BBC Masterchef viewers were left seriously impressed by an Edinburgh contestant's appearance on the show, as he took on arguably one of the hardest meals of Tuesday's episode.
28-year-old Ally from Edinburgh was on BBC One's popular amateur cookery show, in order to battle against eight other cooks for a spot in the next round.
Ally was introduced as a property solicitor from Edinburgh, and spoke about his inspiration for cooking stemming from childhood.
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Ally said: "My main cooking inspiration when I was younger was my granny in Fife. I remember baking with her when I was little and have learnt so much from her over the years. More recently, my dad has been a big influence on my cooking."
Ally made a pan fried lamb loin with a pea and mint puree, rosemary hasselback potatoes, caramelised and braised onions, and a lamb and shallot sauce, served with sour cream, mint leaves and lemon.
This concoction of flavours and ingredients left judges Gregg and John very impressed with his work, as John said: "It's a good looking dish, really good-looking."
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Gregg took a bite and said: "Your lamb cookery is superb. It's pink and juicy in the middle, perfect. The pea and mint puree is lovely, plenty of butter in there and plenty of mint.
"The hasselback potatoes are also perfect, little bit of lemon zest, I like that."
John added: "For an amateur to create a dish like that from ingredients in their own kitchen, on the first day in the Masterchef kitchen? I'm going to doff my hat to you."
Ally was super happy with his responses from the judges, and the fans on social media were also praising him for his dish.
One Twitter user said: "Well done Ally. We had to wait for the last cook to get a dish likely to really impress. #MasterChefUK #Masterchef"
Another said: "Love a good ol' Sunday roast, come on Ally! #MasterChef #MasterChefUK"
And a third wrote: "Well done Ally, #MasterChefUK"
Ally's dish was so impressive that he got the first spot in the next round of episodes, with fellow live-in Scot Sarah also making it to the coveted apron stage later on in the show.
Kinross-born Sarah lived and studied in Edinburgh for years, but moved back to her hometown in 2006.
You can watch Ally and Sarah on the next episode of BBC Masterchef UK on Friday, April 1 at 8:30pm.
