Watch the moment Liskeard chef secured his place in the MasterChef semi-finals as he blows judges away

MasterChef contestant Charlie Walter blows the judges away with his Cornish inspired dish

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00:00 I've been frightened I fell out.

00:04 Don't spill any more, you're going to run out of sauce.

00:07 Cooking for a place in the semi-finals,

00:12 Charlie's dish is Cornish steamed turbot

00:15 served with a roasted potato topped with anchovy butter,

00:19 honey pickled fennel and caviar,

00:21 asparagus cooked in a seaweed butter emulsion,

00:25 and a Cornish clotted cream and champagne sauce,

00:29 split with dill oil.

00:31 Wow, Charlie, beautiful presentation.

00:34 That turbot, beautifully steamed, just falls apart.

00:47 The roasted potato with that fennel is delightful

00:51 and then lovely caviar over the top.

00:54 The sauce, you've got so much of the sparkling wine in there,

00:57 it's got the sharpness running through it,

00:59 rich with the clotted cream.

01:01 I think you've done Cornwall proud.

01:03 Thank you, Chef.

01:05 That asparagus is absolutely delightful

01:07 because you've got seaweed coating it,

01:09 so it's giving it a natural saltiness.

01:11 I love this fennel that's pickled and sweet, I really like that.

01:15 That is a delightful dish.

01:17 That fish cookery is sublime.

01:21 Absolutely delicious.

01:24 Beautifully cooked potato, the sauce is absolutely sensational.

01:28 Last meal? Yeah, I think I'd join you for that.

01:31 Delicious.

01:33 I put a lot of love into this dish and it's just home for me.

01:41 And for them to say I did Cornwall proud is...

01:46 Yeah, that's something.

01:48 Half here? Yeah.

01:50 Come on, let's go pass that.

01:52 (gentle music)