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MasterChef Australia Series 16
The sixteenth series of the Australian television cooking show ''MasterChef Australia'' was announced in October 2023 and premiered on 22 April 2024 on Network Ten. Series 4 winner Andy Allen returned as judge from the previous series having held the role since series 12, whilst Melissa Leong left the show to judge the second series of ''Dessert Masters'' and Jock Zonfrillo died prior to the broadcast of the previous series. Food writer Sofia Levin, French chef Jean-Christophe Novelli and series 1 runner-up Poh Ling Yeow Poh Ling Yeow (; born 17 December 1973) is a Malaysian-born Australian cook, artist, actress, author and television presenter. She has hosted multiple cooking shows including ABC's ''Poh's Kitchen'' and SBS's ''Poh & Co''. She has also publi ... took over as judges, replacing Leong and Zonfrillo. The series was won by Nat Thaipun in the grand finale against Josh Perry, broadcast on 16 July 2024. Changes Unlike previous series, the number of judges w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Allen (cook)
Andrew Peter Allen (born 30 April 1988) is an Australian cook, food critic and television presenter. He is notable for winning the MasterChef Australia (season 4), fourth season of ''MasterChef Australia'' in 2012, and for being a judge on ''MasterChef Australia'' from MasterChef Australia (series 12), 2020. Early life Allen was originally an electrician by occupation. He was also a basketball player with the Maitland Mustangs. and also volunteered to work on extensions to his local basketball stadium. Allen's father, Peter, was a teacher at Bolwarra Public School, and was also the primary cricket convenor for the NSW Primary Schools Sports Association. Career Andy pursued a career in the hospitality industry. He now co-owns a restaurant, Three Blue Ducks, that has five locations around Australia, in Rosebery, New South Wales, Rosebery, Byron Bay, Nimbo and Bellingen, New South Wales, Bellingen in New South Wales, as well as Melbourne in Victoria. In 2018 his restaurant was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedestrian (company)
Pedestrian, formerly PEDESTRIAN.TV, is a youth digital news and entertainment website based in Sydney, Australia, founded in 2005. It is a subsidiary of Nine Entertainment Pedestrian Group owns Pedestrian (the website) as well the Australian brands Pedestrian JOBS and Openair Cinemas. History Launched in 2005 by co-founders Chris Wirasinha and Oscar Martin, Pedestrian.TV was initially distributed as a DVD magazine, stylised as a "Plastizine", with the advertorial backing of BMW Mini. In 2007, the company shifted online, launching the Pedestrian.TV site. In 2010, the company launched sub-site Pedestrian JOBS; a creative industries-focused employment classifieds board. Nine Entertainment subsequently acquired a 60% stake in Pedestrian.TV in 2015 for a reported $10 million. Nine bought out Wirasinha and Martin's remaining 40% ownership share in 2018 for an additional $39 million, putting the company's total valuation just shy of $100 million. In 2017 Pedestrian.TV broke t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crème Pâtissière
Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on sweetened milk, cheese, or cream cooked with egg or egg yolk to thicken it, and sometimes also flour, corn starch, or gelatin. Depending on the recipe, custard may vary in consistency from a thin pouring sauce () to the thick pastry cream () used to fill éclairs. The most common custards are used in custard desserts or dessert sauces and typically include sugar and vanilla; however, savory custards are also found, e.g., in quiche. Preparation Custard is usually cooked in a double boiler (''bain-marie''), or heated very gently in a saucepan on a stove, though custard can also be steamed, baked in the oven with or without a water bath, or even cooked in a pressure cooker. Custard preparation is a delicate operation because a ''temperature'' increase of leads to overcooking and curdling. Generally, a fully cooked custard should not exceed ; it begins setting at . A bain marie water bath slows heat transfer and makes it easi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krofne
Krofne ( Albanian and ; Bosnian and sr-Latn, krofne, sr-cyr, крофне; ; ; ) are airy filled doughnuts. They are round and usually filled with jelly, marmalade, jam or chocolate as well as butter, Nutella and cinnamon. They can also be filled with custard, or cream, but that is usually less common. The name comes from German '' Krapfen'', and it is a variation of the Central European pastry known as the Berliner. They are also similar to beignets. The recipe for homemade krofne includes yeast, milk, sugar, flour, salt, butter, eggs, rum, lemon peel, marmalade and powdered sugar. The dough is kneaded and prepared and then cut into small pieces, then made into a little ball, making it easier to cook. In Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia, the consumption of krafne, or krofi, increases significantly during the yearly winter festival of Carnival. In Croatia, they are served on New Year's Day as a good-luck token as well as for prosperity, as well as for other holidays such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seeni Sambol
Seeni sambol (, ), also known as Sini sambol or Sawi sambol, is a traditional Sri Lankan condiment. It is a caramelised onion chutney or relish, with flavours which are spicy, sweet and aromatic. It is served as an accompaniment to rice, curries, idiyappam (string hoppers) and appam (plain hoppers). It is an integral component of lamprais and seeni banis (a brioche bun with seeni sambol filling). In Sinhala and Tamil, ''seeni'' means sweet or sugar and ''sambol'' means sauce. The main ingredients are onion, sugar, tamarind juice, red chillies and salt, which can also be combined with Maldives fish, curry leaves, lemongrass, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves. See also * Cuisine of Sri Lanka * Sambal Sambal is an Indonesian chili sauce or paste, typically made from a mixture of chillis with secondary ingredients such as shrimp paste (terasi), garlic, ginger, shallot, scallion, palm sugar, and lime juice. ''Sambal'' is an Indonesia ... * Pol sambol * Lunumiris R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Smyth
Clare Smyth (born 06 September 1978) is a Northern Irish chef. She is the Chef Patron of three Michelin starred Core by Clare Smyth which opened in 2017. Previously she was Chef Patron at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay from 2012 to 2016, won the Chef of the Year award in 2013, and achieved a perfect score in the 2015 edition of the Good Food Guide. Smyth has also appeared on television shows such as ''Masterchef'' and '' Saturday Kitchen''. In 2017, Smyth opened her first restaurant, Core, in London. It was awarded three Michelin stars in the 2021 Michelin Guide, which made her the first Northern Irish woman to have a restaurant awarded three Michelin stars. Her second restaurant, Oncore, opened in Sydney in 2021. With Oncore gaining Three Hats honour in 2022, Smyth became the first ever female chef and second overall to gain three Michelin Stars and become a Three-Hatted Chef. The news was also mentioned when she was a guest judge in Season 15 of MasterChef Australia. Early lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Brahimi
Guillaume Brahimi (born 11 August 1967 in Paris, France) is a French-born chef based in Sydney, Australia. He is currently head chef of Bistro Guillaume Sydney. Career French-born Guillaume Brahimi is one of Australia's most popular and acclaimed chefs. He trained under Michelin-starred chef Joël Robuchon in Paris before moving to Sydney in the 1990s. In 2001, Brahimi secured the contract to run the Bennelong restaurant at the Sydney Opera House. The restaurant underwent extensive refurbishment and opened later that year, renamed Guillaume at Bennelong, awarded by ''Condé Nast Traveler'' and ''Gourmet Traveller''. The restaurant was also awarded Two Hats in the 2004 and 2005 editions of ''The Sydney Morning Herald''s ''Good Food Guide'', and eventually Three Hats in 2006 and 2007. The restaurant fell back to Two Hat status in 2008 before regaining Three Hats during 2013, awarded in the 2014 Guide. The restaurant closed at the end of 2013 having lost the contract to run the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagi Maehashi
Nagi Maehashi (b. 1979) is an Australian author, cook and business owner. She created the website RecipeTin Eats and the not-for-profit organization RecipeTin Meals, and is the author of the bestselling cookbook ''RecipeTin Eats Dinner''. Biography Maehashi was born in Japan and grew up in Sydney, Australia. She attended North Sydney Girls High School and completed a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Technology Sydney. She worked in corporate finance, including in roles at PwC and Brookfield Multiplex, before launching her cooking blog in May 2014. Maehashi's first book, ''RecipeTin Eats Dinner'', was published in 2022 by Pan Macmillan Australia. As of January 2024 it had sold over 250,000 copies in Australia. It was the bestselling book in Australia in 2023 and was the highest-selling title by a debut Australian author in its first week of release. It won the Australian Book Industry’s Book of the Year Award in 2023. As of 2023, the RecipeTin Eats website was rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriano Zumbo
Adriano Zumbo (born 6 November 1981) is an Australian pâtissier and television presenter. He opened his first patisserie in 2007 before rising to prominence as a frequent guest on ''MasterChef Australia.'' Zumbo is the titular host of the Australian baking competition program '' Zumbo's Just Desserts'' and a judge on the Netflix web series '' Sugar Rush''. As a popular figure he has garnered many nicknames in the media, including "Sweet Assassin", "Patissier of Pain", "the Dark Lord of the Pastry Kitchen" and "Lord Voldecake". He has also been called "Australia's answer to Willy Wonka". Early life and education Adriano Zumbo was born to Italian parents Frank and Nancy Zumbo from Calabria in 1981 and was raised in Coonamble, New South Wales, northwest of Dubbo. Zumbo's parents owned the local IGA supermarket, where he developed a sweet tooth and a keen business sense. His early years were spent in Italy where he learned to appreciate various types of coffee, reflected in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis Stone
Curtis Travis Stone (born 4 November 1975) is an Australian celebrity chef, author, and television personality. Stone has been the fresh food and recipes ambassador for Coles Supermarkets in Australia since 2010. Early life Stone was born in Melbourne in Australia. He grew up in the suburb of East Keilor. Stone began cooking with his paternal grandmother, Maude, at the age of four. His father, Bryan Stone, is an accountant, and his mother, Lorraine, is a florist; they separated when Stone was two years old. Stone attended Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School where he took home economics class and then went on to a commercial cookery apprenticeship at a vocational school. Career Stone studied for a Bachelor of Business at Victoria University before dropping out and deciding to pursue a career as a chef. He worked in Australian restaurants before leaving to work in London, where he debuted his cooking career at age 18 at the Savoy Hotel. Upon completing his qualifications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Stein
Christopher Richard Stein, (born 4 January 1947) is an English celebrity chef, restaurateur, writer and television presenter. Along with business partner (and first wife) Jill Stein, he runs the Stein hotel and restaurant business in the UK. The business has a number of renowned restaurants, shops and hotels in Padstow along with other restaurants in Marlborough, Winchester and Barnes. He is also the head chef and a co-owner of the "Rick Stein at Bannisters" restaurants in Mollymook and Port Stephens in Australia, with his second wife, Sarah. He writes cookery books and has presented numerous cookery series for the BBC. Early years Of German descent, Christopher Richard Stein was born on 4 January 1947 in Churchill, Oxfordshire, to Eric Stein (1908-1965) and Dorothy Gertrude née Jackson (1909-1999). He was born and brought up on a farm. Stein was educated at Wells Court, a preparatory school just outside Tewkesbury, then Wells House, the Court's bigger sister-school at Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Purchese
Darren Purchese (born 3 February 1975) is an Australian chef, author and television personality. He is the creator of the popular cake and dessert business Burch & Purchese Sweet Studio in Melbourne, Australia. Purchese is a regular guest chef on Network 10's ''MasterChef Australia''. He was a judge on the 2023 season of '' The Great Australian Bake Off''. Career Pastry chef In 1997, Purchese joined the pastry department at the Savoy Hotel and worked under pastry chef William Curley in the main pastry department, the bakery and in the River Restaurant. He worked his way to the position of senior pastry chef before moving to the Goring Hotel in 2000 as head pastry chef. In 2002, he moved to Raffles Brown's Hotel in Mayfair as pastry chef of '1837' restaurant where he stayed until 2003. He then moved to the Bentley Hotel in Knightsbridge as executive pastry chef. It was during his time at the Bentley Hotel that he received an Acorn Award from the magazine '' Caterer and Hotelke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
