Final Five - MasterChef: The Professionals 2014 Jamie Scott
Let's meet the final five MasterChef: The Professionals 2014 who have made it this far and are hoping to impress Michelin-starred Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti to be in with a chance of taking this year's title.
Region: St Andrews, Scotland (lives in Arbroath)
Age: 26
Profession: Sous Chef
Personal: Married
Cooking Background: “My interest in cooking started when I was a child - I used to bake with my gran from an early age, then was in the kitchen a lot whist my mum was at work. In my early teens I had a Saturday morning job helping make breakfasts with my mum when my mum and dad ran the Cochrane Castle Golf Club.
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“My parents purchased their own pub when I was 14 years old and I built my way up from peeling potatoes to running the kitchen. “My mum is a brilliant chef. She has worked in kitchens for over 30 years, and was the first female to become a Sous Chef in Britain.”
Cooking Influences:
On MasterChef: “The owners of the restaurant I work in entered me into the competition without me knowing. They showed great belief in me. “I am completely overwhelmed to have made it this far in the competition; to be through to the final week is very exciting.
“My most challenging moment in the competition so far has to be the Critic’s Challenge in the Quarterfinals. I don’t feel I cooked well and was up against very tough competition in Sean and Sven.”
Cooking ambitions “I am currently still working as part of the Rocca team in St Andrews, which I love.
“The dream is to one day run a successful restaurant business in London or Edinburgh (or both!) with my wife Kelly, who would run front of house. The
“I would love to cook on TV and produce a book too, that would be amazing.”
What Marcus and Monica said: "The shin and the salt crust was delicious. It had great, great flavours. Jamie's dessert - it looked stunning, wow! It was a dream, a delight - best dish Jamie has put together in this competition by far. "He is a chef that is very content with his cookery."
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