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*MasterChef* Matt a top model?

Most people on MasterChef use their 15 minutes of fame to carve out a career in cooking, but Matt Caldicott is taking a very different approach after his stint on the reality series.

While the aspiring chef is working as a kitchen hand at Neil Perry’s chic Chinese restaurant Spice Temple in Sydney, he says he is keen to launch a new career – modelling.

“I am big into fashion and love throwing a ‘blue steel’ [Zoolander pose] every now and again, so I just thought I would see if there is any interest from agencies,” he reveals.

It may be a lofty ambition, but 21-year-old Matt is characteristically down-to-earth when he explains how he stumbled across the idea of strutting his stuff as a model.

Read more in this week’s Woman’s Day on sale August 16, 2010.

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