Alvin melts in MasterChef cook-off

35 year old Sydney chef Alvin Quah has been eliminated from MasterChef after being judged as cooking the least impressive “V8” cake.

Adriano Zumbo’s 8 layered cake proved to be the cake from hell for the entire MasterChef team. It’s intricacies demanded in just 4 hours proved too much for the remaining contestants. Zumbo’s cake was one of the show’s toughest-ever challenges.

Courtney, Alvin and Jimmy all had the recipe from the previous night, having won the Sunday challenge, but for some it proved of little benefit.

“It’s been a wonderful ride. I couldn’t have expected anymore. I think I have done enough to solidify myself in the culinary world,” he said.

The popular Quah hopes to open an Asian tapas bar and is launching a food website.

Jimmy won the challenge and an advantage for tomorrow’s Mystery Box test by selecting the ingredients.

Three more contestants will be cut this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday ahead of Sunday night’s final.