Emma Dean (born 16 October 1977) is an Australian cook and television presenter, who came to prominence as the winner of the fifth series of ''MasterChef Australia''.
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', The Daily Telegraph, 1 September 2013

Personal life

Dean spent her childhood on a small farm in

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. Her elder sister is a clothing designer Rachel Dean. Dean studied at

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and

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, completing a master's degree in environment and planning, and worked in town planning for over eight years in the

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.
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', MasterChef Australia contestant profile Dean also trained in

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at the

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in Canberra as part of a talent identification search. She is Metropolitan Champion in the 500m Time Trail and represented Australia at the 2004 Oceania Track Cycling Championships.

MasterChef

On 1 September 2013, Dean became the series 5 winner of

MasterChef Australia ''MasterChef Australia'' is an Australian competitive cooking reality show based on the original British ''MasterChef''. It is produced by Endemol Shine Australia and screens on Network 10. Restaurateur and chef Gary Mehigan, chef George Cal ...

. In the final round, Dean faced off against Lynton Tapp in a dessert pressure test, which saw them recreating Attica chef

Ben Shewry Ben Shewry (born 1977) is a New Zealand chef and owner of Attica restaurant in Melbourne. Early life Shewry is a Melbourne, Australia-based chef who grew up on the North Island of New Zealand in the North Taranaki town of Waitara. His food is ...

’s complicated ''Plight of the Bees''.Popsugar
Emma Dean Is the Winner of MasterChef 2013!, 1 September 2013 Dean's prize was $100,000, work experience in some of the country's best kitchens, and an

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car. As part of the MasterChef prize, Dean received a book publishing deal with

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. Her cookbook ''A Homegrown Table'' was released on 1 December 2013.

My Market Kitchen

Dean was the host of '' My Market Kitchen'', a national television show based at the

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. Her co-presenter was Lynton Tapp with whom she formed a strong friendship during their time together on ''

''. In 2019, they got replaced by season eight winner

Elena Duggan Elena Jo Duggan (born 1 June 1983) is an Australian cook. She is the winner of the 2016 series of ''MasterChef Australia''. Early life Duggan was born in Cooroy, Queensland and attended Noosa District State High School. She then attended the ...

and season ten finalist Khanh Ong.

References

External links

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