Sara Zacek

Hometown	Baileys Harbor, WI
Age	29
Occupation	Mobile Home Park Manager
Statistics
Mystery Box(es) Won	0
Elimination Test(s) Won	0
Team Challenge(s) Won	1
Pressure Test(s) Survived	1
Top Entries	0
Bottom Entries	1
Placement	11th

Sara Zacek was a contestant on Season 6 of MasterChef. She ranked in 11th place.

Personality

Sara was a decent cook with a strength in baking. She was shown to be friendly with Darah and Stephen, as the former chose to save her from a Pressure Test, and latter opted to partner with her during the Beef Wellington Skills Test. While she did excel in the first Invention Test of the season, where the challenge was to make apple pies, she was eventually sent home in the peanut butter and jelly Invention Test, when she disagreed with the judges on the quantity of creme fraiche she used in her tart, as they felt like she barely used any while she felt like she overpowered the peanut butter completely.

Season 6

Episode 2

Sara's audition was briefly shown during a montage. She appeared to bake an item resembling a blueberry danish, and Christina called her presentation professional. She received her apron over Demetria, who would go on to vie for a second shot at a white apron.

Episode 4

Sara was a part of the Blue Team during the Amusement Park Team Challenge. She wasn't seen much, but the Blue Team lost and had to face the Pressure Test. Back in the MasterChef Kitchen, Darah had the opportunity to save half of her team from competing. She selected Sara, who remained safe, even after Ramsay called her performance dreadful.

Competition History

Week 3	In/In
Week 4	No Pressure Test
Week 5	In/In
Week 6	Win
Week 7	In/In
Week 8	Pressure Test
Week 9	In/Immune
Week 10	In/Eliminated

Post MasterChef

• After her appearance, Sara returned to her pie company Harbor Pie Company, where she makes pies to order and provides pies to local businesses. Harbor Pie Company is permanently closed as of 2021.

Trivia

• Sara went up til Episode 10 until she had her first confessional aired, the longest of anyone in the show's history.

Quotes

• (After being eliminated) "The MasterChef journey has definitely brought me back to life; it has just woken me up and the whole thing has just been amazing. From being in Las Vegas and cooking for those entertainers, to having Christina Tosi taste my baked goods, I'm going home a better person; I'm just forever grateful for that."

Gallery

Season 6

Sara's Confessional

Sara's Audition Dish

Sara receiving her Apron

Sara's Apple Pie

Sara in the Blue Team

Sara in the Red Team

Sara in a Black Apron

Sara's Pressure Test Birthday Cake

Sara's PB&J Dessert

Sara and Shelly in the PB&J Bottom 2

Sara Eliminated

External links

• Sara Zacek on Instagram