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<\/p>\nTHIS week on MasterChef Australia, contestants hit the road, travelling to the Victorian Goldfields.<\/p>\n
On Monday night, the 17 remaining contestants cooked with a French themed mystery box in Bendigo.<\/p>\n
The challenge took inspiration from Bendigo Art Gallery’s Paris: Impressions Of Life exhibition and contestants cooked at the Bendigo Town Hall.<\/p>\n
The bottom four chefs from this challenge took part in the elimination round on Tuesday night at Black Cat Truffles at Wattle Flat near Ballarat.<\/p>\n
Head chef, Liam Downes, set a four-hour pressure test and he said it was a career highlight being able to take part in the program.<\/p>\n
“It was a really fantastic opportunity when Visit Victoria and MasterChef Australia contacted me,” he said.<\/p>\n
“As a chef you watch a bit of MasterChef and think I’d like to be on that so to be offered an opportunity on the show was pretty cool.<\/p>\n
“It was exciting to put the contestants through their paces and a real honour to have them here.”<\/p>\n
Mr Downes said the episodes set in the Victorian Goldfields region highlights what the area has to offer.<\/p>\n
“With everything that’s happened in Ballarat in the last few months, I think it’s important that people still see Ballarat as an amazing place,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It’s a great place to come with fantastic venues and attractions.<\/p>\n
“Ballarat is open for business and it’s an exciting time for the town.”<\/p>\n
MasterChef Australia judge Jean-Christophe Novelli said it was a great experience to travel to the Victorian Goldfields.<\/p>\n
“It was a privilege to visit Bendigo and Ballarat to film these special episodes of MasterChef Australia,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I was mesmerised by the beautiful inland Australian scenery. I just wish I had spotted a kangaroo in the wild.”<\/p>\n
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