If youāre going to enter MasterChef, the one thing you have to absolutely make sure you can do is cook meat properly.
However, clearly one contestant from Wednesday nightās show did not get that memo.
Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace were left horrified after cook Ottilie presented them with her dish of chicken thighs with a sweet potato, white bean, and chorizo stew, saffron rice, and asparagus with smoked garlic butter.
While on paper, that all sounded pretty tasty, they were forced to give it a wide berth after cutting into said chicken thighs.
āI canāt eat that,ā John said as he stuck a knife into the meat, which revealed it was still raw.
Gregg was also turned off at the fact Ottilie hadnāt even managed to brown the outer skin of the chicken.
He remarked: āSweet potatoes into the stew is a new one on me, but I like it because itās completely broken down and giving more sweetness to a sweet potato stew.
āBut as you can clearly see, not only is the chicken skin not cooked but the chicken itself is not cooked.ā
Ottilieās error sealed her fate somewhat and she quickly found herself eliminated.
But while it was a pretty unforgivable gaffe, it still doesnāt beat our all-time favourite MasterChef mess-up.
That title still belongs to 2016 contestant Mark, who made a right dogās dinner of serving up a peanut butter cookie.
And when we say ādogās dinnerā, whatās probably more accurate to say is a ādog poo biscuitā.
Mmmm.
MasterChef continues on Friday at 9pm on BBC One.