Master Chef Professional Final (UK)

Finals week started with a bang as fans still mourn over the loss of Matt Campbell, private chef and brilliant innovator.

So who is this Matt Campbell,  you ask? Well here is a quick recap; he's a 28yr old private chef from the Lake District, Scotland. After finishing second on BBC's Young Chef of the Year competition in 2009 he decided to leave the UK,  pursue a job in the French Alps and later on decided to become a private chef. Matt has gained influence in his cooking skills from all around the world. He spent eight years travelling the world and has put his culinary skills to good use across Europe, in private villas along the Cote d'Azur, bespoke culinary courses in India & Thailand and award winning luxury ski chalets. He was truly a high contender as Masterchef winner and will always be remembered as the chef who had the guts to make a vegan dish during semi-finals week.

Moving on to the Masterchef Finals, four chefs remain and only one can earn the title as Master Chef Champion. The four chefs still in the competition are Jamie Park, Craig Johnston, Louisa Ellis and Steven Lickley, all very promising chefs with brilliant ideas.

Left to right: Jamie, Louisa, Steven, Craig

In the first heat of the finals, the four contenders had to impress the crème de la crème of the culinary world. In true Masterchef style, they were thrown into a high pressure round where they each had the honour of cooking one course for a room full of Michelin starred chefs from across Britain. The renowned chefs were blown away with all four chefs and their abilities, they had nothing but praise to give to 3 of the 4 chefs.
The level of quality in all the dishes and the close competition demonstrates how the final heats are becoming tighter and tighter, as the final chef fights for their position in the Grand Finale. As Jamie said

[The finals are] massive. For me personally, for my career. Today is definitely the biggest day so far.  

The penultimate stage of the finals airs on Wednesday 20th December at 8:00PM British time, where we will find out which three chefs will survive this harsh scrutiny and who will have to leave. The remaining three will get to cook at one of the worlds best restaurants in, "Miramar", a two star restaurant on the Cote d'Azur, voted 35th best restaurant in the world in 2009.