Gary Mehigan Biography
Gary Mehigan is a chef and restaurateur from England. Mehigan was a founding judge on the Network 10 show MasterChef Australia.
How old is Gary Mehigan? – Age
He is 56 years old as of 12 February 2023. He was born in 1967 in Hayling Island, United Kingdom.
Gary Mehigan Family – Education
He is the son of Michael Mehigan and Janet Mehigan. He has one sibling; his sister Michaela Mehigan. Before relocating to Melbourne in 1991, Mehigan studied at The Connaught and Le Souffle in London.
Gary Mehigan Wife – Daughter
He is married to Mandy Mehigan. The couple married in 1992 and has a daughter Jenna. Speaking about their relationship, he said that his wife, Mandy, isn’t a big spice fan, but he together with his daughter loves spice, so they have to find a balance while preparing their meal.
Gary Mehigan Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Gary Mehigan MasterChef Australia
Mehigan, along with George Calombaris and Matt Preston, was one of the first judges on Network 10’s MasterChef Australia. He departed the show after the 11th season in 2019. MasterChef Australia is a competitive cooking reality show based in Australia on the original British MasterChef. Endemol Shine Australia produces it, and it airs on Network 10.
Celebrity MasterChef Australia featured celebrity contestants, Junior MasterChef Australia featured younger contestants, MasterChef Australia All-Stars featured returning contestants from the first three series, MasterChef Australia: The Professionals featured professional chefs as contestants, and the upcoming Dessert Masters will feature professional pastry chefs.
Gary Mehigan My Kitchen Rules
Mehigan participated as a guest judge on My Kitchen Rules’ twelfth season in 2022. My Kitchen Rules is an Australian competitive cooking game program that has aired since 2010 on the Seven Network. Chef Manu Feildel, who has appeared in every season of the show, presently hosts and judges the show. Pete Evans, a fellow chef, co-hosted until his departure after season 11 due to criticism over his personal opinions and social media posts. Other celebrity chefs and food reviewers frequently appear in the kitchen as guest judges or mentors. The series was conceived by the same team that created the Seven reality show My Restaurant Rules, and it was modeled on the popularity of Network 10’s MasterChef Australia.
Gary Mehigan Career
He has headed the kitchen in a portion of Melbourne’s most noticeable eateries including Earthy Colors, Burnham Beeches Ranch style home, and Lodging Sofitel prior to opening the honor-winning Fenix in 2000 and later offering it to the Leonda by the Yarra bunch in 2013. He previously co-possessed The Boat storage in the Melbourne suburb Moonee Lakes.
He was chosen as one of the participants in the 2012 version of’s Who in Australia. He left the show in 2019 after its eleventh season. Mehigan additionally co-facilitated two shows on Australia’s Way of Life Food channel, Great Gourmet Specialist Awful Culinary Expert and Young Men End of the Week, and showed up at the 2011 Great Food and Wine Show.
In July 2015, Mehigan started another television series called Remote Gary Mehigan, where he ventured out to different nations in Asia, for example, India, Vietnam, Laos, China, and South Korea to learn neighborhood cooking methods and recipes, which he utilizes as motivation for a recipe he exhibits toward the finish of every episode.
In the wake of leaving MasterChef Australia, on 23 October 2019 it was reported that Mehigan and individual MasterChef Australia judge Matt Preston would join Manu Feildel in 2020 with another show on the Seven Organization called Plate of Beginning.