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A Surrey concrete contractor was crowned MasterChef Canada on Sunday night's broadcast of the popular TV cooking show.

"I set a goal, showed up in Toronto with 50 people. Seven weeks later I walked out of there myself and it was amazing, absolutely, truly amazing. And the fact is that nobody can take that away from me now," winner David Jorge told CTV.

Jorge won $100,000 in beating out Line Pelletier, a Canadian military veteran and computer specialist from Moncton, N.B.

They each had to create an appetizer, entree and dessert.

Pelletier started off with surf 'n' turf with foie gras, while Jorge prepared tomatoes five ways with sweetbreads.

Jorge's shaking hands made plating his appetizer dicey. "They were uncontrollable," he said. "I had never had anything like that before."

His entree was a twist on a classic dish reflecting his Portuguese heritage, using boar and geoduck clams.

Pelletier cooked elk tenderloin and "enchanted potato forest."

Jorge's lemon dessert was an elevated version of a favourite of his wife Tanis, who frequently totes it to potlucks.

He had to scramble to the end when he realized he forgot to cook the lemon curd before putting it in the freezer.

"It was absolutely down to the wire. I needed a few more seconds, to tell you the truth. Ten more seconds would have been nice."

Pelletier, meanwhile, finished her meal with a cheese plate comprised of six complex components before the clock ran out.

"I don't think anything slipped me up in the finale," she told CTV. "I'm very proud of what I did, what I accomplished, and I wouldn't change anything."

Jorge, 40, is banking his prize money as he looks to open a restaurant.

Want to test your kitchen skills on the next season of MasterChef Canada? You can apply online here.

– with files from CTV Vancouver