Trent Vu becomes the first contestant to be eliminated from this year’s season of MasterChef after failing to wow the judges with his chicken dish
The competition is heating up on this year’s season of MasterChef, with Trent Vu becoming the first contestant to be eliminated.
The 23-year-old hopeful from Victoria failed to impress the show’s judges with his chicken dish.
After a cutthroat cooking task earlier in the episode, the bottom five were given one last chance to determine who would be going home.
Gone: The competition is heating up on this year’s season of MasterChef, with Trent Vu (pictured) becoming the first contestant to be eliminated
They were tasked with cooking a dish featuring either chicken or egg, but Trent failed to find the right balance with his food.
‘I’m sorry, Trent. Unfortunately, your chicken, it was completely overpowered by the lemon myrtle in the dish,’ said judge Melissa Leong.
Fellow judge Andy Allen then informed a clearly disappointed Trent that he had been eliminated from the hit cooking show.
Disappointed: The 23-year-old hopeful from Victoria failed to impress the show’s judges with his chicken dish. Pictured, judge Melissa Leong
Eliminated: They were tasked with cooking a dish featuring either chicken or egg, but Trent failed to find the right balance with his food
‘And that’s why, unfortunately mate, you’re the first person eliminated from MasterChef 2021,’ the 32-year-old chef told him.
Trent acknowledged that it had ‘been a very short stint in the MasterChef kitchen’, and joked that he’d been ‘a one-hit wonder’.
‘It’s been great learning so much from you guys, learning so much from everyone here. You know, you guys are the best of the best,’ he told the show’s judges.
Wrong ingredients: Fellow judge Andy Allen (pictured) then informed a clearly disappointed Trent that he had been eliminated from the hit cooking show
He later added: ‘It’s been great. It’s been fun. I just want to keep learning and keep growing and really figure myself out as a cook.’
The elimination took place ahead of the show’s highly anticipated ‘Superstar Week’, which is set to kick off on Sunday.
According to a teaser trailer, it will feature ‘the biggest names in food’, including Heston Blumenthal, Nigella Lawson, Clare Smyth, Yotam Ottolenghi and Massimo Bottura.
MasterChef continues Sunday at 7.30pm on Channel 10
‘It’s been great. It’s been fun. I just want to keep learning and keep growing and really figure myself out as a cook,’ he said