I was chatting to another volunteer at the Oz Harvest kitchen and she said that a staff member ,she does their NEST programme,was a former contestant.
I looked back over previous seasons and there was a Chloe Carroll (from QLD)who finished 5th in Season 10 ,she was a nutritionist when she competed,I’m guessing this was her.
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I wouldn’t mind Matt Moran to be on the show next year
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2026 Upfronts
In 2026 we can’t wait to see the fresh faces joining judges Andy Allen, Poh Ling Yeow, Sofia Levin, and Jean-Christophe Novelli.
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The 2026 season should start filming very soon.
The release was pushed back to November 11. It is available at all bookshops now.
In the Dicey Topics column inside Good Weekend magazine (free with The Age and SMH today), Benjamin Law chats with 2024 winner Nat Thaipun, whose first cookbook Thai: Anywhere and Everywhere, was published by Hardie Grant on October 28.
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You won $250,000 from MasterChef. What did you do with it?
I bought July suitcases because I didn’t own a suitcase. Then I gave each member of my family $5000. Then I funded my own series on YouTube and I’m now living in my own apartment.
After you won MasterChef, you wrote about how your victory was a collective triumph. Why did you want to highlight the collective?
The only reason I got on MasterChef was because of a collective of people who supported me. These people helped me fill in my MasterChef application. Then, when I got accepted, I was like, “I’m not going.” They were like, “Nah, you have to go.” This community, which includes my parents, believed in me more than I did.Where’s the line between ensuring cultural authenticity and allowing a cuisine to evolve?
When you work in certain kitchens, everything’s French, French, French. I say, “If this is what’s always been done, then what do you expect the future to look like? What if this [ingredient] isn’t available any more?” There needs to be room for improvement and adaptation. On MasterChef, a lot of people would be like, “That’s not even proper Thai food: that’s Chinese.” But I grew up with a lot of Chinese-Thai food: we have a huge population of Chinese people in Bangkok. So when people are like, “Oh, this is more of a Chinese dish”? No shit! My mum’s side is all Chinese-Thai. I get annoyed because people think that I’m not “proper Thai”. Even if my mannerisms and dress aren’t stereotypical, I still have the right to make my own food.
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MasterChef stars Sarah Todd and Declan Cleary welcome twin baby girls
MasterChef Australia stars Sarah Todd and Declan Cleary have welcomed twin daughters in a Christmas Eve announcement that sent social media into overdrive.
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Good to see some good news for Christmas. 
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Laura Sharrad was named SkyCity Hospital Hero for a second time, at last week’s The Advertiser Woman of the Year Awards. She first won the award in 2022.
Wow, JCL has a new hairdo. From the black hairstyle to now a grey hairstyle
oh, Nathan.
Crickey. This is a first. Jimmy Barnes and Robert Iwrin in the Masterchef Australia Kitchen.
I wonder if Robert Irwin’s appearance was before or after the filming of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in December last year?
When does MCAU filmed?
Usually from around November-April. So Robert would have had to have been after I’m a Celeb filming, as he came to Africa straight from Dancing with the Stars.