State: South Australia

Season Seven

For season seven fan favourite, Rose Adam returning to the MasterChef Australia kitchen where she bowed out in 10^th place is all about challenging herself and her skills. Just six weeks following her elimination she achieved her food dream, opening her café, The Middle Store, alongside her siblings in Adelaide. Now she’s back with a clear identity in her food and a goal to take home the top prize.

The third of four children born and raised in Adelaide, Rose’s close-knit Lebanese family bought and ran a deli for many years as a child, and she admits her heritage and family continue to inspire her cooking. Her new goal following this season is to set up a wholesale falafel business with a range of wet and dry spices and rubs.

 Rose showed just how well she can work under pressure in Season 7, Episode 34, when her and her team took over Melbourne's famous Tokyo Tina kitchen