Great BBQ Challenge

Age: 24 Lives: VIC Signature dish: Sunday roast BBQ style

Sophie recently arrived home in Melbourne after two years abroad. While Sophie was away she learnt how to cook and since then, not a day has passed when she hasn’t cooked... “I’m obsessed… not in a creepy way.” She is a produce led chef who believes in using seasonal ingredients and working with small producers. Sophie is into BBQ’s because for her, with great produce you want to respect it and she believes the BBQ is the best way to cook meat, fish and veg… “And it’s a good excuse to get your mates over, open a few cans of beer, some wine and hang out, that’s what it’s all about. It’s also good being a girl and being good on the grill. My brothers reckon it’s the man’s domain… whatever.”

I’m Australia’s best BBQ’er because: “Actually I'm not I’m second best… I think dad is the best but I entered the competition and he didn’t, huh! I have had to promise him that I would make sure to say live on camera that I learnt everything from him… but these days I think I could show him a thing or two… don’t tell him I said that.”