Nadia Lim has been crowned New Zealand's second MasterChef, taking out $100,000 in prizes, including an exclusive cookbook deal and a car.
Ms Lim of Auckland won the title after a cook-off with Jax Hamilton.
The final of the popular cooking show was filmed in December and only Ms Lim's parents, siblings and fiance knew she had won.
"I thought it would be really hard (keeping the secret) but, surprisingly, it wasn't too bad," she told The New Zealand Herald.
"As soon as the show finished filming I went straight back to work a day later and settled into normal life...I actually enjoyed the time just keeping it a secret and being anonymous.
"I was really exhausted because it (the final) was over two days so it was really epic. It was kinda bittersweet because I'd won, and that was what I had entered for so I was absolutely amazed and quite dumbfounded really. I didn't really believe it."
