This 22-year-old from Perth is doing amazing โ and delicious โ things.
Joe Ahern has been dubbed โRetro Joeโ by his fellow MasterChef 2019 contestants after whipping up a mouth-watering โbraised chicken in marsala cream, with mushrooms and pancetta.โ
Umm, whereโs our serving?
A digital production assistant, this yearโs young gun has no desire to return to his day-to-day job, and instead โdreams of one day studying in Italy or France before returning to the beautiful Margaret River south of Perth where he can showcase his skills in his own restaurant,โ according to his MasterChef bio.
Now this is a restaurant we want a booking at.
Naming Heston Blumenthal and Thomas Keller has his culinary heroes, Joe does admit that sweet treats could be his downfall in the competition.
You may have also noticed that Joe isnโt camera shy. It helps that he played a zombie in a John Butler Trio music video!
And whatโs more, his interests donโt just start and end with food.
โAway from the kitchen Joe enjoys spending time with his girlfriend Lauren,โ his bio reads.
Plus, โplaying the guitar, heading to the beach, and watching films โ with A Clockwork Orange a firm favourite.โ
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