A Bristol supermarket manager appeared on BBC's MasterChef on Monday (April 10) night and received compliments from the celebrity chefs for his creative dishes. Woei John Lee is one of the nine competitors on the 19th series of MasterChef, who put their skills to the test over the next five weeks on BBC One, in front of the judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace.
Woei, who is originally from Ipon in Malaysia but now lives in Bristol with his wife and daughter. On Monday's episode, he cooked marinated chicken, served with blue rice, and a fish broth.
In the first round the supermarket manager served the judges chicken marinated in turmeric, served with a tomato and chilli sauce, blue basmati rice and tempura curry leaves. Despite the chicken being "undercooked", he was grateful for the feedback.