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My favourite Masterchef contestant has gone. I liked him from day one when he said his mother said 'don't be surprised when you haven't got any money at university if you spend it all on sea bass'. Just the scrutiny alone is enough to put you off a competition like that. Close-ups of your most awkward and defeated moments; silly mistakes. But he didn't ever make revolting sticky toffee pudding which if I was a judge would have instantly disqualified the contestants the three times it came up. Like chocolate fondant (yawn...) What about other puddings?! St Clements (or Lemon Delicious...) Queen of Puddings, Eve's Pudding, Apple Charlotte?

But let's hear it for Robert, for eating sea bass at university and for all the other 21 year old aspiring cooks in the country who are brave enough to enter and put pansies on their food.

Are you a keen cook, with flair, with taste... then enter the next Channel 4 TV cookery show. You could meet Nigella!

The Guild of Food Writers are calling for entries to their annual cooking competition for 10 - 16 year old children. Some great prizes are on offer to the winner who comes up with a two course menu which will  impress the judges.  The deadline for entries is April 19th.  Follow the link

...and his unbridled enthusiasm for food on tonights Masterchef final. Although Inspector X wanted Sara to win, it was impossible to decide and I had to get a glass of sherry on a day I don't normallly drink it was so exciting.  I want to try  the octopus pease pudding, the suckling pig, the carageen moss vanilla custard, the hare, all the burgers especially the monkfish liver one - and will someone in Suffolk please start to do the chocolate ravioli stuffed with partridge? As Gregg would say...oh God!

What's happened to the competition, I hear you ask. Well according to the producers it's been so successful they are having a second series and Suffolk will be in that. Did any of you enter? Strangely there's no mention of it on Gino's blog, but here' s something from him to keep us going...

Ciao everyone!· Guess what I’m thinking about… it's long and meaty, and sums up everything there is to love about Italian cooking. Yes! It’s my favourite pasta dish ever - Bucatini alla carbonara.

If I presented sweet potato soup and fennel quiche and then ripped open my shirt to show off my Masterchef tattoo  would I stay in the competition?

The celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo is on a nationwide hunt to celebrate home cooked dishes with incredible family heritage for a brand new ITV series called “There’s No Taste like Home”, which airs later this year.

The programme makers have asked us to help find local Suffolk cooks with great family recipes to feature in the series. So tell everyone you know who can cook, then send your name and recipe idea to us. We will pass it on to them. Alternatively get in touch directly using the details on the flyer attached to this post.

Gino will be travelling to 30 different parts of the UK for the series. In each show he’ll meet three home cooks, each boasting a treasured recipe that has been passed down through their family for generations.

Gino and the viewers will learn the secrets of these treasured family recipes and discover the fascinating family stories, first hand, of how they have evolved over the generations.