Victorian barista, Nat Thaipun, has been named the winner of MasterChef Australia 2024, taking home $250,000 and a residency at Crown Melbourne’s ALUMNI restaurant.
According to the Herald Sun, Nat has promised the food during her residency will be influenced by Thai flavours from her childhood.
“I’ve created the whole menu, including the signature cocktail, which is a fun take on Sour Patch Kids. My brothers and I love sour lollies, so I recreated the flavour using offcuts of finger lime,” she told the newspaper.
“The scotch egg (seen in the finale) will make an appearance, but instead of pork mince I’ll use kangaroo mince instead,” she said.
Earlier this year, Crown and MasterChef Australia partnered to announce ALUMNI; a unique dining experience set to showcase the diverse talents of MasterChef Australia alumni cooks. The pop-up restaurant experience has already hosted Kishwar Chowdhury, Callum Hann and Khanh Ong.
Nat’s ALUMNI residency will begin on 18 July and run until 4 August. Bookings are now available.
