Chef Rick Stein describes his incredible time in India

In MasterChef Australia Season 14, streaming now on Disney Hotstar, while Judge Jock Zonfrillo professed his love for India and its food by cooking his favourite Indian meal, butter chicken with naan, guest judge Chef Rick Stein transported viewers back to India with his famous fish curry from Tamil Nadu.

In the elimination round titled Rick Stein’s All-In Postcard Elimination, Stein shared fascinating insights about India along with cooking the Madras fish curry and rice. “I think India is such an enormous experience. When you’re involved in the cuisine of a country, it’s incredibly immersive… And you’re feeling everything.”

“We were just travelling down the coast of Tamil Nadu. We got to this beach, went into this restaurant and I just said to the guy, ‘Have you got any fish?’ He came out with a platter of lobster, kingfish and what he called a white snapper, all fresh. So, I just said, ‘Well what do you recommend?’ and he said, ‘Well, we’ll make this fish curry for you,” he added.

Stein is one of the original celebrity chefs, and with 12 restaurants to his name, added to the 22 cookbooks he’s written, he’s a force to reckon with. His love for India also made him host an enormous TV show titled Rick Stein’s India, where he explored many cuisines.