Matt Hopcraft Biography – Matt Hopcraft Wiki
Matt Hopcraft is an Australian dentist, public health academic and television cook. He is a contestant on MasterChef Australia Season 7 and 17. He placed 6th on Season 7.
Hopcraft was raised in country Victoria and attended Mooroopna Secondary College. He has the degrees of Bachelor of Dental Science, Master of Dental Science and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Melbourne, and Bachelor of Arts from Deakin University.
Matthew graduated as a dentist in 1994. He also has a PhD and a Master’s degree in community dentistry and has worked for the past 20 years as a dentist.
Upon graduation, Hopcraft served as a Dental Officer in the Australian Army, and worked in both public and private dental practices.
Hopcraft was the Director, Assessments and Examinations at the Australian Dental Council and is an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the Melbourne Dental School of The University of Melbourne.
He was a member of the Council of the Victorian branch of the Australian Dental Association from 2005 to 2016, President in 2011 and a federal councillor for 2 years. Hopcraft has served as co-director of Sugar-free Smiles, an organisation raising awareness of the health impacts of high sugar diets and advocating for the introduction of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.
He has been widely cited by the media on matters related to dental health.
Hopcraft has served as Associate Professor in Professional Practice at the Melbourne Dental school, and was formerly the CEO of the Australian Dental Association Victorian Branch.
Hopcraft was selected in the Top 24 contestants in the 2015 reality television cooking program MasterChef Australia. He was eliminated on 16 July 2015, finishing in sixth place. His post-MasterChef career saw him release a cookbook in June 2017 called Food to Feed the Family.
In 2025, Hopcraft returned to compete amongst 24 previous contestants in MasterChef Australia series 17.
Matt Hopcraft Age
He was born Matthew Scott Hopcraft in 1971 in Melbourne, Victoria.
Matt Hopcraft Wife
He is married to his wife, Erika. The couple has two children.
Matt Hopcraft MasterChef Australia
Dentist Matt Hopcraft is a contestant in the seventeenth season of MasterChef Australia Back to Win concept.
He was selected in the Top 24 contestants in the 2015 reality television cooking program MasterChef Australia. He was eliminated on 16 July 2015, finishing in sixth place. His post-MasterChef career saw him release a cookbook in June 2017 called Food to Feed the Family.
At 43, he was the oldest contestant of 7.
In 2025, Hopcraft returned to compete amongst 24 previous contestants in MasterChef Australia series 17.They are Alana Lowes, Andre Ursini, Audra Morrice, Beau Cook, Ben Macdonald, Cath Collins, Callum Hann, Declan Cleary, Darrsh Clarke, Jamie Fleming, Jimmy Wong, Depinder Chhibber, Laura Sharrad, Pete Campbell, Rhiannon Anderson, Rue Mupedzi, Samira El Khafir, Sarah Todd, Savindri Perera, Snezana Calic, Steph De Sousa, Theo Loizou, and Tim Bone.
Matt Hopcraft Children
He is a father of two children, Emily, and Lachlan.
The dentist’s Instagram handle is @matt_hopcraft.
