Larissa Takchi

Australian cook (born 1997)

Luke Dominello

(m. 2021)

^[1]AwardsWinner of MasterChef Australia 2019

Larissa Takchi (born 1997) is an Australian cook who won the eleventh series of MasterChef Australia in 2019.^[2]^[3] At 22 years old, to date she was the youngest contestant to win the competition.^[4]^[5]

Biography

Larissa Takchi was born in Sydney, into a family of Lebanese origin.^[6] Her grandparents had emigrated from Lebanon to Australia, and founded a stone fruit farm in Glenorie.^[7] Her mother owned a cafe in Dural.^[6] Prior to winning MasterChef Australia, she served as the general manager of her mother's cafe.^[6]

In high school she attended Hillside Public School, followed by Mount St Benedict College.^[6] Takchi attended Macquarie University, where she studied business.^[6]

MasterChef Australia

Takchi was selected in the 2019 auditions to join the 'Top 24' as a contestant on MasterChef Australia. On 23 July 2019, Takchi was announced as the winner of MasterChef 2019 and received a cash prize of $250,000, a new Holden Equinox car, and a monthly column in Delicious magazine for 12 months. Her winning dish was "Szechuan Pavlova", a dessert featuring beetroot and blackberry sorbet, Sichuan (Szechuan) pepper, and lemon cream.^[8]^[2]

References

^ Wanis, Belinda (25 December 2021). "MasterChef Australia winners: Here's where they all are now". Yahoo News.
^ ^a ^b O’Connor, Leigh (10 January 2020). "Breaking Dessert Boundaries with the Youngest Ever MasterChef Winner, Larissa Takchi". AGFG. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ Payne, Hannah (24 July 2019). "MasterChef finale 2019: Larissa crowned youngest ever winner". news.com.au.
^ Holley-Gawne (24 July 2019). "MasterChef's Youngest Ever Winner Larissa Takchi on How "Age Is Just a Number"". www.msn.com. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
^ Morgan, Michaela (23 July 2019). "Larissa Takchi Becomes The Youngest Ever Winner Of 'MasterChef Australia'". 10 Daily. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Local Resident Larissa Takchi Crowned MasterChef Australia Winner 2019". Hills to Hawkesbury Community News. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ Hassan, Fares; Theodosiou, Peter (31 July 2019). "Lemons, olives and Lebanon: The story behind Larissa Takchi's MasterChef win". SBS Your Language. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
^ "MasterChef winner Larissa Takchi spills on her next move". delicious. 25 July 2019.