Emily Ludolf (born 1990, Lyne, Surrey, UK) first became famous for being in 2008, at the age of 18, the youngest-ever finalist in the BBC TV show MasterChef, a reality tv show where amateur cooks attempt haute cuisine. In the finals Ludolf competed against Jonny Stevenson and James Nathan, the latter eventually winning the competition. Ludolf drew media attention after the show was broadcast after having confounded the judges, Gregg Wallace and John Torode, with her own strange culinary inventions, which have later been published in various newspaper and magazine articles.[1]
Ludolf was educated at Gordon's School in Surrey, and in October 2007 began reading English at Wadham College, Oxford University. Since the competition she also has written articles on cooking for Delicious Magazine and the Sunday Telegraph, writes a regular restaurant review column for the Oxford University magazine, and writes a cooking blog.[2]