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It’s clear that the MasterChef Australia 2024 cast is a close-knit group, and Snezana has revealed how their friendships blossomed when the cameras weren’t rolling.

During a post-elimination interview with Chattr, Snezana gushed about her time on MasterChef, calling it “one of the best experiences” she’s ever had. And, the Serbian cook listed the strong bonds she built with the other contestants as something she’s eternally grateful for.

“Every time I watched MasterChef previously, I always thought, ‘Oh my god, they’re all so super supportive and it’s a competition. How’s that possible?'” She laughed.

“But, I’m honestly overwhelmed. This range of 21 people, absolutely amazing people,” she said. “I’m 100% sure I will stay friends with all of them, and I will see them and we’ll do things together.”

The cast has a group chat which blows up when the show’s on

Though Snezana may be gone from our screens, she’s still part of the show in her own way. The financial executive revealed that the entire cast is in a group chat, which blows up with messages as they watch the show together each time it’s on.

“We even have a group chat that doesn’t stop ever, ever ever,” she laughed.

And who’s the most talkative in the chat?

“It’s definitely Gill! She’s fun, and she always comes up with funny pictures of all of us, like what would we think, and what would we say. Then she would cut out someone’s head, and put it on somewhere else. Funny things like that.”‘

The cast cooked together when they weren’t filming

Night after night, the MasterChef Australia 2024 cast whips up absolutely delicious dishes, but those creations are sent straight to the judges.

However, the contestants still get a chance to taste each other’s cooking, because they whip up meals together after filming for the day wraps.

“Not in the [MasterChef] kitchen,” Snezana explains. “Because everything happens so quick. You cook, cook, cook, cook, time’s up, and we stand at our benches, so we don’t really try each other’s food. It goes straight in for tasting while it’s still hot.”

“But we do share accommodation, obviously we are in the same accommodation, and after the day finishes, we all make dinners together,” she said.

Snezana said that she was blown away by Sumeet’s cooking back at the accommodation quarters.

“She is such a well-rounded cook. She can cook it all, from curries and stews to pastries, to sweets, and beautiful soup. She cooked proteins well and everything she cooks is a flavour bomb!”

“So many times I tried Sumeet’s food, and food from other contestants. There’s so many great things I had.”

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Hearts collectively broke across the nation when fan-favourite Juan De La Cruz was eliminated from MasterChef.

While it was obvious that he struggled with his given ingredient; salted soy beans, Juan revealed that the pulse caused an issue behind the scenes which set him back a lot.

During an interview with Chattr, he admitted that he spent a large amount of his cooking time just trying to figure out what dish to make.

“You have those split seconds to basically think of an idea, put it together and then think of a whole shopping list in your head because you have to run to that pantry and pick up all the ingredients,” he said.

“I got into that pantry and I couldn’t find ingredients because I didn’t know what I was looking for. So I think this cook for me was totally different from the rest.”

“The others I was sure of my dish, I would run and just go ‘I know where the meat is ‘the cheese is here and I’d be sorted out in about five minutes,” the board game designer added. “This time it took me 15 minutes just to find the ingredients.”

Juan added that he regretted not paying more attention to the judge’s advice.

“Yesterday was such a stressful cook because I think I didn’t properly pay attention to the brief,” he said.

Juan on his emotional elimination

Juan’s elimination was one of the most emotional moments of the MasterChef season so far. His Chicken Empanadas saw him in the bottom two with Stephen.

The Argentinian cook explained the raw reality of realising that he would no longer be competing on MasterChef Australia.

“It’s that second when the bubble explodes and you realize it’s over,” he said.

“And I looked around and I had one of my best friends Stephen next to me, and I didn’t want him to go either it was like, ‘Wow, it’s between him or me.’

“So I was sad anyway, because staying would mean that he was going and going means I’m going! I didn’t want to cry. But I’m extremely emotional. You can see me super happy, but I get sad. I’m so thankful and it’s been such a lovely experience I didn’t want it to end.”

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Lourdes Leschen was the youngest contestant on MasterChef Australia 2024, but despite being just 22, she knew an impressive amount about cooking.

While some viewers may think the years of cooking experience that some of the older MasterChef contestants had would be an advantage, Lourdes revealed the surprising benefit she found being in her 20s.

“It’s definitely an advantage being a little bit older because you have that breadth of experience,” she agreed. “If you’re a 40-year-old parent and you’ve cooked for your family for the past 20 years, you’re probably going to do a lot better than someone who’s 20 years old and doesn’t know as much,” she said during a post-elimination interview with Chattr.

“But on the other hand, if you’re younger, you might have fresh ideas for modern ideas that are really popular at the time, a bit trickier that people like, that might not be as stale, perhaps. I think there are pros and cons to both ages,” she added.

How Lourdes learn to be a great cook at such a young age

Challenge after challenge, Lourdes blew the judges Poh Ling Yeow, Jean-Christophe Novelli, Sofia Levin and Andy Allen away with her skills.

She explained that there were a number of factors that contributed to her knowledge of the kitchen.

“I would say just the passion for cooking mostly, I mean, I think everyone knows how satisfying it can be to make yourself a really good bowl of pasta and just to enjoy it and to have people enjoy it as well.

“I think the external motivation and validation from people really gets me excited, because it’s so nice to be able to make a cake for someone and then to just adore it. That really makes me happy and fills me with a lot of joy.

The marketing professional added that her vegetarianism also helped her learn new and exciting dishes and techniques.

“Being vegetarian from when I was a teenager, I had to cook a lot of my own meals myself. And that taught me about what good food tastes like and healthy eating, simple eating, and I also developed my dessert repertoire quite a lot.

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