It was a pressure test and an elimination challenge and there was a levitating cup cake with a balloon flying out of it and all of it was… edible?
No, not Harry Potter, we’re talking MasterChef.
Tonight’s episode saw 23-year-old Bryan Zhu go up against 27-year-old Trent Devincenzo and 26-year-old Samuel Whitehead in a pressure test dessert challenge.
It almost broke the three poor men involved (and all of us watching at home).
The goal? To create this:
Are you ready for the most mind-blowing Pressure Test in MasterChef history? It floats! #MasterChefAU pic.twitter.com/TGZmlmjNEo
— #MasterChefAU (@masterchefau) May 22, 2017
That is a floating – yes, FLOATING – ice cream cup cake being held aloft by a sugar balloon.
It has an inside which is almost as spectacular as its outside… Behold:
The Floating Ice Cream is the gift that keeps on giving ???? #MasterChefAU pic.twitter.com/jzRqYGuUsh
— #MasterChefAU (@masterchefau) May 22, 2017