Anna

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Anna is a 37-year-old (at the time of appearing on MasterChef ™) tax director from Dallas, Texas who grew up in Ukraine. Although she has a successful career, she wants to be an inspiration to her daughters and show them how to chase their dreams.

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Dishes from this MasterChef ™ contestant

Brown Butter Coffee Cake with Salted Caramel Frosting, Chocolate Whipped Cream and Chocolate Ganache

Anna: "I made a brown butter coffee flavored cake with salted caramel frosting, chocolate whipped cream, and chocolate ganache.

Brown Butter Coffee Cake

Oil-Poached Aged Snapper with Aged Chorizo Sauce and Lemon Herbed Fragola

Joe Bastianich: "This dish had sophisticated techniques. Please come forward, Anna."

Anna (to the camera) "I'm feeling very excited. I feel like I took some risks. I really hope I can get my generation the immunity pin and win the challenge."

Anna (to the judges): "I made olive oil poached dry aged snapper with a chorizo sauce and lemon scented fragola."

Oil-Poached Aged Snapper

Anna: "My name is Anna, and I'm a tech director. Today I made a pan seared duck breast with purple potato puree, pickled beets, brussels sprouts, and red wine butter sauce."

Judges: "All right, let's take a look. Tableside service. I love it. That's very millennial. This looks like something I would be served in a very high end restaurant. A lot of really beautiful pops of color."

"A lot of complex techniques. Maybe it's too much, but I hope it tastes as good as it looks."

Pan-Seared Duck