winner takes it all
MasterChef fans all saying the same thing as shock winner is revealed
THE winner of MasterChef 2023 has finally been announced.
After weeks of battling it out in the kitchen, Chariya came out on top - and fans are all saying the same thing.
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Out of 44 other contestants including finalists Anurag Aggarwal and Omar Foster, Chariya was crowned the winner of MasterChef 2023.
Reacting to her win, the 40-year-old coffee roaster said: “This is unbelievable. It means the world, the sun, the moon and everything to me.
"I don’t think anything can top this. I’m so happy! This just proves that if you dream something and you work really hard and you never give up, you can get it.
"That’s what my grandad said to me - never give up. He would be so proud of me!”
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Fans of the show took to Twitter to gush over her victory, with some admitting they were reduced to tears.
One person wrote: "Crying watching Chariya on MasterChef says her grandad would be proud of her, I'm proud of her and I don't even know her."
"Just occasionally somebody you really want to win wins! So deserved," another said.
"If you're not at least a little bit in love with Chariya, I probably wouldn't get on with you irl," a third penned.
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A fourth said: "I would watch Chariya do her own late morning weekend cookery show for sure."
A fifth wrote: "WHY AM I CRYING WITH HAPPINESS ABOUT A COOKING COMPETITION?? #Chariya."
Tonight's episode saw the final three take on the most intense challenge of the competition - cooking their best three-course meal ever.
Chariya's winning menu started with a Thai lotus tuille, filled with coconut jelly, fried king prawns, pomelo fruit salad, flavoured with Honey, palm sugar and coconut.
For her main course, she served a traditional Northern Thai khantoke sharing platter of Wagyu sirloin steak in Hung Lay curry sauce, minced lamb in a spicy tomato and shrimp paste, jackfruit and scallop salad, sticky rice and scallop crisp crackers.
She finished her menu with her take on Strawberries and Cream - a strawberry jelly and vanilla cremeux ring, filled with macerated strawberries in strawberry liqueur, pistachio sponge, strawberry shards and a strawberry and Thai basil sauce.
After tasting her menu, judge Gregg Wallace told Chariya: "Since the first time you walked into this kitchen, it's been dish upon dish of exciting, beautiful food.
"What I really admire about you is just how hard you work in pursuit of perfection - to really uncover new technique, to find bigger and bigger flavour.
"Do you know who else has those qualities? Top professional chefs. You are the real deal. You're an amazing cook."
Chariya broke down in tears from the feedback, saying that her grandfather would be so proud", with Wallace reinforcing that he definitely would.
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