Billie McKay

Television

Birthday July 11, 1991

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Bowraville, New South Wales, Australia

Age 32 years old

Nationality Australia

#43227 Most Popular

1991

Billie McKay (born 11 July 1991) is an Australian cook, known for winning the seventh and fourteenth series of MasterChef Australia.

McKay was raised on a dairy farm in Bowraville, New South Wales and attended Macksville High School.

Prior to competing on MasterChef, she was a restaurant manager in Ballina, New South Wales.

She is best known as the winner of the seventh series of MasterChef Australia.

Her prizes included $250,000, an Alfa Romeo Giulietta, and a monthly column in Delicious., an Australian food magazine.

Following the final, guest judge Heston Blumenthal offered her a job at his restaurant The Fat Duck, which she accepted.

2019

In 2019, McKay returned to MasterChef Australia's eleventh series as a mentor, sharing the position with season eight runner-up Matt Sinclair and the first series' runner up, Poh Ling Yeow.

In 2022, McKay returned to compete on the show's fourteenth season, which featured a mix of returning contestants and new contenders.

She won the title for the second time defeating Sarah Todd in the Grand Finale.