AMAZING the judges with her underwater dish, Pookie won her spot in the semi-finals of MasterChef 2022.

Birmingham chef Pookie reduced Gregg Wallace to tears with her response to being selected for the semi-finals.

Who is Pookie

Pookie, 45, showcased her seafood dish called Shallow Sea-Bed Life which included a starfish made from prawns, much to viewers' delight.

The beauty salon owner from Solihull grew up in Bangkok before moving to the UK after earning her degree.

While she has Thai-Chinese heritage she said she does not limit herself to Thai-Chinese food.

Pookie said: "I like cooking international foods but love introducing my own style with all the foods I’ve cooked.

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"Most of all I want my food to be flavoursome, delicious, fun and put a smile on people’s faces."

She was encouraged by friends to enter the cooking competition because her style is "very unique"

"I’d never really thought I was good enough to enter a competition such as that, but one day I just decided to go for it," she said.

"I’m not super competitive but I love cooking, so I will give it a go, have fun and who knows how far it will take me! I’d like to show the world my Pookie Style."

Does Pookie have social media?

Like many of the chefs on MasterChef this year, Pookie shares food on her Instagram profile.

PookieStyleCook also has photos of the catamaran which Pookie and her husband own.

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She has highlights such as soup, dim-sum, canapé, and Pookieland to showcase her cooking.

Her bio says she is a "home cook with plenty of imaginations. I cook with love, I like my food to both taste delightful& please the eyes."

If you like your food inspiration with a side of beautiful boats then Pookie's Instagram will be a real treat.

Who else is in the Masterchef semifinal?

Pookie is one of six semi-finalists that have been named, although there are more to come.

Here are the other contestants hoping for a place in the MasterChef 2022 final.

• Holly Parnell, 29, Theatre Director from Poole in Dorset
• Olayemi Adelekan, 51, HR Project Manager from Harrogate
• Ioan Jones, 38, Marketing Manager from Salford
• Eddie Scott, 30, Marine Pilot from Beverley in Yorkshire
• Sarah Rankin, 47, Marketing Consultant from Kinross, Scotland

Shaking up the format, this year, the programme has nine home cooks try to impress the judges each week.

The 18th series of the competition kicked off on March 30 with 45 talented cooks hoping become the winner of Masterchef 2022.

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The next episode of MasterChef will air on BBC One on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 8pm.

Past episodes, including Pookie's, can be watched on BBC iPlayer now.

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