She’s been the highest-profile member of Network Ten’s highest-profile show since 2020, but now she’s just got Dessert Masters on her plate.
, will be without its highest-profile star when it returns next year – Melissa Leong is no longer part of the line-up.just as the show, for which filming had already been completed, was about to go to air, that means only one of the three hosts who starred onMelissa Leong has been axed from MasterChef Australia.
The other hosts will be Poh Ling Yeow, runner-up of the show’s first season in 2010, Michelin-starred chef Jean-Christophe Novelli – who runs a string of restaurants in the UK, has run cooking masterclasses since 2005 and has been a regular on British TV screens for almost two decades – and high-profile local food writer Sofia Levin.
Leong, who was nominated for the Gold Logie in 2022, remains a major asset for Ten, and will stay with the network as co-host ofMasterChefA spokesperson for the network said the decision to shuffle the hosting line-up was due to filming schedules and publicity demands outside of filming.will air back to back, therefore each show needs its own distinct style and personality and its own unique hosting team.