Penny Lancaster found herself in an awkward spot during her debut on Celebrity Masterchef this past Tuesday, as one of her culinary creations was labeled inedible by the judges.
Known for her modeling career and appearances on Loose Women, the 50-year-old joined fellow celebrities Melanie Sykes, Nabil Abdulrashid, and Megan McKenna in the kitchen. Their challenge: to whip up a dish featuring fried calamari accompanied by homemade tartare sauce.
Although Penny initially felt she was on track, seasoned judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace pointed out a critical mistake in her recipe. Instead of using just egg yolks, Penny had mistakenly incorporated whole eggs, turning her tartare sauce into what was described as a “raw egg/oil milkshake.”
Nervous: Penny Lancaster was left red-faced during her Celebrity Masterchef debut on Tuesday when her food was deemed inedible by judges
Penny’s confidence was evident at the outset. She shared with viewers, “I’m doing surprisingly well compared to what I imagined how I’d be doing. I don’t want to slip up now.” Yet, her optimism was short-lived when her tartare sauce took an unexpected turn.
Upon presenting her dish, Penny admitted, “That tartare sauce doesn’t look like the tartare sauce I’d normally have.” Gregg quickly highlighted the error, noting, “You used whole eggs instead of egg yolks.”
The final critique came from John, who delivered the unfortunate verdict: “What I’ve got in here is a raw egg/oil milkshake. Unfortunately, I can’t eat that.”
It wasn’t all hopeless for Penny, as the judges complimented her calamari and she exclaimed, ‘well, I got half of it okay!’
Ew: While Penny seemed to think she was doing well, show stalwart John Torode and Gregg Wallace informed her that she had used whole eggs rather than yolks – leading to her inedible condiment coming out as a ‘raw egg/oil milkshake’
Not great? The model and Loose Women star, 50, appeared alongside Melanie Sykes, Nabil Abdulrashid and Megan McKenna, when she was tasked with making her first meal of fried calamari and homemade tartare sauce
All was not lost however, as Penny then wowed the judging panel with her next rounds which sent her flying into the semi-finals.
She conjured up a pan-fried turbot with buttered spinach and hollandaise, leaving guest chef Mitch Tonks ‘gobsmacked’ and branding the dish ‘fabulous’.
He said: ‘The fish is cooked perfectly, it’s wonderfully seasoned, the flavour of the hollandaise is good, I haven’t got a fault with it, it’s really good’.
Gregg then exclaimed: ‘Where did you come from!?’, while John branded the dish ‘absolutely perfect’.
Delicious: She conjured up a pan-fried turbot with buttered spinach and hollandaise, leaving guest chef Mitch Tonks ‘gobsmacked’ and branding the dish ‘fabulous’
She then made a chicken and coconut curry, green papaya chutney, grated apple, turnip and carrot salad and coconut rice – inspired by the Seychelles.
Gregg continued the praise saying: ‘I found myself going from bowl to bowl to bowl and finding it difficult to stop, you have had what we call in the industry and very good day.’
He then branded her ‘a stand out cook’ and sent her to the finals, while Britain’s Got Talent star, Nabil, was sent home.
A great day: Gregg continued the praise saying: ‘I found myself going from bowl to bowl to bowl and finding it difficult to stop, you have had what we call in the industry and very good day’
