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
Series 12
Series may refer to:
People with the name
* Caroline Series (born 1951), English mathematician, daughter of George Series
* George Series (1920–1995), English physicist
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
* Series, the ordered sets used i ...
. 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