JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Chef Tati Carlin’s trip to Masterchef Australia season 11 began with her love for cooking and encouragement from her husband.
The woman from Banjarnegara, Central Java, also introduced some Indonesian special foods to the judges of cooking competitions in the land of kangaroos, including peanut brittle, grilled rice, pepes, and ferocious sour.
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“It’s proud that I can introduce Indonesian food to the jury they have never eaten. Peanut brittle one of them. Especially George (Calombaris, one of the judges) time Try my peanut brittle, “Tati explained to Kompas.com After the All You Knead event is comfortable at Oakwood Premier Cozmo Jakarta, South Jakarta, Wednesday (26/2/2025).
Illustration of peyek or peanut peanut peanut.At that time, recalls Tati, George constantly took her homemade peanut brittle. In fact, he asked Tati to fry all peanut brittle dough.
“Then grilled rice too. Garry Mehigan said, ‘It was really, really delicious’ (Very good), “said Tati.
The difficulty of becoming a Masterchef Australian participant
Tati said, initially she was reluctant to register as a Masterchef Australia participant in 2019.
“I was reluctant to do it (list of being a Masterchef Australia participant) because I was busy working and, ‘Ouch, I have to go to Masterchef, I have to go out of work’.
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According to him, registering as an Australian masterchef participant is quite difficult. In fact, when sending an application, he was faced with various questions.
The test he had to go through was not just a matter of cooking. When he entered the last 200 round, he had to take a psychological test consisting of more than 300 questions.
“The question is quite strange, one of them is, ‘Do you like to fix the door handle?’ What is this?” said Tati.
When Tati had entered the last 50, she returned to undergoing a psychological test.
Chef Tati Carlin’s screenshots when competing at Masterchef Australia season 11.According to Tati, this could be because the Australian government pays attention to the importance of mental health.
“So if there, so (episode) we air, a psychologist is provided for us because sometimes some participants may bebully If for example the cook is not true, “said Tati.
He was grateful to be able to enter and be part of the Australian masterchef because the selection process was not easy.
Quarantined in the dormitory, without Mobile and the internet
For about five months as a Masterchef Australian participant, Tati lived in a dormitory with other participants.
There are a total of four rooms in the dormitory, two rooms for male participants and two rooms for female participants. The bed provided in the form of multilevel beds.
“You can’t have it mobile, Internet, Laptop. Whatever related to the outside world does not exist at all, “said Tati.
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He was only given the opportunity to contact his family using the Nokia 9210 for 10 minutes, twice a week.
The prohibition is intended so that the participants focus on competing and cooking. His life only slept in the dormitory, leaving for a bus to the studio, competing, then returned to the dormitory every day.
