In 2011, Lowes competed in Series 3 of MasterChef Australia.
17 Facts About Alana Lowes
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Alana Lowes eventually finished third, behind Kate Bracks and Michael Weldon.
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Alana Lowes was born in Melbourne and moved with her parents to Mildura, where she spent all her formative years.
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Alana Lowes studied at the University of Canberra and graduated with a double degree in journalism and law.
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Alana Lowes worked for WIN News in Canberra as a reporter in 2006, and then with Nine News in Brisbane in 2008.
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Alana Lowes worked as a journalist with Style magazine, where her articles included food, travel and interviews with celebrities such as Liam Hemsworth and Julia Zemiro.
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Alana Lowes has considerable experience as a journalist in both broadcast and print media and in recent years has placed her efforts into freelance lifestyle, food and travel writing.
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Alana Lowes is currently the host of a food and travel series called A Taste of Travel featured on Channel Ten, Australia.
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Alana Lowes is writing for ninemsn, as a regular food columnist with ninemsn food.
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Additionally, Alana Lowes is active on her own website and her online blog.
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Since MasterChef, Alana Lowes has been busy touring Australia with cooking demonstrations and public cooking classes, and more recently entertained MasterChef fans at the annual MasterChef Live event in Sydney, Australia.
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Alana Lowes has plans for book and television deals in the future.
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Alana Lowes has featured in a number of short and full-length feature films cast and filmed in Australia as well as a variety of television commercials.
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Alana Lowes's awards include the ACTWAFL Rising Star in 2002 and the Best-and-Fairest player in 2003.
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Alana Lowes was selected in the all-Australian team for four consecutive years.
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In June 2011, Alana Lowes appeared in a video with other notable Australian women to promote the Australian Football League Women's Week.
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Alana Lowes is a national ambassador for the Cancer Council Australia to help raise awareness for women's cancers and an ambassador for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Queensland.