irini.nd through seven gruelling weeks of culinary challenges the masterchef winner 2019, irini tzortzoglou was crowned last night. 2019, irini tzortzoglou it 2019, irini tzortzoglou wasn't for the benefit of the judges, it wasn't for the benefit of the judges, it was a lot from my benefit because i wanted to connect my roots. but also for the benefit of the viewers of the programme. because my sense has been in the 40 yea rs i have because my sense has been in the 40 years i have lived here that people have an idea of greek food that is a little bit outdated. and i had the chance through masterchef to allow the playfulness of my character to come out so it was a little bit of a playful need to take traditional produce and present it in a contemporary way. so yes, i grew up with that. my grandmother and mother cooked it. but totally differently andi cooked it. but totally differently and i felt surely i can do cooked it. but totally differently and ifelt surely i can do it cooked it. but tot

-- irini. john, i had a disaster with one dish on the show, and he could not cook the apples. so there is not a standard ——. i am a little bit naughty and cheeky with even the food at home, so i do not like to do straight things. give me a five page recipe. when i saw a 25 pages, i thought, a five page recipe. when i saw a 25 pages, ithought, yes! last a five page recipe. when i saw a 25 pages, i thought, yes! last thought for you. you said this has been an amazing journey, you you hope it is not over yet, i guess. what would you like to do next now that you have been inspired by the experience on masterchef? where would you hope this would take you? already i have a fantastic sense since last night of the overwhelming response that i need to do more with greek food. and ido need to do more with greek food. and i do notjust mean to cook it, but research it more. perhaps televise the people who produce it. you know, the people who produce it. you know, the people who cook it and grow things. the

irini. ..irini was crowned last night.ted by asking her what she was trying to achieve with her cretan—inspired menu. it wasn't for the benefit of thejudges, really, interestingly, the food i cooked was a lot for my benefit because i wanted to reconnect to my roots, but also for the benefit of the viewers, ultimately, of the programme because my sense in the a0 years i've lived here, that people have an idea of greek food that is a little bit outdated and i had the chance through masterchef to actually allow the playfulness and my character to come out so it was a little bit of a play for me to take traditional produce and present it in a contemporary way so yes, i grew up with that dish, my mother and grandmother cooked it but totally differently and i thought, surely i can do it in a way that we can identify more today and i can show to the british audience, the people who love greek food, try something different next time, seek out this amazing food that is being produced now. and you cooked the rosemary lamb in that pu

a little earlier, i spoke to irini and started by asking her what she was trying to achieve with herbenefit of the judges really, a lot of it was for my benefit because i wanted to reconnect to my roots but also for the benefit of the viewers, ultimately, of the programme because in the a0 years i've lived here, i've sensed that people have an idea of greek food that is a little bit outdated and i had the chance to masterchef to actually allow the playfulness and my character to come out so it was a little bit of a play for me to take traditional produce and present it in a contemporary way so yes, i grew up with these dishes, my mother and grandmother cooked it but totally differently and i thought, surely i can do it in a way that we can identify more today and ican that we can identify more today and i can show to the british audience that the people who love greek food, try something different next time, seek out this amazing food that is being produced now. and you cooked the rosemary lamb in that puree, cracked wheat cooked and soured milk. the combinations are the really strik

irini, thank you forjoining us and enjoy sleeping with the trophy!'m shaun ley. the headlines at ten: the prime minister looks for ways to bring her eu withdrawal agreement back to the commons for a fourth time after it was defeated by 58 votes yesterday. this government will continue to press the case for the orderly brexit that the result of the referendum demands. the bbc understands the pilot of the plane which crashed with footballer emiliano sala on board was not qualified to fly at night. all eurostar trains to and from st pancras are currently suspended due to a trespasser near the tracks. a man has now been arrested. the royal college of psychiatrists calls for assessments of children's mental health to include questions about their use of social media.