All hail the Midlands’ MasterChef contestants! Solihull’s catamaran-owning Pookie is on the crest of a wave after being confirmed for this week’s finals of the 2022 series just six months after Moseley’s Dan Lee swept all aside in December to be crowned the Professionals’ champion.
Dan’s stunning result wasn’t known when Pookie was recording this series and she says running her beauty business meant she never had the time to really sit down to watch MasterChef like fans do. “Most of my life has been spent running my own businesses. Working late at my salons and looking after our rental properties, I rarely had time to watch my TV and so hadn’t really watched much MasterChef!” says Pookie.
“But our friends had often urged me to apply after coming to our dinner parties, and finally my husband made me go for it – mostly to satisfy our friends that I’d applied! I was genuinely amazed that they contacted me to further my application.
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