Dunsborough-raised and self-confessed foodie Melanie Persson is out to show that gluten-free meals is simply pretty much as good as the true deal.
The 27-year-old had all the time dreamed of competing on MasterChef Australia, however when she was identified with coeliac illness six years in the past, it appeared unimaginable.
“It was sort of like a pipe dream,” she advised AAA. “After which I used to be truly identified with coeliac illness once I was 21 so I assumed it was fully off the desk, however this yr, the producer truly reached out to me on my Instagram . . . and inspired me to do it.”
Persson, whose cooking is influenced by her time residing in Japan as a toddler, has grown a following on social media by sharing her recipes.
“My complete shtick in cooking is basically to attempt to make meals that may compete with regular meals,” she mentioned.
Though she admits “there’s undoubtedly the likelihood that there are challenges the place I received’t have the ability to style stuff”.
Including to the stress, the PhD pupil is not going to solely go up towards 11 passionate residence cooks this season, she can even face 12 of the collection’ most beloved contestants together with season one winner Julie Goodwin on MasterChef Australia: Followers & Favourites.
“That was a complete nother stage of stress,” she mentioned.
“It was tremendous, tremendous nerve-racking to listen to that, however on the identical time, what an incredible alternative.”
