9-449: Brent Owens (born 23 August 1989) is an Australian cook. He is the winner of the sixth series of MasterChef Australia . He gave $ 50,000 of his $ 250,000 prize money to fellow contestant Emelia Jackson. He wrote a cook book, Dig In! , for people who come home tired at the end of the day to make a stellar dish with minimal effort. He lives in Melton, Melbourne. From age 18, Owens worked as
18-405: A Lancashire hotpot , but he was criticised for leaving out the potatoes from his dish. Laura got 24 points (8 each from the judges) for a total score of 49, overtaking Brent, who scored 21 (7 points each) for a total score of 48 points. In the final round, Brent and Laura had to recreate Quay executive chef Peter Gilmore's “Chocolate Ethereal” with three hours to cook and 20 minutes to assemble
27-611: A bobcat driver for Ancrum's father's excavation business. Owens bought a house at age 19. He played Australian rules football for the Melton South Football Club in the Ballarat Football League . After working as a cook, Owens left Australia to pursue a career in biotechnology. He is studying life science at Harvard University and is the co-founder of Vitrafy, a biotech company. MasterChef Australia (series 6) The sixth series of
36-476: The 5th season of Masterchef Australia. In the previous seasons, the contestant who faced an elimination test or a pressure test wore a black apron without their name on it. In addition, the Immunity Challenges were expanded to have a preliminary round between three contestants before the winner moved on to cook for immunity against a professional chef. Kylie Kwong regularly appeared as a mentor during
45-475: The Australian cooking game show MasterChef Australia premiered on Monday, 5 May 2014 on Network Ten . This series was won by Brent Owens in the final against Laura Cassai on 28 July 2014. Coincidentally, Cassai and third-placed Emelia Jackson attended the same high school, Siena College . Owens is the last male winner until Sashi Cheliah from tenth series . In a reversal from the previous season,
54-517: The Immunity Challenge episodes in addition to a recurring role as a guest judge. The full Top 24 were revealed on Tuesday, 6 May. At the first Top 24 challenge, it was revealed that Cecilia Vuong, who was recovering from brain surgery due to a skiing injury, had withdrawn from the competition based on medical advice. Georgia Hughes, who had been the last one eliminated in the Top 50 portion of
63-430: The audition and preliminary stages were again broadcast as part of the series, and the weekly theme format was dropped. Series 6 also introduced the "power apron", which granted its wearer a number of advantages and control across a series of challenges. In elimination challenges and pressure tests, the contestant wore black aprons with their name in it. The same type of aprons were used by eliminated contestants in week 8 of
72-400: The dish. Throughout the challenge, Laura struggled in making the nougat component after reading the wrong recipe. She then fell behind when her tempered chocolate seized in her bench and she failed to peel the hot caramel off before time expired. In judging, Brent managed to reinterpret Peter's dish and he impressed Peter and the judges with the textures and complexity. Laura's plate did not meet
81-407: The show, entered as her replacement. Future appearances In round two, Brent and Laura took charge at the chef's table and had 90 minutes to make a main dish for their special guests: their families and friends. Laura received overall praise from the judges for her butter poached lobster and cooked scallops with chestnuts and mushrooms, while Brent also impressed the judges with his modern take on
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