Billie McKay
| Billie McKay | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 July 1991 Bowraville, New South Wales |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Australian |
| 💼 Occupation | Television cook |
| Predecessor | Brent Owens |
| Successor | Elena Duggan |
| ❤️ Partner(s) | Haydn Suridge[1] |
| 🏅 Awards | Winner, MasterChef Australia 2015 |
Billie McKay (born 11 July 1991) is an Australian cook. 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,[2] which she accepted.
McKay was raised on a dairy farm in Bowraville, New South Wales[3] and attended Macksville High School.[4] Prior to competing on MasterChef, she was a restaurant manager in Ballina, New South Wales.[5]
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.[6]
In 2022, McKay returned to compete on the show's fourteenth season, which featured a mix of returning contestants and new contenders.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Billie McKay". popsugar.com.au. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ↑ "MasterChef winner scores cash, car, column AND a new job with Heston Blumenthal". news.com.au. 27 July 2015. Archived from the original on 13 November 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Ramsey, Britt (7 May 2015). "Bowraville's Billie McKay to cook for chefs". nambuccaguardian.com.au. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ↑ "Macksville High School Magazine 2009" (PDF). macksville-h.schools.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ↑ Broome, Hamish (11 May 2015). "Ballina cook will make Masterchef final 22". northernstar.com.au.
- ↑ Houston, Melinda (25 April 2019). "'The anxiety's still there': Former MasterChef Contestants Return". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
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