Hayden Quinn talks about what keeps him fired up, and the kind of girl most likely to win his heart. He’s easygoing lifeguard who’s very easy on the eye, but when MasterChef’s Hayden Quinn sat down for an exclusive interview with Woman’s Day, this cool customer wanted to set the record straight on a few […]

Mat Beyer explains how a painful family secret was the real reason for keeping his mobile phone in the MasterChef  house, resulting in his early exit. As contestant Mat Beyer left the MasterChef  house in disgrace, he had no regrets about the smartphone scandal that engulfed him and made him “infamous” – because Mat knew […]

The popular contestant tells how he keeps the sizzle in his 30-year relationship with ‘soul mate’ Sally. Kumar Pereira and his wife Sally seem like the most unlikely of matches. For one thing, the MasterChef Australia contestant was born in Sri Lanka and Sally is from Essex in England, so their backgrounds could hardly be […]

There is nothing MasterChef judge George Calombaris loves more than cooking for his family and soon he will have one more mouth to feed, after he announced his partner is pregnant. In October last year George told Woman’s Day he “definitely wanted children” after working on Junior MasterChef. Now the 31-year-old chef and his partner […]

Following their Junior MasterChef performance, 12-year-old “food nerds” Isabella and Sofia have plans for their own food empire. We chart their rising stars. Here’s a sentence you don’t hear many 12-year-olds uttering: “I really liked making Adriano Zumbo’s Pear Perfection; it was so much fun”. And here’s another couple it’s safe to bet you won’t […]

Anna Gare is having her star turn on Junior MasterChef, but she long ago found the recipe for success as a rock star, mother, and wife to a basketball legend, writes Michael Sheather. SOMETIMES, IT’S HARD to see the basil for the lemongrass. For Anna Gare, the guest judge introduced to millions of Australians on […]

The new Junior MasterChef judge dishes up some morsels about herself When I was little I wanted to be a member of ABBA. My favourite cooking ingredient is lemon. I love listening to Ry Cooder when I’m cooking. I can’t cook brains – they gross me out! At school my favourite subjects were cooking and […]

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 […]

As the MasterChef cook-off closes it kitchen for another series, LUCY CHESTERTON discovers that the challenges are far from over for Callum and Adam. Like ill-fated macaron towers under the scrutiny of the MasterChef judges, Callum Hann and Adam Liaw have finally collapsed after a boil-over finale at the weekend. For fresh-faced Callum, his confidence […]

Things are heating up in and out of the kitchen. Is Claire engaged? Are the chefs feeling the pressure? Plus Marion’s mega deal. Jonica Bray gets all the goss. Making a rare public appearance outside the MasterChef kitchen, contestant Claire Winton Burn showed off more than just a first look at her lawyer beau Trevor […]