‘It all just got a little bit too much for me’: Ousted favourite Dani Venn admits pressure got the best of her on MasterChef: Back to Win
Dani Venn was eliminated from MasterChef Australia: Back To Win on Sunday night while wearing the show’s only immunity pin.
And on Monday, the chef, 34, admitted that she didn’t perform her best because she put ‘a lot of pressure’ on herself’.
Speaking on Channel Ten’s The Project, Dani said: ‘I really did miss my kids and I feel like when you are not performing as well as you want to, you question why you are there’.
‘It all just got a little bit too much for me’: Ousted MasterChef contestant Dani Venn (pictured) has said she ‘put pressure on herself’ after being eliminated from the show
‘It all got just a little bit too much for me,’ she told the show’s hosts.
Dani also explained that wearing the immunity pin does ‘put a lot of pressure on your shoulders’ to perform well.
‘You want to be as good as that first cook where you really deserved that immunity pin and I just felt like I just didn’t hit the mark.’
On Sunday, Dani was undone by runny eggs in her Thai street food staple, son-in-law-eggs, with the judges complaining that the dish was undercooked.
Oh no: Dani Venn (pictured) was eliminated from MasterChef Australia: Back To Win on Sunday night while wearing the show’s only immunity pin
Dani told Ten Daily on Sunday: ‘Of course, on reflection, I could have used [the pin but] I think what I’m more upset about is, I could have cooked a different dish!
The cook also admitted, ‘The egg was a stupid idea.’
The cook says that she felt it was too early to use the pin: ‘I didn’t play the pin because I felt like if I’m going to play the pin at this point in the competition there’s not really much point in me being there. There’s still 20 people in the competition’.
The chef then joked that she’ll have to sell her immunity pin – which the show has let her keep.
Bad move: The 34-year-old was undone by runny eggs in her Thai street food staple, son-in-law-eggs, with the judges complaining that the dish was undercooked
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Dani said after her elimination: ‘On reflection, I could have used [the pin but] I think what I’m more upset about is… I could have cooked a different dish! The cook also admitted, ‘The egg was a stupid idea’
Jokes: The chef then joked that she’ll have to sell her immunity pin. She said: ‘I still have the pin… and it’s going straight on eBay. I’m kidding. They tried to make me give it back and I was like nope, this is mine. I’m taking it’
She said: ‘I still have the pin… and it’s going straight on eBay. I’m kidding. They tried to make me give it back and I was like nope, this is mine. I’m taking it.’
Fans were devastated for Dani, with one person Tweeting: ‘I feel for Dani. She looked a bit run down and that she was struggling with illness and obviously missing her kids a lot.’
Another wrote: ‘Gutted to see Dani left the kitchen with the one and only immunity pin. Aarrgghhh!! Nonetheless, she will always be remembered for her positivity in doing all kinds of challenge.’
MasterChef continues Tuesday at 7.30pm on Channel Ten
Fans were devastated for Dani, with one person Tweeting: ‘I feel for Dani. She looked a bit run down and that she was struggling with illness’