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My Kitchen Rules has served up plenty of kitchen drama this season, but its latest elimination has left fans with a particularly sour taste.
Mother-and-daughter duo Krysten and Lucy were sent home after a shock elimination cook-off against best friends Oliver and Harrison, with some viewers questioning whether the result was fair.
The teams were tasked with delivering a two-course banquet, but while Krysten and Lucy went all out with an Indian-inspired feast featuring multiple dishes, Oliver and Harrison kept things considerably simpler with steak and chips followed by doughnuts and cream.
The result left some fans fuming, with viewers questioning whether the boys had actually fulfilled the banquet brief. Others accused judge Colin Fassnidge of favouritism after he offered Oliver and Harrison advice during the cook, while some threatened to call time on the series altogether.
But speaking to WHO, Krysten and Lucy have defended the boys, while standing by their own cooking and explaining why they believe their banquet deserved more consideration.
MKR fans call the elimination ‘rigged’
The elimination has divided viewers, with many taking to social media to question the result. Some felt Krysten and Lucy had delivered a banquet that clearly fulfilled the brief.
One fan questioned how Oliver and Harrison could beat what they described as the strongest team, pointing to their “under-rendered steak, over-salted chips, plain beans, a doughnut and cream”.
Others took issue with Colin’s intervention during the cook-off, with one viewer claiming: “If Colin didn’t alert the boys to the cooking of the steak, nor the burning of the beans, the boys would have gone home instead of Krysten and Lucy.”
Another fan argued that the mother-and-daughter team had demonstrated more technique and suggested that the other contestants may have wanted them out because they were “too good”.
The backlash was so strong that some viewers threatened to walk away from the series entirely, with one writing: “Over and out for me, totally rigged!”
“Just lost me for the rest of this series,” another said. “Krysten and Lucy should not have been in the cook off to start with. The guys’ dishes had very little technique to them. Goodbye.”
Lucy and Krysten confused over MKR banquet brief criticism
Despite the criticism surrounding their elimination, Krysten and Lucy told WHO they were proud of their cook and still believe they delivered what the challenge asked of them.
The pair said their decision to serve multiple dishes came down to the banquet brief. They also wanted the food to complement their South Asian-inspired main course.
“The thing is too, like the brief for the cook was to provide a banquet. So in our heads, like, a banquet is multiple dishes, lots of food,” they said.
They also explained why they carried the same theme through to dessert. Rather than serving a traditional sweet dish, they wanted to keep the menu cohesive.
“Our idea was that like you sit down on a Persian rug with a coffee and eat that dessert. And I’m not sure that thinking came across.”
Krysten and Lucy admitted their many elements may have worked against them during judging. However, they questioned whether that should have been a factor.
“Yeah, that’s the thing. I think we got a bit slammed for all our ‘too many elements’ and all that kind of thing. But we kind of nailed most of them,” they said. “There are a lot of elements, but if you kind of do all of them really well, isn’t that a good thing?”
The pair also stood by their first Kitchen HQ cook, saying they didn’t believe they deserved to be in the elimination round to begin with, as they left the judging table thinking they were safe.
“No, we were and still are really happy with that cook. And we didn’t feel like we should have been on the bottom,” they told WHO.
Krysten and Lucy said viewers didn’t see all the positive feedback their dishes received. This made the elimination even more surprising.
“We came away from the critique at the table literally going, okay, well, we’re not on the top, but we’re definitely not in the bottom. That was such a shock.”
Why Krysten and Lucy were glad to lose to Oliver and Harrison
While the elimination came as a shock, Krysten and Lucy were glad to lose to Oliver and Harrison. They admitted, however, that facing the boys in the cook-off was difficult.
“We were honestly so sad that we were up against them,” they told WHO.
The pair described Oliver and Harrison as a strong team. They also felt there were other contestants who couldn’t cook as well as either of them.
“And it’s like, we actually felt if we’re going to lose to anyone, we’d rather lose to Oliver and Harrison because they’re so passionate and [winning] means so much to them,” they said.
In fact, Krysten revealed she had a message for Oliver when she hugged him at the end of the cook-off.
“I don’t know if it shows it, but when I gave Oliver a hug at the end, I was like, ‘Now go on and win it,'” she said.
The pair said the boys’ passion for the competition made them feel better about the result, even if they still believed their own banquet deserved more recognition.
“I feel like they honestly, out of all the teams, honestly, including us, I feel like they want to win the most,” they said. “And to lose to a team that has so much passion, we’ve said we wouldn’t want to lose to anyone else.”
While Krysten and Lucy may still question their elimination, there are no hard feelings towards Oliver and Harrison.
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