Fast-Track to the Finals Immunity Challenge: Federico Zanellato 2017
Before Finals Week instead of winning an immunity pin in the second round, a Top 3 contestant from the Invention Test will cook against a guest chef to win an automatic pass to the Finals. In the first round; Arum, Eliza and Tamara had 45 minutes to make a soufflé to advance. It was Arum who won with his vanilla soufflé despite missing out his prune puree. He compete against New South Wales' Chef of the Year Federico Zanellato with the advantage of choosing 10 ingredients of his choice from the available pantry of 20. It was his use of strategy of cooking his seared beef with celeriac, apple, black pudding and pernod to beat the simplicity of the professional chef's pasta dish that won praise overall from the judges (26 points to Federico's 24).
