MasterChef Australia contestants with television series

MasterChef Australia is a television cooking competition that is typically broadcast for three months each year since 2009. There are generally 24 contestants each year.

A number of those contestants, who were untrained home cooks at the time of their appearance, have gone on to host their own television cooking series.[1][2][3][4]

Contestants Series Programs
Andy Allen Series 4 (2012) Andy and Ben Eat Australia,[5] Farm to Fork,[6] MasterChef Australia (series 12), Three Blue Ducks,[7] MasterChef Australia (series 13), Celebrity MasterChef Australia (series 2), MasterChef Australia (series 14), MasterChef Australia (series 15), MasterChef Australia series 16
Tim Bone Series 11 (2019) Good Chef Bad Chef[8]
Diana Chan Series 9 (2017) Asia Unplated with Diana Chan[9]
Emma Dean Series 5 (2013) My Market Kitchen[10]
Elena Duggan Series 8 (2016) My Market Kitchen[10]
Julie Goodwin Series 1 (2009) Home Cooked! With Julie Goodwin[11]
Marion Grasby Series 2 (2010) Marion's Thailand[12]
Adam Liaw Series 2 (2010) Destination Flavour,[13] Destination Flavour: Japan,[14] Destination Flavour: Down Under,[15] Destination Flavour: Scandinavia,[16] Destination Flavour: Singapore,[17] Hidden Japan with Adam Liaw,[18] Destination Flavour: China,[19] The Cook Up with Adam Liaw,[20] Adam & Poh's Malaysia in Australia,[21] Adam & Poh's Great Australian Bites,[22] Good Food Kitchen[23]
Ben Milbourne Series 4 (2012) Ben's Menu, Andy and Ben Eat Australia,[5] Food Lab[24]
Audra Morrice Series 4 (2012) Tasty Conversations,[25] MasterChef Asia, MasterChef Singapore
Khanh Ong Series 10 (2018) My Market Kitchen,[10] Khanh Ong's Wild Food[26]
Hayden Quinn Series 3 (2011) The Dinner Project,[27] Surfing The Menu: The Next Generation,[28] Hayden Quinn's South Africa,[29] Taste of Australia with Hayden Quinn[30]
Courtney Roulston Series 2 (2010) The Cook's Pantry,[31] Farm to Fork[6]
Justine Schofield Series 1 (2009) Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield, Tropical Gourmet Queensland,[32] Tropical Gourmet: New Caledonia[33] and Justine's Flavours of Fuji.[34]
Laura Sharrad Series 6 (2014) My Market Kitchen[10]
Matt Sinclair Series 8 (2016) The Cook's Pantry,[31] My Market Kitchen[10]
Lynton Tapp Series 5 (2013) My Market Kitchen[10]
Sarah Todd Series 6 (2014) My Restaurant in India,[35] My Second Restaurant in India, [36] Serve it like Sarah,[37] Awesome Assam with Sarah Todd,[38] Grilled[39]
Simon Toohey Series 11 (2019) Freshly Pickled with Simon Toohey[40]
Dani Venn Series 3 (2011) Weekend Feast[41]
Michael Weldon Series 3 (2011) The Cook's Pantry,[31] Farm to Fork[6]
Poh Ling Yeow Series 1 (2009) Poh's Kitchen,[42] Poh's Kitchen on the Road,[43] Poh & Co.,[44] Snackmasters,[45] Adam & Poh's Malaysia in Australia,[21] Adam & Poh's Great Australian Bites,[46] MasterChef Australia series 16
Alice Zaslavsky Series 4 (2012) A Bite to Eat with Alice[47]

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