MasterChef Australia 2023 winner Brent Draper has revealed how he plans to spend his $250k cash prize and we’re a tad jealous!
On July 17, the 32-year-old told Yahoo! Lifestyle that the first thing he’s going to buy with his “absurd amount” of prize money is a boat.
“Look, the wife’s laid down a law I can only buy one fun thing with [the money], which will be my boat because I’m a mad fisherman,” he revealed.
“The rest will obviously go to investments and a cookbook. That’s one of the things that I want to work hard on straightaway.”
The soon-to-be father-of-two has some unique plans for his cookbook, explaining that he wants it to be “a tie between mental health and barbecue food”.
“I want to push the message that I’ve always pushed and just keep the conversation open,” he dished.
“If I can do it in a tasteful way, it would be such a great present to give someone who is struggling a little bit.”
The former tradie then explained that the cookbook would include a “mental health toolbox”, as well as a series of stories.
“[I’d have] stories of chefs and dishes, or just average people with stories that people can relate to and then maybe they cook a dish with me.
“I just want something that’s very relatable and can open up a conversation. I’ve been put in this position and I need to keep pushing the fight against the stigma around mental health,” he finished.
Brent originally appeared on the 2021 season of the cooking show, however, he quit to prioritise his mental health, so this is a topic close to his heart.
MasterChef Australia 2023 runner-up Rhiannon Anderson spills her plans for her prize money
Rhiannon Anderson also revealed how she intended on splurging the $40k she received for finishing in second place.
The 47-year-old told Yahoo! Lifestyle that she was planning on using her money to launch her career in the food industry.
“I’d love to travel around Australia and do a cooking show promoting fresh local produce and local farms,” she said. “I love farmers’ markets, so I’d like to put it towards doing something along those lines.
“I definitely want to do a cookbook and dedicate it to my mum. When she passed away I found a cookbook in her house from 1971, before I was born, and it had a message from her sister saying, ‘We expect to see your name in print’.
“So it was a dream of my mum’s and I want to do it for her,” she added. Aww!
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