English-Australian food critic, food journalist and recipe writer
For the English soccer player, see Matt Preston (footballer).
Matt Preston
Preston in 2016
Born
(1961-07-21) 21 July 1961 (age 62)
London, UK
Occupation(s)
Food critic, writer, television presenter
Years active
1990−present
Employer
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Spouse
Emma Preston
(m. 1999)
Children
3
Website
MattPreston.com.au
Matt Preston (born 21 July 1961) is an English-Australian food critic, writer, food journalist, television and radio presenter. He is best known for his role as a judge on Network Ten's MasterChef Australia between 2009 and 2019, and Seven Network's My Kitchen Rules in 2022. He also has a weekly national food column that appears in NewsCorp's metro newspapers. Preston is also a senior editor for Delicious. and Taste magazines, and the author of at least four best-selling cookbooks.[1] Since 2022 Preston hosts Saturday Mornings on ABC Radio Melbourne.[2][3]
^Preston, Matt (10 April 2009). "Does Blumenthal smell of caramel?". The Age.
^"Matt Preston, Alice Zaslavsky and Lisa Leong new voices on ABC Melbourne". Radio Today. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
^"Alice in Frames, Matt Preston and Lisa Leong now presenting Weekends on ABC Radio Melbourne". ABC News. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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judges on Network 10's MasterChef Australia with George Calombaris and MattPreston. He left the show in 2019 after its 11th season. Mehigan also co-hosted...
returning as a judge. In April 2022, it was announced Nigella Lawson and MattPreston will be joining the series as judges alongside Feildel with Colin Fassnidge...
new judge alongside Jock Zonfrillo and Andy Allen, after former judges MattPreston, Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris left the series when Ten refused...
September 2009, and premiered on Network Ten on 30 September 2009. Judges MattPreston, George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan returned from MasterChef Australia...
returning as a judge. In April 2022, it was announced Nigella Lawson and MattPreston will be joining the series as judges alongside Feildel with fellow returning...
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May 2017 on Network Ten. Judges Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris and MattPreston from the previous series returned. This series was won by Diana Chan...
having sex with her numerous times. For this, MasterChef Australia judge MattPreston used an appearance on The Kyle and Jackie O Show to suggest that White...
May 2018 on Network Ten. Judges Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris and MattPreston returned from the previous series, with Shannon Bennett as the contestants'...
History and Culture. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 475. ISBN 9780340831496. MattPreston (17 June 2014). "Cooking ripper risotto". Taste.com. Retrieved 4 July...
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Judges George Calombaris, Gary Mehigan and MattPreston returned from the previous series and were joined by Matt Moran. The third series was won by Kate...
as judges, after the departure of Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris and MattPreston in the previous season. This series involves former high-achieving contestants...
eleventh series as a mentor, sharing the position with season eight runner-up Matt Sinclair and the first series' runner up, Poh Ling Yeow. In 2022, McKay returned...
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2019 that Feildel would join former MasterChef judges Gary Mehigan and MattPreston in 2020 on a new cooking competition show called Plate of Origin. In...
28 July 2011, with the season premiering in October 2011. Matt Moran replaced MattPreston as a judge and Callum Hann was a guest in the series. 11-year-old...
at 7.30pm on Network Ten. Judges George Calombaris, Gary Mehigan and MattPreston returned from the previous series. After the first week in Melbourne...
returned. This series was won by Elena Duggan in the grand finale against Matt Sinclair, on 26 July 2016. The first 19 contestants were announced on 1 May...
consequently was unable to film episodes. During the time in which he was injured, Matt Moran acted as a fill-in judge starting from Celebrity Chef Challenge 6 and...
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