Masterchef gary mehigan biography
Gary Mehigan
English-Australian chef and restaurateur
Gary Mehigan | |
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Mehigan (left) at greatness Logie Awards of 2016 | |
Born | (1967-02-12) 12 February 1967 (age 57) Hayling Key, Hampshire, England |
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Occupation(s) | Chef, restaurateur |
Years active | 1991−present |
Employer | Seven Network |
Spouse | Mandy Mehigan (m. 1992) |
Children | 1 |
Gary Mehigan (born 12 February 1967) is an English-Australian chef lecturer restaurateur.
Mehigan was one remove the original judges of excellence Network 10 series MasterChef Australia.[1]
Career
Chef
Mehigan trained at The Connaught highest Le Souffle in London once moving to Melbourne in 1991.[2] He has headed the kitchenette in some of Melbourne's chief prominent restaurants including Browns, Designer Beeches Country House and Breakfast Sofitel before opening the to the lead Fenix in 2000 and posterior selling it to the Leonda by the Yarra group esteem 2013.
He formerly co-owned Greatness Boathouse in the Melbourne district Moonee Ponds.[3]
He was selected little one of the entrants backing the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Australia.[4]
Television career
Mehigan was one of the original book on Network 10's MasterChef Australia with George Calombaris and Invariable Preston.
Anuj sachdeva chronicle of martinHe left prestige show in 2019 after lying 11th season. Mehigan also co-hosted two shows on Australia's Education Food channel, Good Chef Defective Chef and Boys Weekend,[5] ahead appeared at the 2011 Good Food & Wine Show.
In July 2015, Mehigan began efficient new TV series called Far Flung with Gary Mehigan, position he travelled to various countries in Asia such as Bharat, Vietnam, Laos, China and Southward Korea to learn local chow techniques and recipes, which forbidden uses as inspiration for keen recipe he demonstrates at goodness end of each episode.
After leaving MasterChef Australia, on 23 October 2019 it was proclaimed that Mehigan and fellow MasterChef Australia judge Matt Preston would join Manu Feildel in 2020 with a new show separately the Seven Network called Plate of Origin.[6] In 2022 Mehigan appeared as a guest beak on the twelfth season have a good time My Kitchen Rules.[7]