Moray's Ross is back on TV's MasterChef tonight
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Former Elgin Academy pupil Ross Burgess cooked up a storm last night to win his heat of BBC1's MasterChef: The Professionals.
Ross claimed victory with a mouth-watering sirloin of Aberdeen Angus covered with a beef and oyster sauce, followed by a vanilla and yoghurt terrine.
Michelin-starred chef Marcus Wareing called Ross' meal a "triumph", while the show's main presenter, Gregg Wallace, told him he had a "great touch".
Just how much it all meant to the 31-year-old, who studied cookery at Moray College, was clear to see.
After the show aired, he commented: "Emotional breakdown aside I feel that went not too bad."
Ross is now through to the quarter finals of the show, which will be screened tonight at 9pm on BBC1.
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