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Alvin Quah has become the first Masterchef contestant eliminated in the cooking show’s final week.

Adriano Zumbo – the patissier responsible for last year’s infamous croquembouche – set another difficult challenge with an eight-layered vanilla cake nicknamed the ‘V8.’

Despite having had access to the recipe 24 hours in advance, a sloppy and incomplete final product saw the scientific affairs manager off to the waiting limousine. Courtney Roulston and Callum Hann scraped through for another night.