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

Biography

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

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

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.

References

1. Wanis, Belinda (25 December 2021). "MasterChef Australia winners: Here's where they all are now". Yahoo News.
2. ^ O’Connor, Leigh (10 January 2020). "Breaking Dessert Boundaries with the Youngest Ever MasterChef Winner, Larissa Takchi". AGFG. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
3. Payne, Hannah (24 July 2019). "MasterChef finale 2019: Larissa crowned youngest ever winner". news.com.au.
4. 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.
5. Morgan, Michaela (23 July 2019). "Larissa Takchi Becomes The Youngest Ever Winner Of 'MasterChef Australia'". 10 Daily. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
6. ^ "Local Resident Larissa Takchi Crowned MasterChef Australia Winner 2019". Hills to Hawkesbury Community News. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
7. 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.
8. "MasterChef winner Larissa Takchi spills on her next move". delicious. 25 July 2019.

• 1997 births
• Living people
• Australian television chefs
• MasterChef Australia
• Chefs from Sydney
• Participants in Australian reality television series
• Reality cooking competition winners
• Australian people of Lebanese descent