Lisa-Ann Marchesi

“

I'm not giving up. Unless you tell me I have to get the freak out of here, I'M NOT GIVING UP!

”

Hometown	Gillette, NJ
Age	46
Occupation	Insurance Manager
Statistics
Mystery Box(es) Won	0
Skills Test(s) Won	0
Elimination Test(s) Won	0
Team Challenge(s) Won	1
Pressure Test(s) Survived	0
Top Entries	0
Bottom Entries	1
Placement	16th

Lisa-Ann Marchesi was a contestant on Season 7 of MasterChef. She ranked in 16th place.

Personality

Lisa-Ann clearly had passion, but was shown to be very confused in the kitchen, often being disorganized and having messy cooking habits, all of which contributed to her poor performances upon her elimination. She also had a complete repulsive behavior, almost burning Ramsay's face, while also being disrespectful by making excuses and overreacting over everything whenever she messed up.

Competition History

Week 3	In/Immune
Week 4	Win
Week 5	In/In
Week 6	Low/Eliminated

Post MasterChef

• After her appearance, Lisa-Ann initially returned to her previous career as a teacher and regularly posted food pics on social media. In 2018, she started a company selling olive oil called Bella D’ Oliva and is currently Vice President of P&C at NFP.
• In 2021, she appeared on TLC's You, Me & My Ex.

Trivia

• She is the lowest ranking contestant in her season to win any challenge.
• She made a brief cameo in Season 8 auditions, where it is revealed that in Season 7, she beat Cate in a scallop themed cook-off to receive her white apron.
  • This is the only instance where the only details of a contestant's audition was shown on a season after the one they competed on.

Quotes

• (Presenting her Tortellini) "I am in absolute panic mode. My tortellini looks terrible. I can hear my whole family screaming "how did you screw that up?". But I'm just hoping that the judges see the passion that I put into this dish, and how hard I tried to get this right."
• (Arguing with Gordon Ramsay) Gordon: "So you're done?" Lisa Ann: "No I'm not done cause I don't want to give up yet. I'm not giving up. Unless you tell me I have to get the freak out of here, I'M NOT GIVING UP!"
• (After being eliminated) "I am heartbroken that I'm leaving the MasterChef Kitchen, but this has just been the most amazing experience of my life. I am leaving this competition with so much more experience in different types of foods that I can't wait to get started and share these dishes with my family and friends."

Gallery

Season 7

Lisa Ann's Confessional

Lisa Ann receiving her Apron

Lisa Ann in the Red Team

Lisa Ann's Pie

Lisa Ann's Skills Test Lobster

Andrea, Nathan, Lisa Ann, Diana, and Eric in the Lobster Skills Test Bottom 5

Lisa Ann's Lobster Tortellini Replication Dish

Lisa Ann and Diana in the Lobster Tortellini Replication Bottom 2

Lisa Ann Eliminated