauce in the oven rather than cooking it on the stove top. The dish is so complicated, complains Jason, there’s no way they will be able to complete it in two hours. They’re heads down, bums up, when Fiso lets them know that it’s time to start plating. Her emotions often seemed very close to the surface and I’m not surprised she chose to bail. Chef Michael Dearth announces the controversial contestant has chosen to leave at the start of the episode. I wish her all the best for the future. The show must go on. Disaster comes when Farzana cuts her finger and loses crucial minutes bleeding all over herself. So I understand her wanting to leave.