MasterChef contestant makes a bold choice with his ingredients that divides Greek viewers 

‘What are you doing?!’ MasterChef’s Conor Curran makes a bold choice with his ingredients and it divides Greek viewers

He’s previously admitted that when he cooks he doesn’t ‘really know what’s going up on the plate half the time.’ 

And MasterChef contestant Conor Curran had Greek-Australian viewers scratching their heads when he brought his self-described ‘confusion’ style of cooking to traditional Greek cuisine.

He appeared to go off-script by pairing Avgolemono (egg–lemon) with fish instead of the more orthodox chicken, prompting furious debate between fans on Twitter

Mixing it up: MasterChef contestant Conor [pictured] had Greek-Australian viewers scratching their heads when he brought his self-described ‘confusion’ style of cooking to traditional Greek cuisine

Conor’s dish on Tuesday night was King George whiting with avgolemono and basil oil.  

Explaining his choice to forgo chicken, he said, ‘I’m sure there’s, like, Greek grandmothers screaming at me right now.’

‘But it’s all I have. There’s no poultry.’

Wild man: He appeared to go off-script by pairing Avgolemono (egg–lemon) with fish instead of the more orthodox chicken, prompting furious debate between fans on Twitter

Conor's dish on Tuesday night was King George whiting with avgolemono and basil oil

Wild man: He appeared to go off-script by pairing Avgolemono (egg–lemon) with fish instead of the more orthodox chicken, prompting furious debate between fans on Twitter

Ingredients: Explaining his choice to forgo chicken, he said, 'I'm sure there's, like, Greek grandmothers screaming at me right now. But it's all I have. There's no poultry'

Ingredients: Explaining his choice to forgo chicken, he said, ‘I’m sure there’s, like, Greek grandmothers screaming at me right now. But it’s all I have. There’s no poultry’

The finished product: Another wrote that Conor's proposed meal, 'doesn't sound the best tbh..... I will be very surprised if he got an apron....'

The finished product: Another wrote that Conor’s proposed meal, ‘doesn’t sound the best tbh….. I will be very surprised if he got an apron….’

On Twitter debate raged, with one horrified user tweeting, ‘Avgolemono with fish. What are you doing Connor [sic]?’

Another wrote that Conor’s proposed meal, ‘doesn’t sound the best tbh….. I will be very surprised if he got an apron….’

Another quipped that Greek grandmother’s would likely call him a ‘malaka,’ being Greek for ‘man who masturbates’.

Negative feedback: On Twitter debate raged, with one horrified user tweeting, 'Avgolemono with fish. What are you doing Connor [sic]?'

Negative feedback: On Twitter debate raged, with one horrified user tweeting, ‘Avgolemono with fish. What are you doing Connor [sic]?’

But others sided with the young contestant, with one writing, ‘I cooked an avgolemono fish soup when I had Conner [sic] moment many years ago, and it was surprisingly very nice.’

‘I ate avgolemono about 100 times growing up and had no idea it was meant to have chicken…’ wrote another.       

In the trailer for the series, Conor admitted, ‘My cooking is very Greek, with heaps of South East Asian ingredients which some people like to call fusion.’ 

‘I like to call it confusion, because I, myself don’t really know what’s going up on the plate half the time.’ 

In his corner: But others sided with the young contestant, with one writing, 'I cooked an avgolemono fish soup when I had Conner [sic] moment many years ago, and it was surprisingly very nice'

In his corner: But others sided with the young contestant, with one writing, ‘I cooked an avgolemono fish soup when I had Conner [sic] moment many years ago, and it was surprisingly very nice’

The final product was a hit with the judges, earning a visibly shocked Conor a prized apron.

Michelle Leong described it as ‘a dish that was rooted in history… But presented with utter modernity.’

Conor knelt on the floor, lost for words before accepting the final apron of the night. 

She's a fan: Michelle Leong described it as 'a dish that was rooted in history... But presented with utter modernity'

She’s a fan: Michelle Leong described it as ‘a dish that was rooted in history… But presented with utter modernity’