Samira El Khafir was eliminated from MasterChef Australia after she served the judges a Turkish Chicken and Eggplant Kofta during a two-round elimination challenge set by Malaysian chef, Junda Khoo.
Samira was relatively happy with the dish that she presented to the judges. However, during a closed-door tasting session, Poh Ling Yeow, Sofia Levin, Jean Christophe Novelli, Andy Allen and Junda Khoo deemed that her patties were dry due to the amount of lean chicken mince she used.
Because the judging was done behind closed doors, Samira knew little about why she was eliminated, apart from Sofia telling her that her “chicken let the dish down.” She told Chattr that she was left wondering what ultimately ended her time in the competition until she watched the episode back.
“We didn’t get to hear the taste-testings and what had been said. So I was just curious to know, what did I do wrong with my chicken? So it was very confusing, to be honest,” she said.
“Only when I watched it back I realised what they had said about my food.”
Samira added that while the reason behind her elimination baffled her a bit, she took it in her stride and tried not to dwell on it too much.
“To be honest with you, it was playing in my mind. But I’m one of those positive go-getters, like I’m out, it’s done,” she explained.
“Somebody has to go home at the end of the week, or at the end of the elimination episode. And you know, I was lucky to have this platform and to have my journey shown on there, and I just took it in a positive way.”
Why Samira partly felt relieved to be eliminated from MasterChef Australia 2025
Samira said that while it was “upsetting” to be eliminated from the competition, she found a silver lining.
“It was a huge relief, because being away from home is really difficult for me, so there was relief in that aspect, knowing that that’s it. I don’t have to compete anymore, I can go back to normal life,” she said.
She added that the night of her elimination was her husband’s birthday, so she was really excited to get back home to see him and her children, but they didn’t exactly know how to greet her.
“I bought a small chocolate mud cake on the way for my husband’s birthday. So I hadn’t spoken to him yet, and it was very weird, because the kids were happy, but they were scared to express their happiness because they didn’t know how I was going to react. So it was quite awkward,” she laughed.
Samira and her infectious laugh will undoubtedly be missed in the MasterChef Australia 2025 kitchen!
MasterChef Australia airs on Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 10 and 10Play.
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