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We've been missing Melissa Leong’s incredible charisma, talent, and fashion, that we got to welcome into our living room on MasterChef: Back to Win.
But from Sunday, October 11, she'll be back on our screens with Jock Zonfrillo and Andy Allen hosting Junior MasterChef and might we say, we are very excited.
As her fan base grows with every appearance on the revamped Channel 10 cooking show, the food and travel writer has started to open up about her personal life.
From her husband Joe to her struggles with mental illness and an autoimmune condition, here's everything we know about the popular judge.
WATCH: Melissa Leong on MasterChef helping to calm down contestant Dani.
Born in Sydney to parents who immigrated from Singapore in the 70s, Leong, 38, first studied accounting and economics and worked in digital advertising before eventually turning her love for food into her full-time job.
In an interview with Design Files last year, she said working in advertising “left her unfulfilled and fantasising about pushing her boss out the window”.
A lifelong passion for food saw her make the switch, and now she’s worked in practically every facet of the Australian media food space.
In TV, she’s worked on Everyday Gourmet, The Cook’s Pantry and the Chef’s Line, but Leong is also a cookbook editor, food media consultant, travel writer and radio host. Her Instagram, which operates under the name “Fooderati”, is filled with delectable food photos from her career, travels and own kitchen.
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