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The confetti didn’t fall so much as explode. Pete and Depinder hugged him, tears and laughter mixing. Justin looked down at his hands—calloused, flour-dusted, trembling—and thought of his grandma. She’d never seen a MasterChef episode in her life. She didn’t own a TV. But she would have understood.

Then Justin. He placed his plate down. The silence stretched. masterchef australia season 13 winner

Justin worked in silence. While Pete’s station became a frozen wonderland of shattered glass-like sugar and Pete himself frantically re-tempering chocolate, and while Depinder’s corner perfumed the entire studio with roasting cumin and saffron, Justin did one thing: he grilled. He grilled prawns over open flame until their shells were blackened and their flesh was sweet. He cut the corn off the cob and charred the kernels in a dry pan. Then he made a simple lemon myrtle butter—Grandma’s recipe, but with a native twist he’d learned from a foraging masterclass mid-season. The confetti didn’t fall so much as explode

The vote came down to a rare split. Two judges went for Depinder’s explosive flavor bombs. Two went for Pete’s technical wizardry. And Jock—Jock, the gruff Scotsman with the heart the size of a commercial freezer—stood up and walked to Justin’s bench. She’d never seen a MasterChef episode in her life

Andy leaned over. “Tell us about your Australian summer, Justin.”