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Brin Pirathapan is the winner of MasterChef UK Series 20.

Biography[]

Retrieved from bbc.com

Location: Bristol, grew up in Chelmsford

Bio: Twenty-eight-year-old Brin is a Veterinary Surgeon who lives with his fiancée, Anna. He was born in Ilford, grew up in Chelmsford, Essex and now lives in Bristol.

How would you describe your style of cooking?

“My cooking style is unique – I try to balance an array of bold flavours in one dish whilst also using quite classical techniques. I like to push the boundaries and give the people I cook for flavour combinations they wouldn’t always expect. The flavour profiles I use are influenced by Asian ingredients. This includes both the influence from my Tamil Sri Lankan heritage and from the food I love to eat and recreate from East Asia.”

What is your earliest cooking memory?

“My earliest cooking memory is adding chopped up Frankfurters to packet noodles and feeling like a very accomplished chef at the age of eight!”

MasterChef turns 20 this year – What are your earliest MasterChef memories? What kind of impact do you think it’s had on you or the country’s approach to food?

“I always remember watching MasterChef with my family as a kid. There was never a year we missed it. I think MasterChef is one of the main reasons I’ve pushed myself as a cook – and each year the skills of contestants gets better and better. As I got older I'd try to recreate or experiment with ideas I'd seen on the show, which was an important aspect of my cooking development. Seeing all these amazing professional and amateur cooks grow influenced my creative side and helped me become the risk-taking cook I am today.”

Why did you enter MasterChef?

“I applied for the series because I wanted to see how good a cook I truly am. I was very nervous about the idea of going on the show but Anna, my fiancée, really pushed me to take part as she believed I’d be able to go far. Friends and family had also been pushing me to apply for the show for a while as they've seen what I can do in the kitchen.

I feel like I am a really creative person but I'm not necessarily in a creative industry. Cooking allows me to be original, bold and innovative and showcase my passion. One of the reasons I applied to the competition was to see if I was good enough to make a career out of cooking.”

What is your food dream?

“I want my future to be surrounded by food. Be it through cookbooks, cookery shows or opening a restaurant, I want to bring food to others and share my passion. I’m not sure in which direction that will be, but being part of the competition has lit a culinary fire in me and I want to make the most of it.”[1]

Competition History[]

Week 1 Win/Immune/In

References[]

External links[]

Instagram Brin Pirathapan on Instagram

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