This week's guest and Foodie Friend is 58-year-old Raj Shagaran Mahalingam, a creative events producer and groovy grandpa whose colourful personality is matched only by his colourful cooking creations! He certainly spiced up the MasterChef kitchen with his antics and after making it into the Top 9, he's here to share his experience of the competition.

In Part 1, Raj shares about rising after his literal fall in the kitchen that cost him a place in the Top 8, his "alien" encounter with runaway mud crabs & how joining the competition has changed his approach to cooking.