In 2016 she spent a week in Michel Roux Jr's two Michelin-starred London restaurant, Le Gavroche, and has popped up at other restaurants and festivals.ĭata manager Simon Wood fought off fierce competition to win the 2015 edition of MasterChef. She has created her own website and posts recipes and blogs about her culinary triumphs. Since her win, mother-of-four Jane has moved onwards and upwards. READ MORE: Great British Bake Off winners: where are they now? Jane Devonshire – 2016
This year she released her second book Foodology which is about digestive health. Her debut cookbook Khazana, featuring Indo-Persian recipes, was published in September 2018. Watford-based doctor Saliha drew on her Pakistani heritage for exciting dishes packed with flavour. Kenny Tutt/Twitter Saliha Mahmood Ahmed – 2017 Once a bank manager at Santander in Brighton, Kenny is now at the helm of Pitch, a restaurant in his home town of Worthing, with a focus on British classics. Kenny Tutt from Worthing, West Sussex, was the 14th home cook to scoop the MasterChef title. READ MORE: An interview with MasterChef winner Irini Tzortzoglou Kenny Tutt – 2018 She has, however, released a cookbook Under The Olive Tree filled with easy, everyday recipes that celebrate the cuisine of her home country. So, it's not surprising Irini said she has no plans to open a restaurant. She quit her job as a banker in London and moved to the Lake District back in 2010, looking for a change of pace. Greek-born chef Irini lifted the trophy after taking part in the first all-female final with Jilly McCord and Delia Maria Asser. He also hinted at plans to open his own gastropub in the near future, so watch this space. However, he did appear on this year’s MasterChef as a guest judge and is set to attend Fantastic Food Festivals later in 2021. He had to watch the final on video call to his friends and family, and didn’t receive the trophy until months later. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic and national lockdowns, Thomas hasn’t had the year of celebrations finalists are usually able to have. Judge Gregg Wallace said “He takes the ordinary and makes it extraordinary”.
Cooking classic British dishes such as monkfish scampi and braised ox cheek, the finance professional beat 60 contestants, including David Rickett and Sandy Tang, to the top spot.
Last year it was 33-year-old Thomas Frake, an amateur chef and London banker, who became the winner of the 16th series of MasterChef. We discover what past MasterChef winners, including Thomasina Miers, Dhruv Baker and Thomas Frake, are up to today. Here we look back and find out what happened to previous MasterChef champions. To get daily news updates straight to your news feed.Last night Tom Rhodes impressed the judges and became the winner of MasterChef 2021. In a year of challenges for the hospitality industry, his success has given the nearby theme park hotel much to celebrate.Ĭarl Hickinbottom, executive chef at Drayton Manor Hotel, said: “We are all immensely proud of Burhan’s achievement, but not at all surprised – he is an extraordinarily talented young chef.”Īfterwards Burhan said: “The entire experience from start to finish was so humbling, I can’t thank the Drayton Manor team enough for their support, as well as Gregg Wallace and the production crew for helping me feel so at home on set!”Ĭatch Burhan on MasterChef: The Professionals quarter-finals on BBC iPlayer.Īpplications for the 2021 series are now open: Are you on Facebook?
He is one of just 32 chefs who have made it onto the gruelling TV show in search of the next superstar chef. “It’s a dream I will never ever give up on.” “Moving forward I will be working hard in upping my game and skill as a young chef to hopefully come back to the Masterchef kitchen in the near future to fulfil my dream to win the trophy. “I’ve got so many positives to take from the show and a few extremely proud moments including a faultless signature round and having converted the notorious food critic Jay Rayner – someone who hates Black Forest Gateau – into someone who praised my one. Posting on Instagram page the day after the show was broadcast Burhan said: “Sorry guys, tonight wasn’t my night, the notorious invention test caught me out and caused too much damage that was unrecoverable especially against three other incredible chefs, it really shows how unforgiving the MasterChef kitchen is and why it’s the toughest cooking competition in the UK. The chef de partie at nearby Drayton Manor Hotel in Tamworth, reached last week’s quarter-finals – but sadly the 23-year-old did not progress to the semi-final. COVENTRY chef Burhan Ahmed bows out of BBC One’s MasterChef: The Professionals – citing a faultless signature round and praise for his Black Forest Gateau by food critic Jay Rayner as ‘extremely proud moments’.