Amiriiggghhht!? ?? #Masterchef #Pocahontas #mattpreston pic.twitter.com/oXEHtJSUd5
— BËA ROGUE (@BeaRogue) May 25, 2016
@MattsCravat is that you? #MasterChefAU #MasterChef pic.twitter.com/PjwDkiliYX
— Sophie (@segstewart) May 25, 2016
…others noted the resemblance to a certain employee of Ronald’s House of Flavour…
Holy shit Matt Preston is dressed like a couture Grimace #masterchefau
— Kiera (@UnderYourPorch) May 25, 2016
matt preston looks like grimace in that purple suit #masterchefau pic.twitter.com/Q5assUk6Fo
— reese (@reesessippi) May 25, 2016
…some people (even a current MasterChef contestant) thought he might be better suited to classic children’s television…
@MattsCravat spotted @masterchefau fete! pic.twitter.com/OCkEnguvjZ
— Brett Carter (@Cartscancook) May 25, 2016
Who wore it best: Matt Preston or Barney? Slaying the top-to-toe purple. #MasterChefAU
— Karina Recchi (@KarinaRecchi) May 25, 2016
…whilst others simply went for a wide array of on-point gags.
Matt Preston is dressed by Studio Ghibli this evening. #MasterChef
— James Raynes (@jimmyraynes) May 25, 2016
Sorry but why is Matt Preston dressed like a pimp on tonight’s episode ?! ?????? #masterchefau
— aimee trusler (@akaimeee) May 25, 2016
Matt Preston is doing a disastrous impression of an Old West prospector
— Sara A (@sarqthemighty) May 25, 2016
Why is Matt Preston dressed like Carmen Sandiego? #MasterChef
— Sean Peter-Budge (@SeanPeterBudge) May 25, 2016
@MattsCravat looking for a new gig tonight? #masterchefau pic.twitter.com/jhmJDviTDR
— Lisa Romano (@LisaMRomano) May 25, 2016
Waiting for Matt Preston to steal a very overpriced cupcake from a small child. #movievillain #MasterChefAU
— Princess Awesome (@totalfrog) May 25, 2016
Looks like Matt Preston has raided Darryn Lyons wardrobe. #samelove pic.twitter.com/zIvnIge0mk
— Airbourneunicorn (@LeashiHarris) May 25, 2016
@masterchefau ‘s Tribute to Prince tonight @MattsCravat #PurpleRain #MasterChefAU
— Robyn Vaux (@RV_27) May 25, 2016
@MattsCravat got the hint #MasterChefAU #MeanGirls pic.twitter.com/oWkOTQhWGk
— Mia (@missmiamck) May 25, 2016
Joke of the night, however, went to our good m8 Osher Günsberg in a canter, purely for the vivid amount of detail that went into this glorious mental picture:
I love what you’re wearing tonight @MattsCravat. You look like an informant waiting for Indiana Jones in a North African cafe #MasterChefAU
— Osher Günsberg (@oshergunsberg) May 25, 2016
Not to be outdone by anyone commenting from the sidelines, however, Matt Preston himself got ahead of the curb with his own trademark brand of self-deprecating humour.
I wanted to keep my look just on the right side of Huggy Bear… https://t.co/vWOYZwwXSg
— Matt Preston (@MattsCravat) May 25, 2016
And yet even despite all of this, all I can think of is “where?“