| “ | Well, the wonderful thing about it is, it's already set for me. It's a TV Dinner, so it's gonna look like a TV Dinner. | ” |
Veronica Cili was a contestant on Season 6 of MasterChef. She ranked in 16th place.
Personality[]
Veronica was the oldest cook in the season, which seemingly portrayed to how well she could cook. At the start, Veronica was quite strong with cooking desserts despite lacking presentation skills, and could've been seen by a couple as a dark horse with desserts. However, Veronica was slow in the kitchen and had a hard time following instructions, as she always tended to do things on her own. She was always extremely confident about what she can do from her experience, but she was overconfident, and fell into a downwards spiral after the Corn Challenge. However, her biggest problem was that she wasn't listening to the instructions specifically given to the judges, which led to her expected elimination when she failed to understand that she was meant to improve on a TV Dinner.
Season 6[]
Episode 1[]
Veronica was shown winning her apron over an unknown auditionee in a dessert challenge. Her dish appeared to be a pie of some sort, but Christina praised her pastry cream for being delicious, which won her an apron.
Episode 2[]
Since Veronica auditioned in the previous episode, she was not seen much in this episode at all.
Episode 3[]
During the Home Kitchen Mystery Box challenge, Veronica claimed that she was worried about the challenge, as she felt like the ingredients currently in her kitchen could not make a cohesive meal. Her dish was not chosen to be tasted.
Veronica was one of the 9 contestants chosen by Dan to have to cook in the Apple Pie elimination test. When she was cooking, she told the judges that she would be putting graham crackers in the pastry crust. The judges questioned her decision, but she told them that she liked to figure things out as she cooked.
She was the first person to have her Apple Pie tasted. Veronica wasn’t confident in the presentation, claiming it wasn’t her prettiest pie, but she knew the flavours were there. When she described her pie to Gordon, she became flustered and just said it was an Apple Pie, before describing it properly to them. While explaining, she said it was a very simple Apple Pie, but Gordon did not feel like it was. She made a Caramel Apple Pie with Walnuts. Gordon asked her how much she baked Apple Pies, which she said she doesn’t but she did bake a lot of birthday cakes. When Gordon tasted, he said that the pie bizarrely tasted delicious despite looking a mess. Christina then agreed with him saying it tasted delicious, which Veronica jumped up and down with excitement to. Graham then said he felt the pie tasted ten times better than it looked, and that he would definitely take another slice.
As a result, Veronica was safe from elimination.
Episode 4[]
Episode 5[]
Episode 6[]
Episode 7[]
Competition History[]
| Week 3 | In/In |
|---|---|
| Week 4 | Win |
| Week 5 | In/Low |
| Week 6 | No Pressure Test |
| Week 7 | In/Eliminated |
Post MasterChef[]
- After her appearance, she continues to bake but it is unknown if she's baking professionally.
Trivia[]
- At 58, she is the oldest contestant of the season.
Quotes[]
- "I look at this flying Saucer of clumpyness. It's not my prettiest Apple Pie. But I know that the flavors are there."
- Gordon: "Tell me the name of the dish." Veronica: "Uh, it's an Apple Pie."
- (Presenting her Corn dessert) "At first, I was concerned that no one would want this ingredient in a sweet dish. But, now, I'm feeling really confident, and I'm like "They're gonna like it so much!"."
- "I feel like I've been flogged 40 times with a cat tail bait. And, you know, my brain just goes into writing my swanson."
- "Well, the wonderful thing about it is, it's already set for me. It's a TV Dinner, so it's gonna look like a TV Dinner."
- (Presenting her underwhelming Salisbury Steak to the judges) "It's a hungry man dinner."
- "After what Gordon said, I feel completely devastated. I just have to hope that someone else does much worse."
- (After being eliminated) "I'm very proud of the fact that I'm the oldest person to ever compete in the MasterChef competition. My family loves for me to cook for them and they're gonna me cooking for them even more now. My little grandkids wrote me letters and they wrote 'No matter what the judges say, you are our MasterChef'. I'll never forget that as long as I live."
Gallery[]
Season 6[]
External links[]
Veronica Cili on Instagram
References[]
| MasterChef U.S. Season 6 |
|---|
| Judges |
| Gordon Ramsay • Graham Elliot • Christina Tosi |
| Contestants |
| Justin Banister • Darah Carattini • Charlie Chapman • Veronica Cili • Dan Collado • Olivia Crouppen • Ailsa Von Dobeneck • Shelly Flash • Katrina Kozar • Stephen Lee • Christopher Lu • Mateo McConnell • Nick Nappi • Derrick Peltz • Kerry Prince • Jesse Romero • Amanda Saab • Claudia Sandoval • Hetal Vasavada • Tommy Walton • Brianna Watson • Sara Zacek |