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Melissa Leong hits back at MasterChef fan

Don’t mess with this judge! - by Erin Doyle
  • 16 Jun 2021

The perfect clapback can be a thing of beauty, if done correctly.

And it appears MasterChef judge Melissa Leong has mastered this art as she shared a screenshot of a well-argued retort to a viewer who had voiced their criticism of the Network Ten reality show.

WATCH: MasterChef editing fail shows Melissa Leong in two places at once

A fan had taken aim at one contestant seemingly choosing to make “curries” in multiple challenges.

“Love this test, should be more like this, even with desserts. Instead of curries all the time where the judges say ‘cook what you like’. Should be a specific theme,” the unnamed viewer complained.

“A little sick of seeing 1 or 2 cooks cooking curry, their specialty, to stay in the comp.”

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MasterChef judge Melissa Leong (pictured with fellow judges Jock Zonfrillo, left, and Andy Allen, right) has hit back at one fan's criticism.

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Melissa responded to the implication that curries were more or less all the same, giving the MasterChef fan an education in the complexities of international cuisine in the process.

“Curry is a style of dish that encompasses thousands of dishes across all parts of Asia, the Middle East, Africa and beyond,” Melissa, who judges the show alongside Andy Allen and Jock Zonfrillo, penned.

“What you’re saying is that a European oriented competitor should only cook one stew in the competition, even if they had dozens of really great ones of different kinds?”

She summed up by writing: “You want someone to vie to win a competition, but not play to their strengths because you don’t see or understand the nuance, variation and technique in what they do? Why? Read that again.”

WATCH BELOW: MasterChef's most emotional exit of all time

Andy Allen Melissa Leong Jock Zonfrillo

The three judges started on the show last year, on MasterChef's Back to Win season.

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Sharing the screenshot of the Facebook exchange to Twitter, Melissa doubled down, writing:  “I'm just going to put this here.

It’s not the first time MasterChef viewers have slammed contestants for seemingly making the same type of cuisine in challenges.

Last year, in MasterChef’s Back To Win season, Laura Sharrad repeatedly came under fire for her apparent preference for making pasta dishes.

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As Digital Managing Editor of WHO, New Idea and New Idea Food, Erin Doyle spends her days leading the digital team and overseeing online content. When she’s not all over the latest celebrity, pop culture, Aussie TV, food and lifestyle news and trends, she can be found dreaming of her next travel destination.

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