PERFECTLY poached lobster has earned Harry Foster a berth in MasterChef’s final four.

The Rockhampton-born bartender cooked against good mates Mimi Baines and Elise Franciskovic last night in a “second chance” elimination challenge.

The cooks were asked to create a dish using ingredients from their audition dish to show how much they had learned throughout the course of the reality show.

“Those ingredients were like a massive smack in the face to show how far I’d actually come and how much I’d learned,” Harry said.

“I was like ‘this is where I went wrong at the start’.

“I would never choose these ingredients now.

“They aren’t the things I’m particularly interested in any more.”

Harry had to say goodbye to Mimi, who was eliminated after thinking she had goats’ cheese rather than ricotta to use for her dessert.

“Mimi, Elise and I got really close over the last couple of weeks; we called ourselves the second chance club,” he said.

“We all have a very similar mindset and with Elise being from north Queensland we get along like a house on fire. She is one of my strongest friends in the house.”

Harry said he and Elise shared a sense of humour the most serious southerners did not know how to take.

“I think people from north Queensland have a particular humour,” he said.

“Elise and I would often get in trouble with what we’d say because people wouldn’t understand our humour. We just take the piss out of everything.”

If Elena Duggan’s Noosa roots are taken into account, then MasterChef has an all-Queensland final four.

“Good on us; we’re doing it for Queensland,” Harry said.

He believes Elena and Matt Sinclair, also from Noosa, are his biggest threats in his bid for the MasterChef crown.

“Matt’s had a lot of attention but Elena’s very, very switched on,” he said.

“Elena’s been the one who’s always been in the background and she’s now finding herself and her style. She’s coming to the forefront and it’s kind of scary.”

Harry still likes his chances for Sunday’s quarter finals.

“I like to push the boundaries, so I’d like to think I’ve got a good chance,” he said.

“If I’m not confident then what am I doing here?”

Win or lose, the 21-year-old plans to combine his loves of tourism and food.

“I’ve got lots of really interesting plans for after the show, so now would be a good time to follow all my social media accounts,” he said.

“I love tourism, not just for the (Great Barrier) Reef but Australian tourism in general. I’m really interested in Tasmania and what’s going on there.”