In a battle for a spot in the Top 5 against Jamie, Sarah challenged herself to make Pork Assiette. Unfortunately for the three-time MasterChef contestant, her three different kinds of pork didn’t resonate with the judges, and as a result, she was eliminated from the competition.
But despite the fan favourite going home, Sarah tells Woman’s Day she was thrilled to show off new ideas and cook from the heart.
“Every time I’m on MasterChef I take it very seriously, and coming back into the kitchen, I felt like there was extra pressure as I’ve been working as a chef for over a decade,” she said.
“But in the same sense, I think that I definitely perform best when the pressure is really high and that makes me really want to push myself even harder.”
She also says she’s really enjoyed getting to see what her fellow chefs cooked up for each challenge, and getting to cook for some of the world’s best chefs – like Gordon Ramsey who her son Phoenix, 14, is a fan of!
“I always tell Phoenix who I’m meeting and he’s always like I don’t know who that is. But when I said Gordon Ramsey he just said ‘what like idiot sandwich?’, and thought that was so cool,” Sarah shared.
While Sarah didn’t win the competition, she says finding love on the show with fellow chef Declan was a win she didn’t even see coming.
“He’s the most amazing humans and we’re having the best time together,” Sarah revealed. “There’s lots of trips and experiences – and just the simple things like waking up and having breakfast together is really special as well.”
Now out of the MasterChef kitchen, Sarah will be taking a step back from her empire of restaurants in India to focus on creating new dishes.
“The first step is sharing my food more in Australia,” Sarah said. “I’ve spent so much time cooking and opening restaurants in India that it’s now time for me to come back and share it with my Australian family.”