Share 'I'll also never forget and can't be more thankful to all the friendly, hard working, fantastic people, that make MasterChef such a special show.' Teasing what's next, Tom added: 'I feel this is just the start, and I'm excited for what comes next. One day I would love to write a cookbook and have a cookery school. Amazing: The contestant, 31, beat Mike Tomkins and Alexina Anatole during the final after impressing John Torode and Gregg Wallace with his 'absolute genius' dishes Postponed: It comes after the MasterChef final was postponed on Friday to Wednesday night in the wake of Prince Philip's death