As per the insider, celebrity chef Poh Ling Yeow who ended on the sixth position, will return to ‘MasterChef Australia’s Back To Win’ all-star season’s finale?
The production house is all at ease to bring Poh Ling Yeow on the screen because of her massive fan base. Howbeit, the top contestants, shouldn’t be afraid of her. She isn’t a wildcard entry rather a surprise guest judge accompanied by Andy Allen, Melissa Leong, and Jock Zonfrillo.
In the old days, MasterChef Australia invited its old contestants in the competition as a partner or for a mystery box challenge. It’s the first time that the MasterChef franchise has decided to escort them as a guest judge and share their opinions on the eatery. Luckily, fans who were pleading Channel 10 to bring their favorite contestant back on the screen are on cloud nine.
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In 2009 Poh Ling Yeow became the runner-up and lost the winning title to Julie Goodwin. Folks thought 47, Yeow would make it on the top as she is a veteran chef, renowned as the host of a cooking show on SBS and ABC TV. But, she couldn’t grip the spot among the top five contestants. The “redemption dish” composed of Sardinian potato dumplings didn’t secure her for the next level. At times, she was in the sixth position of ‘MasterChef Australia’s Back To Win’ all-star franchise.
Though she didn’t mount to the top five spectrums, she didn’t lose spirits. She had nothing to lose at all:
“I’m very good at processing emotional stuff,
“You have to accept the lows and highs. One makes you appreciate the other. I’ve had a little bit of time to sit back and all I can say is I loved every minute of it. No regrets.”
She was the gem of the show. Judges and viewers love her watching wiggling between mystery box challenges and kitchen rules. Even MasterChef judge Melissa Leong labeled her a ‘national treasure’ on the show.
The shock elimination of Yeow was shot in April when each of the countries implemented widespread lockdown because of the global pandemic. Hence, the ‘MasterChef: Back to Win’ applied social distancing rules immediately. Judges tasted food portions separately. Contestants were prohibited from back-slapping or high-fiving one another. When she bided goodbye from the hit cooking show, she was only assessed to coronavirus greetings-elbow bump.
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So far, she has no regrets, not making to the top-notch level of the competition, while she missed hugs from the fellow contestants after the cook.
“It was a really high-pressure environment: all of us had these businesses going south while we’re in there trying to make compelling TV for Australia, leaving families behind, there’s so many levels of stress. So the hugs give you that relief.”
On leaving the screen, she put forward warm words for her fans. She thanked people who supported her throughout the journey though she claimed she was ‘hard to watch’ on the screen. Yeow encouraged people to outshine their dreams regardless of the pressure, current situation, and insecurity.
“The message I want to put out there is whatever is making you feel different on the outside now, you can learn to harness that. It’s going to make you unusual and outshine the rest. Be yourself. At 46 I think I can actually lay claim to having done that.”
After the reality show, Yeow told she would carry on her cooking experience at the Adelaide Showground Farmer’s Market every Sunday, drop recipes and cooking tactics on the fourth book, and live as an artist. She also thought of resuming painting on the blank canvas. Since she saved most of her days for MasterChef, she realized the call of the painting once more.
