1. Matt Preston was born on 21 July 1961 and is an English-Australian food critic, writer, food journalist, television and radio presenter.
21 Facts About Matt Preston
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Matt Preston is the son of British naval historian and journalist Antony Matt Preston.
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Matt Preston was born in London, UK, to a Roman Catholic family and from the age of 11 was educated at Worth School, a Benedictine monastic boarding school in West Sussex.
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Matt Preston graduated from the University of Kent with a BA Hons in Politics and Government.
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Matt Preston subsequently wrote for a number of Australian trade publications owned by IPC's parent company, Reed Business Publishing including Encore, Supermarket News and Counterpoint.
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In 1996, Matt Preston started writing reviews for a new Melbourne magazine, Inside Melbourne, a role that he held until he moved on to write reviews for The Age in February 2000.
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Matt Preston worked as a regular food correspondent in a number of publications, including Taste, a supplement in the Herald Sun, The Courier-Mail and The Daily Telegraph newspapers and MasterChef Magazine, delicious.
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Matt Preston was a weekly contributor to Epicure between 2000 and 2009, writing a weekly review of a cafe or restaurant.
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Today Matt Preston is best known for his stint as a co-host and judge on MasterChef Australia.
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Matt Preston is a senior editor for Delicious and Taste magazines.
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In 2009, Matt Preston joined Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris on the judging panel of MasterChef Australia, a reality television competition to find Australia's best amateur chef.
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Matt Preston judged the first eleven series of MasterChef Australia, as well as the first season of Celebrity MasterChef Australia, the first series of Junior MasterChef Australia and MasterChef Australia All-Stars with Mehigan and Calombaris.
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Matt Preston was chosen as the secret reviewer in the first season of Channel Seven's My Restaurant Rules.
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Matt Preston has taken small acting roles on Offspring, Lowdown, The Bold And The Beautiful and Neighbours.
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In 2022, it was announced that Matt Preston would be joining the twelfth season of Seven Network's My Kitchen Rules as a judge and co-host alongside returning judge Manu Feildel.
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Matt Preston was one of two wildcard contestants, and was introduced in round three, however was eliminated the same round after only one performance.
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Matt Preston has been contributing to Australia's leading glossy food magazines, writing about restaurants, chefs and leading culinary destinations.
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Matt Preston began regularly contributing to the Epicure food section of The Age in February 2000.
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Matt Preston wrote a weekly review of a cafe or ethnic eatery in his 'Unexplored' column in Epicure and in 2009 he wrote a weekly column in The Age on Saturday's A2 section.
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Matt Preston contributes cover stories to Epicure, for which he has won a number of awards.
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Matt Preston has won a number of awards, both individually and as the leader of an organisation, including:.