Matt Preston Biography
Matt Preston is a culinary critic, writer, and television personality of English-Australian origin. Between 2009 and 2019, he was a judge on Network Ten’s MasterChef Australia, and he writes a weekly national food column that appears in NewsCorp’s metro newspapers, reaching over 2.9 million Australians each week.
Matt Preston
Matt Preston Family – Education
Preston is the son of Antony Preston, a British naval historian and journalist. He was born in London, England, to a Roman Catholic family, and attended Worth School, a Benedictine monastic boarding school in West Sussex, from the age of 11. He earned a BA Hons in Politics and Government from the University of Kent.
Does Matt Preston have a Wife? – Children
He is married to Emma Preston. The couple married in 1999 and has three children; Jonathan Preston, William Preston, and Sadie Preston.
Matt Preston Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Matt Preston Books
Cravat-A-Licious, which debuted on October 1, 2009. Matt Preston’s 100 Best Recipes was released in 2012. Matt Preston’s Fast Fresh and Unbelievably Delicious restaurant first opened its doors in 2013. Matt Preston’s Cook Book was published in 2014. Matt Preston’s Simple Secrets debuted in 2015, followed by Matt Preston’s Yummy Easy Quick in 2017 (Plum/Pan Macmillan).
Matt Preston MasterChef
Preston served on the judging panel of MasterChef Australia (Network 10) in 2009, alongside Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris, to identify Australia’s best amateur chef. Series two, three, and eleven of MasterChef Australia went on to win the TV Week Logie for Australia’s Best Reality Series.
Preston would judge the first eleven seasons of MasterChef Australia (2009-2019), as well as the inaugural seasons of Celebrity MasterChef Australia (2009), Junior MasterChef Australia (2010), and MasterChef Australia All-Stars (2012), alongside Mehigan and Calombaris. Preston hosted MasterChef Australia: The Professionals with Marco Pierre White on his own in 2013. The show began on January 20, 2013 and went on to win the coveted AACTA award for Best Reality Show in 2014.
Preston is known for his bright jackets and cravats on MasterChef. Preston’s favorite aspect of MasterChef Australia was “the joy that comes from the contestants delivering a delicious dish that’s a pleasure to eat.”
Matt Preston The Age
Matt began contributing to The Age’s Epicure food column on a regular basis in February 2000. In Epicure, he provided a weekly review of a café or ethnic eatery in his ‘Unexplored’ column, and in The Age on Saturday’s A2 section, he authored a weekly piece. Preston also writes cover stories for Epicure, for which he has received several honors.
Matt Preston cookbooks
Preston is also the author of four best-selling cookbooks and a senior editor for Delicious and Taste magazines.
Matt Preston Weight Loss
While it’s unclear how much weight Matt has dropped, the father-of-three has acknowledged to starting working out four times a week after weighing 140 kg.
Matt Preston Career
Preston is the son of Antony Preston, a British naval historian and journalist. He was born in London, England, to a Roman Catholic family, and attended Worth School, a Benedictine monastic boarding school in West Sussex, from the age of 11. He earned a BA Hons in Politics and Government from the University of Kent. He became a DJ and punk rock musician while growing up in London in the late 1970s.
Preston moved to Australia in October 1993, after working at City Limits and IPC Magazines (TVTimes and What’s on TV). He began his career as an Australian TV journalist for IPC Magazines, writing on the soap operas Neighbours and Home and Away for TVTimes, What’s on TV, and Woman’s Own. Following that, he contributed to a variety of Australian trade newspapers held by IPC’s parent company, Reed Business Publishing, including Encore, Supermarket News, and Counterpoint.
Preston began writing reviews for a new Melbourne magazine, Inside Melbourne, in 1996, a position he kept until February 2000, when he moved on to write reviews for The Age. Preston was also a regular food journalist for a variety of publications, including Taste, a Herald Sun, The Courier-Mail, and The Daily Telegraph (Australia) newspaper supplement, and MasterChef Magazine, delectable. (Senior Editor), Australian Good Taste as a drink critic, The Guardian newspaper in the United Kingdom, and Time Out in London. Between 2000 and 2009, Preston was a weekly contributor to Epicure, writing a weekly review of a cafe or restaurant. He was also a senior editor at Vogue Entertaining & Travel and authored a monthly piece in The Age’s A2. Preston has made numerous radio appearances in Australia.
Preston is best known today as a co-host and judge on MasterChef Australia. He is also a food journalist and regular food correspondent, and his weekly national food column appears in NewsCorp’s metro newspapers, reaching over 2.9 million Australians each week. Every Sunday, Stellar magazine and The Adelaide Advertiser publish it. He is also a senior editor for the publications Delicious and Taste.