Katherine Jane Bracks (née Pickett; born 1974) is an Australian reality television cook. She is the winner of the
third series of ''MasterChef Australia''.
Bracks, mother of three children, was previously a school teacher. She lives in
Orange, New South Wales
Orange is a city in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. It is west of the state capital, Sydney on a great circle at an altitude of . Orange had an urban population of 41,920 at the 2021 Australia Census, 2021 Cens ...
and attends Orange Evangelical Church. While on the show, Bracks refused to call the
Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama (, ; ) is the head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. The term is part of the full title "Holiness Knowing Everything Vajradhara Dalai Lama" (圣 识一切 瓦齐尔达喇 达赖 喇嘛) given by Altan Khan, the first Shu ...
"
Your Holiness", saying that "My belief is that God is the only one that is perfectly holy." Her stance attracted media attention in India.
Released a cook book in 2012: ''The Sweet Life: Desserts from Australia's MasterChef''.
After two years, when she had fulfilled her contractual obligations, Bracks returned to her work as a teacher.
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MasterChef Australia winners
1974 births
Living people
Australian television chefs
People from Orange, New South Wales
Reality cooking competition winners
Australian women chefs
Australian Christians