Byron scalded in pigeon challenge

Byron gets emotional after presenting his dish to the judges. Courtesy: MasterChef

HE may be MasterChef's resident hottie, but Byron wasn't saucy enough to beat Amy and Tash in a roast pigeon elimination challenge on Monday night.

Aussie women are in mourning after MasterChef Australia heartthrob Byron Finnerty was eliminated tonight.

The 27-year-old deckhand has been a favourite with female TV viewers ever since he began on the Channel 10 cooking show, after leaving his job and girlfriend for his food dream.

The Victorian hottie was eliminated in a cook-off against Amy Shields and Tash Shan with the three charged with creating Marco Pierre White's roast pigeon with a ravioli of mushrooms in 90 minutes.

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Needing help ... Marco Pierre White gives contestant Byron Finnerty some advice. Source: Channel 10

Byron's undoing was the lack of enough sauce — the most important element of the dish as it unites the other elements on the plate.

"I'm sorry I couldn't have done a bit better for (female fans)," Byron told News Corp Australia. "I was really hoping to go further. I was really trying. I put everything in to tonight. I couldn't have given it anymore."

The good news for Aussie ladies is that Byron is single — even though romance isn't at the forefront of his mind right at the moment.

"It (attention from female fans) has been surprising for me," Byron admits. "I'm not massive on Twitter and other social media so it was a shock. I'm single. I'm slowly working myself back into it (dating) but I'm in no rush. I'm not actively searching."

The past two nights ofMasterChef — Sunday night was an Italian invention test — have seen contestants wilt in the face of White's imposing presence. On Sunday night Byron was in tears after getting flustered under White's steely gaze, but was taken aside for a pep talk by the acclaimed chef.

It wasn't enough.

Byron admits that nerves again clearly got the better of him tonight.

"Marco is the bastion," Byron says. "I was really nervous going in. I got in trouble because I was trying to reach for the stars and in doing that I shot myself in the foot.

"If I had just settled on simple food done really well and not tried to overthink things and mess around with stuff too much I would have done a lot better."

The pressure started early when, clearly intimidated to be cooking for White, Byron spent 20 minutes breaking down White's recipe in the pursuit of perfection. In the meantime Amy and Tash began cooking.

Wasting time ... Byron spends too long picking apart Marco Pierre White's roast pigeon recipe. Source: Channel 10

White was concerned that all three contestants were slow to start their sauce. Later Tash and Byron came under fire to get their mushrooms on so that they could cool in time to be combined with the ravioli filling.

At one point White tells Byron: "If you panic, I'll start to panic."

It was a race against the clock towards the end with Tash struggling to roll out her pasta dough after adding too much oil, and Byron scalding his hands at the last minute after scooping baby turnips out of boiling water.

The judges — White as well as Matt Preston, George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan — praised Amy's dish. Tash was criticised for undercooked lentils. In the end, though, Bryon hit bottom because of the lack of enough sauce.

Elimination time ... Byron, Amy and Tash await their verdict. Source: Channel 10

"I learnt so much about myself throughout this competition," Byron says. "I had a fair idea that this (food) was what I wanted to do but I needed (confirmation).

"My whole idea before the show was to get into the food industry and being on the show has cemented that dream."

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