Gary Mehigan

Chef

Birthday February 12, 1967

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Hayling Island, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Age 57 years old

Nationality United Kingdom

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1967

Gary Mehigan (born 12 February 1967) is an English-Australian chef and restaurateur.

Mehigan was one of the original judges of the Network 10 series MasterChef Australia.

1991

Mehigan trained at The Connaught and Le Souffle in London before moving to Melbourne in 1991.

2000

He has headed the kitchen in some of Melbourne's most prominent restaurants including Browns, Burnham Beeches Country House and Hotel Sofitel before opening the award-winning Fenix in 2000 and later selling it to the Leonda by the Yarra group in 2013.

He formerly co-owned The Boathouse in the Melbourne suburb Moonee Ponds.

2011

Mehigan also co-hosted two shows on Australia's LifeStyle Food channel, Good Chef Bad Chef and Boys Weekend, and appeared at the 2011 Good Food & Wine Show.

2012

He was selected as one of the entrants to the 2012 edition of Who's Who in Australia.

Mehigan was one of the original judges on Network 10's MasterChef Australia with George Calombaris and Matt Preston.

2015

In July 2015, Mehigan began a new TV series called Far Flung with Gary Mehigan, where he travelled to various countries in Asia such as India, Vietnam, Laos, China and South Korea to learn local cooking techniques and recipes, which he uses as inspiration for a recipe he demonstrates at the end of each episode.

2019

He left the show in 2019 after its 11th season.

After leaving MasterChef Australia, on 23 October 2019 it was announced that Mehigan and fellow MasterChef Australia judge Matt Preston would join Manu Feildel in 2020 with a new show on the Seven Network called Plate of Origin.

In 2022 Mehigan appeared as a guest judge on the twelfth season of My Kitchen Rules.