MasterChef 2024 winner crowned after ‘best final in 20 years’-Ruth Lawes-Entertainment – Metro

Veterinary surgeon Brin Pirathapan has been crowned MasterChef champion (Picture: BBC)

The MasterChef 2024 champion has been announced after eight weeks of increasingly tough challenges.

Veterinary surgeon Brin Pirathapan, from Bristol, has won the long-running BBC show after smashing the high-stakes cook-off.

The 29-year-old beat fellow finalists and runners-up Louise Lyons Macleod, 33, and Chris Willoughby, 44, at the last hurdle.

Brin collected the coveted trophy from judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace after whipping up an elite three-course menu.

John told the finalists: ‘Twenty years, we’ve been doing MasterChef. That is the best final we’ve ever done.’

On tonight’s final, the Final Three took on the most high-pressured challenge of the competition – cooking the best three-course meal of their lives.

He wowed Gregg and John with his three-course meal in the final;(Picture: BBC)

Brin’s menu included tempura mussels and beef short-rib (Picture: BBC)

Brin’s winning menu started with fried capers, pickled chilli, pickled and charred shallots, orange and honey-glazed octopus with tempura mussels, herb tuilles dusted with scallop roe, an orange gel and samphire, on romesco sauce.

After having a bite, an astonished Gregg told Brin: ‘It’s delightful. This is a beautiful piece of work.’

The main course was spiced venison loin, beef short-rib and pickled mushroom tartlet, celeriac and miso purée, salt-baked beetroot and pak choi, served with a gochujang and red wine sauce split with a herb oil.

Brin finished his menu with a dessert of white chocolate and cardamom and saffron cremeux, with pistachio meringue shards,whisky-poached mango, raspberry gel, pistachio crumb and a mango, lime and chili sorbet.

Gregg described Brin’s main dish as a ‘beautiful piece of work’ (Picture: BBC/Shine TV)

Looking back over his time on MasterChef, Brin said: ‘My personal highlight of the competition was the 20thanniversary dinner. Receiving a huge standing ovation from a room full of culinary royalty was one of the greatest feelings I’ve ever had.

‘I’ve loved cooking for John and Gregg but it’s been absolutely nerve-racking and waiting for their feedback during tastings feels like an eternity! They are such a pleasure to cook for.

‘No matter how stressful this competition can be, it’s been fantastic. It’s been one of the greatest experiences of my life and all I know is, I have to involve cooking in my future.’

Brin said he would ‘love’ to work in the food industry as a cookbook author or as a chef for supper clubs and private dining.

Previous MasterChef winners include Thomasina Miers, Peter Bayless, James Nathan, Mat Follas, Dhruv Baker, Tim Anderson, Shelina Permalloo, Saliha Mahmood Ahmed, Kenny Tutt, Irini Tzortzoglou, ThomasFrake, Tom Rhodes, Eddie Scott.

Last year Chariya Khattiyot was crowned champion of the BBC series.

MasterChef is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.

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