The hunt for the next culinary great is back. BBC MasterChef has returned but viewers of the popular show have been left questioning where they have seen one of the contestants before.
Pookie, who lives in Solihull, may be listed as a beauty salon owner, but some viewers were left puzzled as they watched the show, talking not about her cooking but how familiar she looked. The 45-year-old stole the show on the first episode of the new series - the 18th competition to air. And judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace with her imaginative dishes.
She cooked up a dish called 'Shallow Sea-Bed Life'. It consisted of tiger prawns served with a Tom Kha Thai coconut milk soup, coral, a lime foam and garnished with cherry tomatoes masago and salmon roe, coriander and samphire.
