MasterChef fans go wild over Robbie and Cath's post-show reunion: 'Goosebumps'

They formed a strong bond on MasterChef Australia 2023 and it seems Robbie Cooper and Cath Collins couldn’t wait to catch-up after the show finished filming.

65-year-old Robbie, who is affectionately known as Uncle Robbie, has been uploading a stream of snaps to his social media account after welcoming 54-year-old home cook Cath to the Northern Territory.

Youth support worker, Robbie, who is a proud Iwaidja man, became not only the sole contestant to hail from the Northern Territory on the 2023 season, but also the oldest person to compete on the reality show since it began in 2009.

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Now, he’s showing Cath where his love of cooking came from, with the pair taking a chopper out to Wiligi to experience the best of the Northern Territory.

“WOW! What a day. Chopper out to Wiligi then cooking fresh mud crab, bluefin tuna, snapper & barramundi together. And how’s this sunset…THE BEST❤️” a caption tied to both Robbie and Cath’s accounts on Instagram read.

A stunning video showed the firm friends being flown to Wiligi, marvelling at the crystal clear water before cooking up a storm on a camping cooktop and sitting around a campire taking in the beautiful sunset.

Before that, the pair enjoyed a dinner with friends and family at Ella by Minoli restaurant in Darwin.

Fans were delighted to see Cath take to Robbie’s home kitchen to spend an afternoon cooking lemon mascarpone choux buns

“It’s just like being at home and cooking in my kitchen with family. It’s just a joy,” Cath says in a sweet video of the pair cooking together.

Fans of the show commented saying how happy they were to see the friends catching up post-show. “Goosebumps Cath. The Territory gets under your skin - there’s nowhere like it. ,” one person wrote.

“Love this! Those MasterChef friendships are like nothing else!” another wrote.So lovely to see you guys catching up and witnessing your friendship and love of cooking🥰 what a beautiful tribute to Jock and to the wonderful relationships that come from Masterchef. Sending love ❤ ❤️❤️xxx” another said.

Are Cath and Robbie teaming up for a project?

While they’re obviously the best of friends, Robbie previously opened up to Yahoo Lifestyle about his plans post-show, saying that he hopes to team up with another contestant from the series, Declan Cleary.

“All my friends are asking me about doing a cookbook, so that's one of the things that I’ve been looking at,” he said.

“Having a Malaysian background and being Aboriginal and cooking Asian food, I’ve been looking at making different sauces and hopefully travelling, because I’ve got family right across Australia that I'd love to visit and do different cooking with. So there are lots of things we're looking at doing, my wife and I.”

One of his biggest goals is to film a cooking show with fellow season 15 contestant, 24-year-old carpenter Declan Cleary, who he jokingly refers to as his “new son”.

The pair lived together throughout the show and quickly became inseparable, cooking together every night and encouraging each other when they needed it.

“Him and I, we have a bond that’ll last a lifetime,” Robbie remarks. “The love we’ve got for each other is really strong and we bounce off each other which is really good.

“I just can't believe how many people in different countries are wishing that Dec and I do a cooking show, it’s amazing. He’s so much fun to work with and I think it would make a really good TV show - the old man and the young boy. It would be great!”

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