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| MasterChef 2013 final won by part-time DJ Natalie Coleman | |
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| A 29-year-old part-time DJ and former credit controller from east London has become the 11th MasterChef champion, and the third female winner in the TV programme's history, after a gruelling eight weeks of culinary challenges. | A 29-year-old part-time DJ and former credit controller from east London has become the 11th MasterChef champion, and the third female winner in the TV programme's history, after a gruelling eight weeks of culinary challenges. |
| Millions of viewers on BBC1 saw Natalie Coleman beat fellow finalists Larkin Cen and Dale Williams to the title of Britain's best amateur cook, during a final challenge in which she cooked a three-course banquet of lobster tail with compressed fennel, roast pork belly with pork tenderloin and pomme puree and vanilla chocolate pannacotta with bitter chocolate tuile, caramelised pears and hazelnut crumble biscuits. | Millions of viewers on BBC1 saw Natalie Coleman beat fellow finalists Larkin Cen and Dale Williams to the title of Britain's best amateur cook, during a final challenge in which she cooked a three-course banquet of lobster tail with compressed fennel, roast pork belly with pork tenderloin and pomme puree and vanilla chocolate pannacotta with bitter chocolate tuile, caramelised pears and hazelnut crumble biscuits. |
| Coleman, who grew up in Hackney and Chingford and describes herself as a "proper cockney", called her win a "dream come true. This is probably the best thing that's ever happened to me in my life." | Coleman, who grew up in Hackney and Chingford and describes herself as a "proper cockney", called her win a "dream come true. This is probably the best thing that's ever happened to me in my life." |
| Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace said they had been impressed by her unflappable delivery of exceptional, well-flavoured food. "I think Natalie is destined for great things," said Torode. "She not only understands finery of great food but she cooks for the people, food that people want to eat. She makes people smile. And she's not fazed by a thing. | Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace said they had been impressed by her unflappable delivery of exceptional, well-flavoured food. "I think Natalie is destined for great things," said Torode. "She not only understands finery of great food but she cooks for the people, food that people want to eat. She makes people smile. And she's not fazed by a thing. |
| "Natalie's got it, she is a very, very clever woman and her food is fantastic." | "Natalie's got it, she is a very, very clever woman and her food is fantastic." |
| Coleman said she had learned to cook as a young girl, helping her grandfather in the kitchen, and had spent the last two years cooking for her Irish grandfather after his wife died. | Coleman said she had learned to cook as a young girl, helping her grandfather in the kitchen, and had spent the last two years cooking for her Irish grandfather after his wife died. |
| Asked about her future, she said: "I want to learn as much as possible under great chefs and possibly go into food writing once I've learned a lot more about food. Depending on how good I get, my own restaurant one day would be amazing." | Asked about her future, she said: "I want to learn as much as possible under great chefs and possibly go into food writing once I've learned a lot more about food. Depending on how good I get, my own restaurant one day would be amazing." |