Melissa leong biography
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Biography
Few in Australia can boast the culinary credentials of Melissa Leong. An accomplished food and travel writer, food media consultant, radio broadcaster, television presenter, MC and cookbook editor, this first-generation Singaporean Australian isn&#;t afraid to eat anything at least once.
Living proof that not being sure what you want to be when you grow up can make for a life less boring, Melissa’s instinct is always to say yes to the unexpected. Her professional background has spanned advertising, food media consulting, PR, journalism, and cookbook publishing, working with big name culinary personalities. From travelling solo to far flung places in the world, to living on an abattoir in rural Tasmania just to better understand the trials and tribulations of primary food industry, Melissa has written her own rule book on how her experiences amount to better relating to others and the world around her.
It is this commitment to understanding what
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Melissa Leong
Food writer and MasterChef Australia judge (born )
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| Born | (age&#;42&#;43) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Spouse | Joe Jones &#; &#; (m.&#;; sep.&#;)&#; |
Melissa Leong (born )[2] is an Australian freelance food writer, food critic, television host, radio broadcaster, cookbook editor and marketer.[3] She is currently a judge on Network 10's Dessert Masters alongside Amaury Guichon and was previously a judge on MasterChef Australia from to , alongside Andy Allen and Jock Zonfrillo.
Early life
[edit]Leong was born in in Sydney.[4][5] Her parents emigrated to Australia from Singapore.[6]
Career
[edit]She co-hosted The Chefs' Line with chefs Dan Hong and Mark Olive for two seasons in , and [7]
In
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Melissa Leong
Melissa Leong
There isn&#;t much Melissa hasn&#;t had to do with when it comes to food in Australia. A TV Week Gold Logie-nominated television presenter and personality, freelance food + travel writer, food media consultant, radio broadcaster, MC and cookbook editor, this first generation Singaporean Australian isn&#;t afraid to consume anything at least once.
From getting lost in the back streets of Ho Chi Minh looking for the perfect banh mi at midnight, to living on an abattoir and a sheep dairy in rural Tasmania for two years in order to better understand agriculture first hand, there is nowhere and ingenting she won&#;t do in the name of a great food experience or an important life lesson.
Melissa&#;s work as a television host and judge can be seen on the multi Logie and AACTA award-winning show MasterChef Australia, as well as Junior MasterChef and Celebrity MasterChef on Network In she was proud to head up MasterChef’s sweet new spinoff, Dessert Masters