Gary Mehigan Biography – Gary Mehigan Wiki
Gary Mehigan is an English-Australian chef and restaurateur. He was one of the original judges of the Network 10 series MasterChef Australia. Mehigan trained at The Connaught and Le Souffle in London before moving to Melbourne in 1991. 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. He was selected as one of the entrants to the 2012 edition of Who’s Who in Australia.
He was one of the original judges on Network 10’s MasterChef Australia with George Calombaris and Matt Preston. He left the show in 2019 after its 11th season. He 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.
In July 2015, the chef started a new TV series called Far Flung with Gary Mehigan, where he traveled 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.
After leaving MasterChef Australia, on October 23, 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 he appeared as a guest judge on the twelfth season of My Kitchen Rules.
Gary Mehigan Age
He was born on February 12, 1967, in Hayling Island, United Kingdom.
Gary Mehigan Wife
He is married to his wife, Mandy. The couple has been married since 1992 and is still together. They have one child together.
Gary Mehigan Children
He has one child, a daughter known as Jenna.
Gary Mehigan Family
He is the son of Michael, and his mother Janet. He has a sibling, a sister named Michaela Mehigan.
Gary Mehigan Instagram
His Instagram handle is @garymehigan.
