The eleventh series of the Australian cooking game show '' MasterChef Australia'' premiered on 29 April 2019 on

Network 10 Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five ...

. It was the final season where

Gary Mehigan Gary Mehigan (born 12 February 1967) is an English-Australian chef and restaurateur. Mehigan was one of the original judges of the Network 10 series '' MasterChef Australia''. Career Chef Mehigan trained at The Connaught and Le Souffle in ...

George Calombaris George Dimitrios Calombaris (born 4 October 1978) is an Australian chef and restaurateur. Calombaris was one of the judges of the Network 10 series '' MasterChef Australia'' from 2009 to 2019. Prior to his role on ''MasterChef Australia'', Calo ...

and

Matt Preston Matt Preston (born 21 July 1961) is an English-Australian food critic, writer and television presenter. He is best known for his role as a judge on Network Ten's ''MasterChef Australia'' between 2009 and 2019, and for his weekly national food ...

served as judges. This series was won by

Larissa Takchi Larissa Takchi (born 1997) is an Australian cook who won the MasterChef Australia (series 11), eleventh series of ''MasterChef Australia'' in 2019. At 22 years old, to date she was the youngest contestant to win the competition. Biography Lar ...

in the grand finale against Tessa Boersma and Simon Toohey, broadcast on 23 July 2019.

Changes

Former contestants

Poh Ling Yeow Poh Ling Yeow (; born 1973) is a Malaysian-born Australian cook, artist, actress, author and television presenter. Early life and history Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, into a fifth-generation Malaysian Chinese family, and her mother is of ...

Billie McKay Billie McKay (born 11 July 1991) is an Australian cook, known for winning the seventh and fourteenth series of MasterChef Australia. Early life McKay was raised on a dairy farm in Bowraville, New South Wales and attended Macksville High Sch ...

and Matt Sinclair replaced

Shannon Bennett Shannon Bennett (born 23 November 1975) is an Australian chef and author. He is best known as the head chef of restaurant Vue de Monde at Melbourne's Rialto Tower. Bennett currently serves as the creative director at the restaurant and its pare ...

as the contestants' mentors. The finale featured three finalists instead of two.

Contestants

Top 24

The Top 24 were announced on 29–30 April 2019. Future appearances * Tessa Boersma and Simon Toohey appeared on

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. Simon was eliminated on 7 June 2020, finishing 11th and Tessa was eliminated on 28 June 2020, finishing 7th.

Guest chefs

Elimination chart

Episodes and ratings

; Colour key: : – Highest rating during the series : – Lowest rating during the series

References

External links

Official Website
{{MasterChef Australia MasterChef Australia 2019 Australian television seasons