Elise Franciskovic is a contestant on MasterChef Australia Season 8. She is placed 4th.
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Growing up in the idyllic Far North Queensland town of Cairns, Elise’s family home backed onto the rainforest, meaning it was not uncommon to see cassowaries wandering into the house, monitor lizards lounging by the pool and bush turkeys roaming in the yard.
Elise is the middle child in her family, with two elder sisters and two younger brothers.
Following her sisters into the medical field, Elise is a ward-based pharmacy technician at the Cairns Hospital pharmacy department. Elise studied Certificate 4 in community pharmacy and Certificate 3 in hospital pharmacy, and is currently undertaking hospital pharmacy Certificate 4.
Passionate about her job, which involves taking medication histories and providing medications to patients, Elise enjoys being able to empower those in her care with the knowledge and tools to aid their recovery. She also loves to cook for her colleagues and definitely has a reputation as a feeder on the wards.
With happy memories of baking at home with her mum and grandma, Elise’s biggest passion in the kitchen is baking cakes and creating delicious sweets and desserts. Mostly self-taught, Elise also draws inspiration in the kitchen from her fiancé Emanuele’s Italian mother, who cooks amazing traditional Italian food and sweets.
Looking up to chefs and home cooks such as Maggie Beer, Christine Manfield, Anna Polyviou, Donna Hay, Heston Blumenthal, Sylvia Colloca, Elise also rates MasterChef Australia mentor Shannon Bennett as one of her food heroes. She once dined on her own at Vue De Monde while in Melbourne for work, such was her interest in trying his food and the unique dining experience.
A confident, competitive cook, after her MasterChef Australia journey Elise would love to open her own cake and sweets business. She is also committed to trying to improve the plight of the homeless, believing that in this day and age, no one should go hungry.[1]
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Elise Franciskovic on Instagram