Olivia Hall MasterChef Wiki, Age, Partner, Parents, Family

Olivia Hall Biography – Olivia Hall Wiki

Olivia Hall is an amateur cook and contestant on MasterChef 2024. She grew up in Redditch but spent a lot of her childhood on her uncle’s farm in Eastern Poland. At the age of 19, Olivia left home and went to work on the small island of Carriacou in Grenada, where she trained and worked as a Scuba Diver. She stayed for a year and a half and headed back to Worcestershire. She works as a bartender and her boyfriend visits as often as possible.

Olivia told the BBC about her earliest cooking memory: “When I was a kid I was always in the kitchen when my mum, who is Polish, was cooking. I think my earliest memory of cooking myself was making Kartacze with my mum. We made a step-by-step recipe alongside it (with photos too!) to show my friends at school. It’s a pretty hard to master dumpling dish and even to this day, the joy it installs in me when it all goes well makes me feel like a kid again. I remember cooking spaghetti bolognese for my dad and my sister, when my mum was out. My sister liked it, but my dad refused to eat it because the bolognese was slightly burnt – so that taught me to never burn food again! He’s never refused my food since, so I guess I’m doing better now.”

Olivia doesn’t have a specific style of cooking. She said: “Whatever I’m feeling on that day, I’ll usually make. I’d say my creativity flows into my food. I’ll always try to make my food full of colour and flavour. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t – but that’s the fun of cooking!

“I’ve had many allergies since I was a baby, but dairy has been the one that defines my cooking the most. I don’t cook with dairy, so Middle Eastern food has been key to my cooking as many staples typically don’t contain dairy products. Mediterranean food, with its colourful dishes and bold flavours, is also a big inspiration.”

“My mum switches between being vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian, depending on whether she’s craving an egg or fish – or not. Her tastes influence mine and I will always make a vegan option for her. My mum is also the best baker. Her love for cooking and baking has always inspired me. She jokes that I’m the cook and she’s the baker and together we’re pretty cool dinner party hosts. My dad eats anything and everything, as long as there’s meat involved.”

Olivia Hall Age

Olivia Hall was born in 2002 in Redditch, Worcestershire. She is 22 years old as of 2024.

Olivia Hall Family

MasterChef contestant Olivia Hall lives in Worcestershire with her parents and sister.

Olivia Hall Boyfriend

Bartender Olivia Hall met her boyfriend, Dax Campbell, on the island of Carriacou in Grenada.

Olivia Hall MasterChef

Olivia Hall, 22, is a contestant on the 20th series of MasterChef on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. She is among the contestants cooking for John Torode and Gregg Wallace in the second heat of MasterChef 2024, alongside Jerome, Louise Lyons MacLeod, Peter, Rana and Sidney.

She told the BBC about her earliest MasterChef memories and the show’s impact: “I’ve grown up watching the show, so it feels surreal that I’m on it. I can’t pinpoint the exact first memory as I was young when the show came out, but I do remember watching the show and thinking ‘how does anyone cook something that looks this good?’

“I think MasterChef has inspired people to take pride in what they cook and has challenged people to step out of their comfort zone and try something new and daring. It’s shown us that celebratory cooking isn’t only for the professionals – us amateurs can cook some pretty good food too.”

Asked how she entered the competition, she said: “My parents and I were watching MasterChef last year and I joked that I’d be going on the show. My dad said I should actually apply and my mum agreed! I’ve always tried to grasp every opportunity given to me with both hands, no matter how scary and intimidating it might be, so I took the risk and applied. I was really nervous but in life I always try to have fun, no matter how far out of my comfort zone I get, and I thought this would be a cool story to tell.”

Olivia Hall Instagram

Olivia Hall’s Instagram handle is oliviviva.