The crew are back in Australia after their whirlwind trip to Hong Kong and the judges wasted no time in throwing yet another challenge at the contestants for them to win the last shot at immunity for the week. With Nat and Darrsh already safe, it was up to Lachlan, Mimi, Harry, Pezza and Sav to battle it out for safety from Sunday's elimination. The challenge consisted of a lucky dip where contestants had to pick two mystery ingredients inspired by Hong Kong and create a dish with them.
Sav, who missed out on the overseas trip, ended up with shrimp paste and okra and got to work crafting something that would see her up on the gantry come Sunday. However, several viewers took umbrage at her being in the challenge, on account of her having missed out on immunity tests that the contestants had to endure while in Hong Kong. "Why does Sav get a go at immunity, she should go straight into elimination not fair sorry," one disgruntled viewer wrote on Facebook.
"Seems a bit unfair that Sav misses out on 3 HK cooks and still has a shot at immunity, when others who have missed out on cooks go straight to elimination," someone else wrote on Reddit before clarifying that their comment was not a "hate comment" for Sav. On X, some fans echoed the thoughts that it was unfair for Sav to have a shot at immunity given that when other contestants have had to go straight into elimination after missing cooks. "So people miss cooks and go straight to elimination but why does Sav have a chance at im.