In an emotional episode for the contestants they are reunited with loved ones for the Dessert Mystery Box Challenge. While her main rival for the title Deena Naidoo won the challenge with a craftily chosen Chocolate Fondant, Manisha did enough to stay in the competition with her Poached pear with Amarula custard and chocolate sauce.…

Winning is becoming a habit for Manisha as she scoops the team challenge and advances once more. For this challenge the Blue Team prepared a Seafood Platter and Manisha accredits the team for their success. She simply told them what she wanted and they all went of and did it. She said “they executed it…

Manisha Naidu, the softly spoken Johannesburg MasterChef contender, knocked the judges off their feet with her Chicken Three Ways with Curry Sauce recipe. The challenge for the MasterChef contestants was to produce a dish that emanated from their childhood memories, their “soul on a plate” Pete Goffe-Wood dramatically put it. For Manisha that meant only…