Master Chef UK

And, and that's not, I, I, again, I'm not saying that's a...

But, but there's, there's a, and there's another dude, like there's some weirdo, like Greg Wallace, I think his name was, who was a chef on MasterChef.

Mm-hmm.

And he did some really awful stuff, and one of his defenses, probably his lawyers or his media team, was saying, "Oh, he's autistic.

Much of what began with her Ukrainian grandmother, her baba, who taught her that food was a way of welcoming people, sharing culture and creating community.

Her own journey has taken her from law and burnout to career change, travelling the world, competing on MasterChef UK and now finding her way back towards food as a bigger part of her life.

And I particularly love that she's not afraid to talk about the messy middle, that space where you know you want something different but you haven't quite figured out what comes next.

So pull up a chair and meet Larissa.

Just keep going.

So you've had an incredible journey from being a lawyer to suffering burnout and coaching and traveling.

And then you were on MasterChef UK.

and

So that's three very deliberately queer shows that the BBC is not renewing, and a handful of shows that are more mainstream, I guess.

You know, queer people can enjoy, um, MasterChef, I suppose.

Whatever.

W- I can't-- I don't even know what other shows were canceled.

The point is, I don't want you to do this thing, but if I use the words, I'd get fully Mariam McGoyles'd up me wazoo, wouldn't I? So i-it's in Stamford, Lincolnshire.

It's been, um, backed by disgraced form, uh, [laughs] former MasterChef, Greg, Greg Wallace, host...

I'm all over the shop today.

I don't think having Greg Wallace on your team's gonna help you here, if I'm brutally honest.

First question time.

Now, anyway, but I could tell you more about Masterchef in a bit.

I forgot now I can talk about that.

Of course.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And he's a guest on MasterChef.

God almighty.

He's everything about food.

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And as the mushroom murderer, Erin Patterson, is appealing her conviction, we ask who would be the more controversial MasterChef host, her or Gregg Wallace?

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I'm gonna come and meet some of the audience members to see who we've got.