Kitchen Rules Krysten Lucy Eliminated After Cardamom Bun Dessert
Queensland mother-and-daughter team Krysten and Lucy were eliminated from My Kitchen Rules on Monday night. They say judge Colin Fassnidge visited them afterward, and that a cardamom bun dessert cost them their place in the competition.
Krysten and Lucy, the Queensland mother-and-daughter team, were eliminated from My Kitchen Rules on Monday night in a shock decision. The kitchen rules Krysten Lucy exit brought judge Colin Fassnidge close to tears.
Away from the cameras, the pair say, he came to see them.
A hug off camera
In an interview after their elimination, Krysten and Lucy said Fassnidge visited them once the result was in. They had been told judges rarely do that.
"I'm not sure they're going to play it but Colin actually came to see us after and said, 'I'm not allowed to have favourites', but pointed to Lucy and said, 'But you're actually my favourite'," Krysten said.
She added that Fassnidge gave them both a big hug and told them he had thought they were going to win. "To have that experience when no cameras are around, like that was genuinely what Colin thought. So, that really meant something," Krysten said.
Bottom two surprise
The pair said they were stunned to land in the bottom two. That meant an elimination cook-off against Harrison and Oliver, the hipster mates.
"We felt pretty comfy in Kitchen HQ because we cook well together," Krysten said. Going into the elimination, she said, they were "a bit shell-shocked" because they had not expected to be there.
Lucy called being told they must fight for their place "devastating".
The cook-off
In the cook-off, the pair served an Indian banquet. It impressed both their fellow contestants and the judges.
"We smashed that main," Lucy said. She said her mother was the driving force behind it.
Then came the wait for feedback. Phones were not allowed, and Lucy said she had forgotten to bring a book.
"So we were literally sitting there for over an hour, not knowing what's happening," she said.
The dessert that cost them
In the end, their cardamom bun dessert let them down. Lucy, a self-taught baker, believes her background and experience may have meant the dessert was judged against a higher standard.
The pair had been regularly labelled the team to beat. Harrison and Oliver had been convinced they were the ones going home, Krysten said, and had even started packing up their room before the decision was announced.
Krysten and Lucy said they could not speak for other contestants or for whether strategic scoring played a part. They did acknowledge that their exit may have made the competition easier for some of the remaining teams.
"It would be a good idea to try and get rid of us," Krysten said.
Lucy said she was devastated, given how well she believed they had cooked. "I could not believe it. It just didn't make sense to me," she said.
