Masterchef Dreaming

The mobile phone rings at midday while Noodle Cook, the self proclaimed electronically qualified "Masterchef", with geologist boots on instead of chef hat, looks down a microscope for evidence of the next diamond mine.

"Congratulations, you have won one of 100 places out of 6000 applications to audition for Masterchef!"

Stunned, Noodle Cook tongue twists into a knot while the brain races excitedly. Maybe it's no more running a restaurant electronically through a blog: Pinocchio getting a chance to become real???

"You need to impress the judges with a dish on 16 January. Please bring 2 plates. There's no refrigeration..... You'll get an email shortly with details."

Noodle Cook, the dreamer, starts visualizing the dishes created for Paper Chef challenges. The euphoria of winning the Paper Chef's hat for the month with Bush Tucker Lamb starts coming back. The winning dish features Australian bush herbs and spice in a beautiful green marbled lamb parfait with orange basil seed champagne jelly.



By the time the caller says good-bye, Noodle Cook has forgotten to ask for the name of the caller, the time to show up, and the location of the audition, or in this instance, the place where dreams potentially become real....