Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko Simon Wood te toa o te pouaka whakaata. I karaunatia tētahi matua kotahi o ngā tamariki tokowhā hei toa o MasterChef inanahi, e whakatutuki ana i tētahi moemoea kia riro hei kaihautū kai i whakatupuria e ia mai i te waru o ona tau. I whawhai a Simon Wood, 38, ki a Emma Spitzer rāua ko Tony Rodd i a rāua e wero ana ki te tunu kai mō ngā kaiwhakawa a John Torode rāua ko Gregg Wallace e toru ngā kai i roto i ngā haora e toru. I whai ake i te whakamutunga e whitu wiki o nga wero uaua, tae atu ki te 'tepu o te kaitohutohu', i uru ki te tunu i tetahi o nga kai e toru i runga i te tahua i hangaia e te kaitohutohu Itari a Massimo Bottura. Ka mutu te tekau mā tahi o ngā raupapa o te whakataetae tunu kai ā-wiki rongonui a te BBC. Ko Mr Wood, he kaiwhakahaere raraunga mai i Oldham i Greater Manchester, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia he tīmatanga o te poaka me te chorizo me nga pihi cannellini, ka whai ake ko te matua o te kukupa kukupa e mahi ana i nga huarahi e rua me te ranu blackberry, te puree watercress me nga karepe. I mutu ia me te kai reka o te rimona posset i runga ake i nga whakapaipai e whitu <unk> citrus tutti-frutti, karaka karaka me te aporo, he tiile lime, limoncello pistachio maramara, putiputi kai, tarragon rau me te hau lime. I muri i tana tukunga i nga rihi ki nga kaiwhakawa, ka mea a Torode: 'E mohio ana koe he aha ahau i aroha ai ki a koe? Na te mea e tango ana koe i tētahi mea noa, ā, ka meinga hei mea motuhake.' Ka mea a Wallace: 'He tino pai a Haimona, he pūmanawa whakamiharo ia.' Whai muri i tana whakawhiwhinga ki te toa, ka mea a Mr Wood: 'Kei te wiri ahau i roto, he tino tino, kaore e taea e au te tiimata ki te whakaahua i taku koa. E whakarerekē ana i te ora.' Ko Mr Rodd, 33 tau te pakeke, he kaitohutohu whakawhiwhinga hoahoanga mai i Rānana, ā, ko Miss Spitzer te kaiwhakahaere whakahaere o tētahi pakihi haerenga papai, he whaea hoki ki ngā tamahine tokowhā kei raro iho i te iwa. Ko ngā kaitākaro whakamutunga: Ko Simon Wood, 38, matau, i whawhai ki a Emma Spitzer, maui, me Tony Rodd, waenganui, i te mea i werohia rātau ki te tunu kai ki ngā kaiwhakawā John Torode me Gregg Wallace i tētahi kai e toru ngā kai i roto i ngā haora e toru. Ka mea a Mr Wood: 'Kei te tunu kai au mai i te wa i taea ai e au te eke ki te tihi o te oumu, a i tunu tonu ahau i nga wiki ki taku kuia. 'I te waru o oku tau i wikitoria ahau i tētahi whakataetae ko te utu ko te whai i tō mahi moemoea mō te rā...
Ko Simon Wood, he matua kotahi, 38, i tutuki i a ia te moemoea o te tamarikitanga kia noho hei kaitohutohu kai. I patua e ia te whaea o ngā tamariki tokowhā, a Emma Spitzer rāua ko Tony Rodd, 33, nō Rānana. E toru ngā kaitākaro whakamutunga i werohia kia tunu i tētahi kai e toru ngā kai i roto i ngā haora e toru.