About the Show:

Over the years, MasterChef Australia has created superstars of the kitchen with a special love for food that has the magical ability to transform and inspire.

It's no secret that the highly anticipated season of MasterChef Australia will serve up jaw-dropping dishes and a feast of flavours, but there will also be surprises aplenty as the race commences for the title of MasterChef Australia 2023.

There are only 18 coveted aprons on offer this year for the nation's most passionate amateur cooks, so there is a lot on the line.

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Mehigan trained at The Connaught and Le Souffle in London before moving to Melbourne in 1991. He has headed the kitchen in some of Melbourne's most prominent restaurants including Browns, Burnham Beeches Country House and Hotel Sofitel before opening the award-winning Fenix in 2000 and later selling it to the Leonda by the Yarra group in 2013. He formerly co-owned The Boathouse in the Melbourne suburb Moonee Ponds.

He was selected as one of the entrants to the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Australia.

Calombaris went to Mazenod College in Mulgrave and studied at Box Hill Institute of TAFE. He won the Bon Land scholarship in 1999 while an apprentice.

In 2009, Preston joined Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris on the judging panel of MasterChef Australia (Network 10), a reality television competition to find Australia's best amateur chef. MasterChef Australia series two, series three and series eleven would go on to win the TV Week Logie for Australia's Best Reality Series.

Preston would judge the first eleven series of MasterChef Australia (2009 - 2019), as well as the first season of Celebrity MasterChef Australia (2009), the first series of Junior MasterChef Australia (2010) and MasterChef Australia All-Stars (2012) with Mehigan and Calombaris. In 2013 Preston went it alone to host MasterChef Australia: The Professionals with Marco Pierre White. The show premiered on 20 January 2013 and subsequently won the prestigious AACTA for Best Reality Show in the 2014 awards.

Leong was born in 1982 in Sydney. Her parents emigrated to Australia from Singapore.

She co-hosted The Chefs' Line with chefs Dan Hong and Mark Olive for two seasons in 2017, and 2018. As of 2020, Leong is one of the new judges for MasterChef Australia, alongside Jock Zonfrillo and Andy Allen.

In November 2020, Leong was named Who's Sexiest Person of 2020 by Who magazine.

Allen won the fourth season of MasterChef Australia. After making it to the final, Allen beat fellow finalists Audra Morrice and Julia Taylor in a three-way contest. Facing only Taylor for the final two rounds, Allen won with a score of 76 to Taylor's 68.

Allen appeared in an episode of MasterChef Australia All-Stars in August 2012.

He returned in the eleventh season as a professional Secret Chef, and lost to Sandeep Pandit by a perfect score, 30, in an Immunity Pin Challenge. His score was kept secret, but was revealed on Facebook to be 24.

In October 2019, he was announced as one of three of the new MasterChef judges who will replace George Calombaris, Gary Mehigan and Matt Preston.

In 2014, Zonfrillo hosted the Discovery Channel show Nomad Chef which saw him travel to communities in 10 countries to learn how they gather ingredients and cook. In 2015, he hosted the cooking reality television series Restaurant Revolution. In 2016, Zonfrillo co-hosted Chef Exchange with chef Qu Jianmin from Adelaide's sister city Qingdao. Running for two seasons, the show focused on the two chefs exploring each other's food and wine cultures.

In October 2019, Zonfrillo was announced as one of the new judges for MasterChef Australia, alongside Melissa Leong and Andy Allen. He had previously appeared as a guest chef on the show across three seasons.

In July 2020, Zonfrillo was announced as one of the judges for Junior MasterChef Australia in 2020.

4 August 1976 - 30 April 2023

Dessert Masters, also known as MasterChef: Dessert Masters, is an Australian cooking reality show produced by Endemol Shine Australia which premiered on 12 November 2023 on Network 10. It is a spin-off of MasterChef Australia, itself an adaptation of the British MasterChef, and sees ten professional pastry chefs competing for a $100,000 prize. MasterChef Australia judge Melissa Leong and international pastry chef Amaury Guichon feature as judges.

Dessert Masters was announced at Network 10's upfronts in October 2022. A second series has also been commissioned for 2024, with Leong and Guichon returning.

She co-hosted The Chefs' Line with chefs Dan Hong and Mark Olive for two seasons in 2017, and 2018.

In October 2019, it was announced that Leong would be joining Network 10's cooking competition show MasterChef Australia, as a new judge alongside Jock Zonfrillo and Andy Allen, after former judges Matt Preston, Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris left the series when Ten refused to meet the trio's pay rise demands. Leong, Zonfrillo and Allen debuted on episode one of the show's twelfth season, which premiered on 13 April 2020. Later that year, Network 10 announced that a third season of MasterChef spin-off Junior MasterChef Australia, was set to air in October 2020, with Leong appearing as a judge alongside Allen and Zonfrillo.

In November 2020, Leong was named Who's Sexiest Person of 2020 by Who magazine.

In May 2021, it was announced that Leong would appear as a judge in another MasterChef spinoff, the second season of Celebrity MasterChef Australia alongside Allen and Zonfrillo.

In late 2022, Leong was announced as a judge on the all new MasterChef spinoff series, titled Dessert Masters. She judged and co-hosted the show alongside international pastry chef Amaury Guichon. Network 10 announced in their 2023 upfronts that the series was to be aired in the second half of 2023, after the fifteenth season of MasterChef Australia finishes.

In October 2023, it was announced that Leong would not be returning as a host of MasterChef Australia.

After completing his training, Guichon was hired to run the Lenôtre boutique and school in Cannes on the French Riviera. He later returned to Paris to work as an executive pastry chef at the Hugo & Victor patisserie and chocolate shop; he reached the level of executive chef by the age of 21.

In 2013, Guichon was a contestant on the France 2 reality cooking series Who will be the next great pastry chef? (French: Qui sera le prochain grand pâtissier?). He was third in the competition.

In 2014, French pastry chef Jean-Philippe Maury invited Guichon to work at the Las Vegas branch of his Patisserie, with shops in the Aria Resort and Casino and Bellagio. He worked as a private consultant and conducted masterclasses. In 2019, Guichon co-found the Pastry Academy with Belgian chef Michel Ernots in Las Vegas.

In 2016, Guichon began posting his desserts and chocolate creations on social media. He has over 9 million subscribers on YouTube, 11 million followers on Instagram and 19 million followers on TikTok.

Guichon's debut dessert cooking book The Art of Flavor was published on 13 December 2018.

Guichon hosted the 2021 eight-episode reality series School of Chocolate on Netflix, a competition where contestants construct chocolate sculptures. Guichon guides the contestants and judges the final result.

Guichon will be a judge on the Australian reality series Dessert Masters in 2023.

Each episode sees two professional chefs compete to recreate a brand-name snack or fast food item. The chefs present their replica snack to a panel of judges composed of workers involved with the manufacture of the snack, and the chef who is decided to have most faithfully recreated the snack wins the competition. During each episode, Jones visits the factory that manufactures each snack, comparing how accurately the chefs are recreating the item.

The first season of the show featured stand alone episodes following the original British format, while the second season shifted to a new knockout competition format.

Yeow works mainly with acrylic paint on canvas. Her early works featured heavily textured backgrounds whereas recent works present a smoother, more refined and highly detailed finish.

Elements of her Chinese heritage feature in her work, including the goldfish, a symbol of prosperity and good luck in Chinese culture, lotus flowers, ponds, and Australian flora and fauna. A recurring character in Yeow's recent work is one that she calls The Girl ("my autobiographical twin"), who she refers to in the third person, although the character's facial features are clearly similar to Yeow's. She says "I guess [The Girl] was developed as a cathartic act, in terms of embracing everything that I did hate about myself physically: the broad nose, the Asian eyes, the broad face".

A further theme behind her recent body of work was Yeow's split with her partner of 10 years, with titles including "Was That the Last Goodbye?" and "You Haven't Left and I Miss You Already". Her Mermaid series, with The Girl's clothes fashioned from goldfish scales and fins, is about losing your identity and taking on your partner's.

From her first solo exhibition in 2002, Yeow has been a regular exhibitor at the Hill Smith Gallery. She has also appeared regularly at Libby Edwards Gallery. Yeow's work has been featured or critically reviewed in publications such as Vogue Australia, House & Garden, The Advertiser and mX.

In 2003, Yeow donated an artwork to raise funds for breast cancer research at Flinders Medical Centre. In 2007, Yeow's artwork was used on the cover of the book The Chinese Exotic by Olivia Khoo.[26] She was also a judge for Youthscape 2008. In 2009, Yeow appeared in a glamour shoot for Who magazine.

In 2018, Yeow was the subject of a lengthy radio interview with Richard Fidler on Conversations.

Scott Pickett has built a dedicated following throughout his career, solidifying his position as one of Australia's most exciting and innovative chefs. At the top of his game, he balances a number of esteemed roles including that of television presenter, restaurateur and author, not to mention husband and father of three.

Growing up on a farm in Kangarilla, South Australia influenced Pickett's passion for good produce, and his years working in top international restaurants honed his skills to become the successful chef and restaurateur he is today.

As a young chef Pickett won gold and recognition as 'The One to Watch' by judge Bruno Cerdan at Salon Culinaire. He also successfully represented his country at the Bocuse D'or, achieving Australia's best ever result at the time and placing 14th globally.

Pickett's most significant kitchen experiences were with Philippe Mouchel at Paul Bocuse, and Langton's, three-hatted restaurant Ondine, working under Donovan Cooke and Junior Sous Chef to Philip Howard at London's highly esteemed, two Michelin Star restaurant, The Square.

In 2011 Pickett opened his first restaurant The Estelle and received immediate commendations, achieving One Chef's Hat in The Age Good Food Guide that year, as well as a nomination for 'Best New Restaurant'.

In 2014, Pickett launched his second venture, Saint Crispin at 300 Smith Street, Collingwood, this time in partnership with chef Joe Grbac. In its opening year it was awarded One Hat and 'Best New Restaurant', and Two Chef's Hats in 2015. Pickett was also nominated for Chef of the Year the same year.

In November 2014, he released his first cookbook, Scott Pickett: A Cook's Story, which is part autobiography and part cookbook, an inspiring insight into some of the most impressive, yet demanding kitchens in the world. In 2015 the first season of Channel 9 series, The Hotplate, aired with Pickett and global industry heavyweight Tom Parker Bowles as hosts.

While filming, Pickett also juggled the launch of two new restaurants; the cosy yet casual Estelle Bistro which attracts locals and destination diners alike; and the degustation style, ESP - Estelle by Scott Pickett, the realisation of a life-long dream, having designed the entire kitchen and space from scratch.

In 2016, growth has continued with the launch of Catering by SP and Mistress Estelle, participating in events such as the Australian Open Festival, Foxtel Footy Festival and Spring Racing Carnival. Pickett will also open Pickett's Deli & Rotisserie in September 2016 at the Queen Victoria Market, providing a fresh spin on the classic market deli at one of Melbourne's most eminent attractions.

Jones left Gogglebox Australia in December 2018. In January 2019, it was announced that Angie Kent and Jones would be appearing on the fifth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, which began airing on 13 January 2019. Jones was the series' runner-up, losing to Richard Reid. She is a regular panellist on Studio 10 and The Project.

In June 2019, it was announced that Jones would fill in for Fifi Box on Fox FM's breakfast show, Fifi, Fev & Byron, while Box was on maternity leave. On 3 October 2019, the Hit Network announced that Jones would be joined by Grant Denyer during December to host the Grant and Yvie Show, a Summer breakfast show that would air on all of their major metro markets, except 2Day FM.

In 2020 she appeared in two episodes of Network 10's Drunk History Australia.

In 2021 she started the podcast Two Girls One Pod for Nova Podcasts with her best friend Angie Kent. Later in 2021 she started appearing as a co-presenter on the cooking competition show Snackmasters on the Nine Network, appearing alongside Poh Ling Yeow and Scott Pickett.