{"id":284928,"date":"2011-02-28T19:16:12","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T19:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/28\/what-a-dish-masterchef-contestant-alice-taylor-revealed-as-a-former-miss-swansea\/"},"modified":"2011-02-28T19:16:12","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T19:16:12","slug":"what-a-dish-masterchef-contestant-alice-taylor-revealed-as-a-former-miss-swansea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/what-a-dish-masterchef-contestant-alice-taylor-revealed-as-a-former-miss-swansea\/","title":{"rendered":"What a dish! Masterchef contestant Alice Taylor revealed as a former Miss Swansea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"130.338838042\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daily Mail Reporter<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 7:16 PM on 28th February 2011<\/p>\n<p>Fans of Masterchef are in for a double treat, as it emerged that one contestant is a former beauty queen.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty blonde Alice Taylor made headlines in her native Wales last year when she became the first single mother to qualify for the final of a UK beauty contest when she became a finalist in the Miss Great Britain pageant.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old Miss Swansea wasn&#8217;t crowned, but now she has her sights set on a different sort of headwear &#8211; a chef&#8217;s hat.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/0af0dd30546_468x544.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"544\" alt=\"Turning up the heat: Masterchef contestant Alice Taylor is a former beauty queen\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Turning up the heat: Masterchef contestant Alice Taylor is a former beauty queen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alice is currently competing on the BBC cooking series, which is four episodes into its seventh season.<\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nmodel, who has a two-year-old son and is stepmother to her fianc\u00e9<br \/>\nChris&#8217;s daughter, eight, isn&#8217;t just a pretty face and a whiz in the<br \/>\nkitchen &#8211; she also has a degree in business administration.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In<br \/>\nan interview with Wales Online, she said: &#8216;I only started the modelling<br \/>\nthing eight months ago as a bit of an ego boost really and I\u2019ve had a<br \/>\nlot of opportunities through winning Miss Swansea, but food is my first<br \/>\nlove.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/34824e3740_468x486.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"486\" alt=\"Not just a pretty face: Masterchef contestant Alice Taylor is a former Miss Swansea\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not just a pretty face: Masterchef contestant Alice Taylor is a former Miss Swansea and has a degree in business administration<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8216;I started cooking because my partner, Chris, was just terrible when I<br \/>\nfirst met him. He would be constantly serving up baked beans to Charlie<br \/>\nbecause that\u2019s all he could cook and I decided that was just terrible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When<br \/>\nwe go out to eat I tend to take a pad of paper and a pen. I write down<br \/>\nany tips I can pick up, even the way the waiters work and how the food<br \/>\nis presented. There\u2019s a sense of theatre in restaurants which I love.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I\u2019d love to work in a restaurant but that is something we have put on the back burner for now.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/c4010eb2184_468x286.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"286\" alt=\"Whiz in the kitchen: The 24-year-old is currently competing in the seventh series\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Whiz in the kitchen: The 24-year-old is currently competing in the seventh series<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/9080a11a948_233x257.jpg\" width=\"233\" height=\"257\" alt=\"From crown to chef's hat: Alice has her sights set on the final\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From crown to chef&#8217;s hat: Alice has her sights set on the final<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The new season of Masterchef has caused controversy after a format revamp that is understood to be modelled on the X Factor.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers accused the corporation of dumbing down the programme by turning it into a \u2018hideous\u2019 X Factor-style competition.<\/p>\n<p>They are particularly incensed by new talent show-type auditions in which aspiring chefs have to cook in front of judges for a place in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>They also dislike the \u2018silly and humiliating\u2019 staged sequences which feature gushing interviews with family and friends. A new look set was described as having a \u2018creepy nightclub vibe\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Around 20,000 applied to take part in the latest series and producers selected the best to \u2018audition\u2019 in front of judges \u2013 chef John Torode and former grocer Gregg Wallace \u2013 for just 20 places.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers watched on Wednesday as hopefuls attempted to cook under pressure before displaying their dishes in front of the judges who were sat on a bench akin to the X Factor panel.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers condemned the programme, which was first made famous by Loyd Grossman and originally focused on the culinary excellence.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/95d32616556_468x309.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"309\" alt=\"Controversy: Viewers accused the BBC of dumbing down the new season of Masterchef by turning it into a \u00bfhideous\u00bf X Factor-style competition\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Controversy: Viewers accused the BBC of dumbing down the new season of Masterchef by turning it into a \u2018hideous\u2019 X Factor-style competition<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>One said: \u2018This show is now bordering on the ridiculous. I am at a loss to understand why the BBC has decided to change the format of a programme which was already so popular. Do they think we are all refugees from The X Factor?\u2019 Another said: \u2018I half expected Cheryl Cole to come on and join Gregg and John.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018All the reasons it was a delight have been destroyed,\u2019 said another angry fan.<br \/>Contestants required a yes from both judges to get through to the main competition, but if the judges disagreed they were allowed a \u2018lifeline\u2019 and given a second chance to impress. <\/p>\n<p><span>Do you have a story about a celebrity? Call the Daily Mail showbusiness desk on 0207 938 6364 or 0207 938 6683. For U.S. stories, phone 310 642 2317.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/0af0dd30546_468x544-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more from the original source:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1361538\/What-dish-Masterchef-contestant-Alice-Taylor-revealed-Miss-Swansea.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"What a dish! Masterchef contestant Alice Taylor revealed as a former Miss Swansea\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What a dish! Masterchef contestant Alice Taylor revealed as a former Miss Swansea<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 7:16 PM on 28th February 2011 Fans of Masterchef are in for a double treat, as it emerged that one contestant is a former beauty queen. Pretty blonde Alice Taylor made headlines in her native Wales last year when she became the first single mother to qualify for the final of a UK beauty contest when she became a finalist in the Miss Great Britain pageant. The 24-year-old Miss Swansea wasn&#8217;t crowned, but now she has her sights set on a different sort of headwear &#8211; a chef&#8217;s hat. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What a dish! 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