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My Kitchen Rules has served up a shock elimination, but it seems the biggest drama was happening away from the dining table.
Mother-and-daughter duo Krysten and Lucy faced best friends Harrison and Oliver in a tense elimination cook-off, but ultimately lost their place in the competition. The result came as a surprise. The pair had topped the leaderboard in the previous round and impressed contestants with their main course.
But the teams’ scores played a major role in the elimination. Angus questioned whether his fellow contestants had been honest with their ratings. He even accused some of deliberately scoring Krysten and Lucy poorly to get rid of a strong team.
Speaking to WHO, Krysten and Lucy weighed in on the controversy. They also reveal a behind-the-scenes incident involving Angus, Mary and a burnt doughnut that viewers didn’t see.
How the MKR elimination scoring worked
After scoring an impressive 92 points in the previous round, Krysten and Lucy had plenty of reason to feel confident heading into Kitchen HQ.
The elimination challenge saw the teams prepare a two-course banquet, with the contestants tasting and scoring each other’s mains and desserts. Manu Feildel and Colin Fassnidge also awarded points for each course, with the combined scores determining which team would leave the competition.
While Krysten and Lucy’s main course impressed the other contestants, their dessert didn’t quite hit the mark. Ultimately, the scores sent the mother-and-daughter duo home, despite their strong performance the round before.
Angus accuses MKR contestants of being ‘dishonest’
Angus clearly wasn’t happy with the elimination result. He accused his fellow contestants of being “dishonest” and suggested some had deliberately marked Krysten and Lucy down.
His comments didn’t sit well with everyone at Kitchen HQ, either. Golden and Mary described the accusation as “unfair”, insisting they had praised Krysten and Lucy’s Indian feast.
Krysten and Lucy also believe strategy played a part in the scoring, with Krysten telling WHO: “I think strategy, like, definitely came into play once we got into HQ because I feel like it just got, like, a lot more real for everyone.”
She agrees with Angus’ assessment of the scoring, but believes his own behaviour throughout the competition has undermined his argument.
“And honestly, like, I haven’t watched the episode tonight, but from what Angus has told me and what their points were is that basically, like, if you actually think Lucy and Krysten cooked worse tonight, then basically you’re being dishonest,” Krysten said. “And I actually think Angus is hitting the nail on the head. However, I think he’s lost his credibility due to his behaviour in the last few instant restaurants, which is really unfortunate because I actually think what he’s saying holds a lot of value.”
But the scoring controversy wasn’t the only drama Angus apparently had up his sleeve.
Angus’ burnt doughnut test involving Mary
But Angus apparently had another surprise in store beyond the scoring controversy.
Krysten and Lucy say Angus later told them he served Mary a burnt doughnut from Harrison and Oliver’s dessert. He wanted to see if she would notice and call it out.
“The only thing I heard about was that apparently Angus served out some of the doughnuts from Oliver and Harrison’s dessert. And apparently he deliberately gave Mary a burnt one to see if she would say that it was burnt,” Lucy said.
“And apparently she didn’t say it was burnt. So that’s when he goes off at her, I think. But yeah. Yeah. I mean, it’s hard.”
So, according to the pair, Angus was putting his fellow contestants to the test during the tasting. And with the competition heating up, it seems even a dessert plate isn’t safe from a little strategy.
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