Mat Follas
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Mat Follas, 44, was the winner of the BBC
's MasterChef programme in 2009. He was born in the UK, to New Zealand parents and grew up in New Zealand
. He moved to the UK when in his 20s and is now the father of three children.
Follas won Masterchef by beating Andy Oliver and Chris Gates in the grand final. His final winning dish consisted of a starter of trio of rabbit with nettles and pancetta crisps; a main of spider crab
thermidor accompanied with mussels, foraged sea vegetables and a side of chips; and for pudding a creamy lavender and blackberry mousse with honeycomb and blackberry sauce.
He always wanted to set up a restaurant with his family serving his distinctive "hearty" food, saying during MasterChef that he did not only want to win for himself, but also for his family. He has now opened his own restaurant 'The Wild Garlic' ' in Beaminster
, Dorset
.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's MasterChef programme in 2009. He was born in the UK, to New Zealand parents and grew up in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. He moved to the UK when in his 20s and is now the father of three children.
Follas won Masterchef by beating Andy Oliver and Chris Gates in the grand final. His final winning dish consisted of a starter of trio of rabbit with nettles and pancetta crisps; a main of spider crab
Spider crab
The term spider crab can refer to various species of crab in the family Majidae. See crab spider for spiders of the Thomisidae family.*Japanese spider crab , the largest living species of crab, found on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean*Libinia emarginata, the portly spider crab, a species of crab...
thermidor accompanied with mussels, foraged sea vegetables and a side of chips; and for pudding a creamy lavender and blackberry mousse with honeycomb and blackberry sauce.
He always wanted to set up a restaurant with his family serving his distinctive "hearty" food, saying during MasterChef that he did not only want to win for himself, but also for his family. He has now opened his own restaurant 'The Wild Garlic' ' in Beaminster
Beaminster
Beaminster is a small town and civil parish in the West Dorset district of Dorset in South West England, at the head of the valley of the River Brit. Beaminster is south of Bristol, west of Bournemouth, east of Exeter and northwest of the county town of Dorchester...
, Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
.