Olivia Crouppen

“

I think you're talking to me a lot and it's screwing me up!

”

Hometown	Thousand Oaks, CA
Age	25
Occupation	Fashion Stylist
Statistics
Mystery Box(es) Won	0
Elimination Test(s) Won	1
Team Challenge(s) Won	2
Pressure Test(s) Survived	2
Top Entries	1
Bottom Entries	2
Placement	8th
Episode Eliminated	Getting A-Head in the Competition

Olivia Crouppen was a contestant on Season 6 of MasterChef. She ranked in 8th place. She returned for Season 12: Back to Win, but failed to receive an apron.

Personality

Olivia started off the competition weak, placing bottom 3 in the first elimination challenge. She then improved herself as she got in the 3 of the crab Mystery Box challenge have one of the best dish in the TV dinner elimination test. While she performs consistently later, her pressure test Animals Dish was confusing, leading her to be eliminated

Season 6

Episode 2

Olivia was first seen before her audition, promising her mother that she would win an apron for her. She received her apron after defeating another home cook named Jeff in her battle for an apron.

Episode 3

Olivia did not receive an apple from Dan, forcing her to compete in the elimination test. When Gordon came by to ask her about her pie, she was unsure whether she wanted to do a crust or not. Gordon was not impressed by her arrogance and reminded her of the criteria for the challenge. Olivia realized he was right and agreed to make a crust. Olivia’s use of goat cheese landed her apple pie in the bottom 3, but due to the bigger mistakes made by Brianna and Mateo, Olivia was spared from elimination, but with a renewed sense of determination to advance further in the competition.

Episode 4

Olivia chose to be on the blue team. At the first pressure test, she was not saved by Darah and forced to compete. Her cinnamon buns had minor flaws but ultimately she and Katrina were spared from elimination.

Episode 5

In the crab mystery box, despite never cooking crab before, Olivia was able to turn her fortune around by making a top three entry with her decadent crab cake benedict.

Competition History

Week 3	In/Low
Week 4	Pressure Test
Week 5	High/In
Week 6	Win
Week 7	In/Win
Week 8	Win
Week 9	In/Immune
Week 10	In/In
Week 11	No Pressure Test
Week 12	Pressure Test
Week 13	In/In
Week 14	Eliminated

Season 10

Episode 4

Olivia made a cameo appearance as a guest at the Season 10 Pool Party.

Post MasterChef

• After her appearance, Olivia initially returned to her previous job role before becoming a Food stylist and culinary producer. She is also a holistic Private Chef and was host of a live stream cooking show on nom.com.

Trivia

• Olivia was the first contestant in her season to survive a double elimination.
  • Coincidentally, by captaining her team to the win in the 100th episode Team Challenge, she saved herself and her entire team from another double elimination.
• In their season, Olivia and Nick were the only contestants to not have their auditions shown to make the Top 10.
• Olivia was the only representative from Season 6 that returned in Season 12: Back to Win that failed to receive an apron.

Quotes

Season 6

• (About her apple pie) "On a scale of 1 to 'hate this pie', I hate this pie!"
• (To Graham) "I think you're talking to me a lot and it's screwing me up!"
• (After being eliminated) "I'm the kind of person who used to make a lot of decisions out of like fear, but now I'm definitely far more confident in everything that I do. I really do feel like no matter what, this experience is what you win and like, the time you get to spend with Gordon Ramsay, Christina Tosi, Graham Elliot, like that's the win. Before MasterChef, I think I felt like really really stuck in my life, and I'm leaving now, but I feel free."

Season 12

• "The judges really liked my plating, but the flavors basically got ripped a new one."
• "I basically have my dream job. I'm a food stylist, I've produced cookbooks. I came here to prove to the judges my flavor is there and I'm so ready to win."
• (After failing to receive an apron) "Even though I didn't get an apron, I feel so glad to have had the opportunity to be back in the MasterChef Kitchen at all."

Gallery

Season 6

Olivia's Confessional

Olivia's Audition Dish

Olivia receiving her Apron

Olivia's Apple Pie

Brianna, Mateo, and Olivia in the Apple Pie Bottom 3

Olivia in the Blue Team

Olivia in the Red Team

Olivia in a Black Apron

Olivia's Pressure Test Cinnamon Rolls

Olivia's Crab Mystery Box Dish

Amanda, Olivia, and Jesse in the Crab Mystery Box Top 3

Olivia's TV Dinner Dish

Olivia's Beef Wellington Replication Dish

Olivia with her Mother

Olivia's Pressure Test Gnocchi

Olivia's Chicken & Waffles Dish

Olivia's Pressure Test Animal Head Dish

Hetal, Derrick, and Olivia in the Animal Head Pressure Test Bottom 3

Olivia Eliminated

Season 10

Christopher, Olivia, and Derrick at the Season 10 Pool Party

Season 12

Olivia's Confessional

Olivia's Audition Dish

Olivia & Felix Failing To Get Reinstated

External links

• Olivia Crouppen on Instagram