Emelia Jackson was one of the first cast members announced for Dessert Masters 2024 and she’s already spilling the tea about the other chefs she’ll be up against.
Dessert Masters 2023 saw some of Australia’s greatest pastry chefs, chocolate connoisseurs and baking experts step into the famous Dessert Masters kitchen and battle it out for $100,000. Among them were pâtissier Adriano Zumbo, MasterChef icon Anna Polyviou and, of course, the season’s winner, Gareth Whitton.
According to Emelia, fans can expect a similarly star-studded cast for the 2024 season.
What did Emelia Jackson say about the Dessert Masters 2024 cast?
At the time of writing, only three other cast members for 2024 have been announced; Darren Purchese, Reece Hignell and Katherine Sabbath.
Out of those big names, Emelia has a slight advantage in the sense that she’s the only one who’s won in the MasterChef kitchen.
However, she told Yahoo Lifestyle Australia that the contestants this year are so high-profile that her small advantage practically falls to the wayside.
“I think people looked at me and were like, ‘This girl knows what she’s doing’ because I had competed in that kitchen before,” she told the publication.
“But for me personally, I was looking at all the competition going, there’s no way I can take on any of these people. Walking in with Darren Purchese I was like, ‘This is ridiculous’.
The MasterChef Australia: Back to Win 2020 winner admitted that she struggled with her confidence after discovering who she was up against.
“It just felt really overwhelming to me, like, pure panic. And then I kind of found my feet after that. I had my meltdown very early on, and then I was like, okay, this is muscle memory now, I know this, I can do this.”
Emelia Jackson was asked to be on Season 1 of Dessert Masters
Emelia was invited to be a part of the inaugural season of Dessert Masters, but she turned the opportunity down because she was due to give birth on the first day of filming.
“I knew they were going to call me back, I just didn’t know when,” she said.
“And then also, I didn’t know if I was ready to actually launch myself into that chaos again. So I was like, if I don’t get the phone call, is that a bad thing? If I do get the phone call, I’m obviously going to say yes.” she added.
“So I was unsure about the whole thing and very nervous about it.”
Emelia has definitely piqued our curiosity! Here’s hoping for some more MasterChef Alum – Andy Allen or Poh Ling Yeow, perhaps?
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