TL;DR: Read the instructions on your ice cream maker first.

Hello, my name is Dean and I'm a fan of MasterChef Australia. In fact, here's how I constantly picture myself in the opening credits:

Imagine it. Me, rockin' them Katy Perry beats.

Tj Edwards

I also consider myself a pretty decent home cook, so when I saw Eloise from the current season win the immunity challenge for her dessert, I thought "whateva mate, I got this". I get passionate about food.

For those playing at home, the immunity challenge is where one of the contestants has to pick a bunch of ingredients and go up against a professional in order to win an “immunity pin”. The pin is kept in a glass case buried deep beneath the MasterChef kitchen and can only be opened by George shouting “boom boom, shake the room.”

That last part may or may not be entirely factual.

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Eloise's dish got a grand total of 28/30. She won immunity, thanks to her creation, Peanut Butter Chocolate. Here's the breakdown:

A colleague of mine said that it looked like "something I would throw together while on my period". Nevertheless...

Channel 10 / Dean Nye

So, the rules: I had to follow the recipe and use only the ingredients Eloise used*. I also gave myself 75 minutes to complete all the elements. Seems easy enough.

*Shit hit the fan when Eloise realised she had no eggs for her chocolate mousse. So she had to improvise using thickened cream as a stabiliser – something you normally wouldn't do.

Dean Nye

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