Brent Owens (born 23 August 1989) is an Australian cook. He is the winner of the sixth series of ''MasterChef Australia''. He gave $50,000 of his $250,000 prize money to fellow contestant Emelia Jackson. He wrote a cook book, ''Dig In!'', for people who come home tired at the end of the day to make a stellar dish with minimal effort. He lives in Melton, Melbourne. From age 18, Owens worked as a

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driver for Ancrum's father's excavation business. Owens bought a house at age 19. He played

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for the

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in the

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. After working as a cook, Owens left Australia to pursue a career in biotechnology. He is studying life science at

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and is the co-founder of Vitrafy, a biotech company.

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