As he hits our screens as the hottest MasterChef sensation, the new judge takes us home to his beloved farm to meet the family.
Matt Moran might be the newest judge on MasterChef, but away from the TV studio he is still a country boy – happiest at home tending to the family farm with his father, and passing a bucketload of Moran family wisdom down to his own son.
Matt started out as a celebrity chef on the original MasterChef, but since then his skyrocketing popularity has made him a fan favourite and ultimately led producers to add him to the new series as a permanent judge, alongside Matt Preston, George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan.
“I thought I would be the Mr Nice Guy judge,” the unassuming foodie laughs, ahead of the third instalment of the program. “But I’ve found I can be pretty harsh! We have high standards because the skill level has gone up this season and the contestants are much more serious about the show. They’re better cooks than last season and the season before.”
Matt says his down-to-earth nature, honesty and high standards are a direct result of the lessons he learned from his dad growing up on family farms – the latest of which is Green Hills where Woman’s Day visits Matt ahead of him hitting our TV screens.
“Country boys tend to be good workers,” Matt laughs when we catch him in the garden picking beans for us to taste. “There’s been farming in my family for five generations so to me this farm is something special.”
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