Jimmy Wong Biography – Jimmy Wong Wiki
Jimmy Wong is a food photography, cooking collaborations and content creator. He is a contestant on MasterChef Australia Season 8 and 17. He placed 19th on Season 8.
With a degree in interior design, Jimmy has worked as a retail store designer for brands such as Dior, Burberry, Nina Ricci and Australian Geographic and has been the lead for retail design developments for projects like Taipei 101 and Pavilion KL mall.
His international work has seen him travel to Taiwan, Malaysia and, Singapore, where he held the role of head of social sustainability at Lend Lease in Asia.
Having started to seriously explore cooking while at university, Jimmy’s travels have also inspired his palate. As he travelled more over the years, Jimmy’s passion for food grew.
With a love of fishing, camping and the outdoors, Jimmy already has a solid idea of where his food dream may lead him after the MasterChef Australia ride is over. He would love to settle on the banks of Tasmania’s Huon River, on a property running food tours and cooking workshops for guests.
Jimmy Wong Age
As of season 17 of MasterChef Australia, he is 58 years old.
Jimmy Wong Partner
Jimmy credits his partner Jay with being not only his best friend, but also his best food critic. Together for more than 16 years, Jimmy says that Jay is very supportive of his creations.
Jimmy Wong Family
Born in Singapore and living for a time in Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada, as a child, Jimmy was 14 when his parents moved the Wong brood to Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
He is the eldest of four children.Jimmy’s parents ran a grocery store and Chinese restaurant when he was young, where his late father worked front of house and his mother worked in the kitchen.
At the age f 71, Jimmy’s mother still worked as a kitchen-hand. She remains a constant inspiration to Jimmy.
Jimmy Wong MasterChef
Food photographer Jimmy Wong, is a contestant on season 17 of Australian Survivor – Back to Win concept. At 58, he is the oldest contestant of the season. At 19th place, he is the lowest ranking returning contestant of the season.
In season 8, At 49, he was the oldest contestant of the season. He and Theresa are the first siblings competing together in 1 season. Mimi, him and Nidhi won the first Mystery Box Challenge of the season.
He is in the competition alongside fellow chefs: Alana Lowes, Andre Ursini, Audra Morrice, Beau Cook, Ben Macdonald, Cath Collins, Callum Hann, Declan Cleary, Darrsh Clarke, Depinder Chhibber, Jamie Fleming, Laura Sharrad, Matt Hopcraft, Pete Campbell, Rhiannon Anderson, Rue Mupedzi, Samira El Khafir, Sarah Todd, Savindri Perera, Snezana Calic, Steph De Sousa, Theo Loizou, and Tim Bone.
Jimmy Wong Ethnicity
He is of Asian ethnicity.He was born in Singapore.
His Instagram handle is @jimmywongeats.
