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The former judge of MasterChef Australia discusses her new searing memoir of food, fame and the dark side of the hospitality industry.
A Gold Logie-nominated TV personality and food icon, Melissa Leong has become a household name through MasterChef Australia. In this unmissable conversation at Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, she discusses her evocative, darkly funny and often brutal account of what it's like to try, fail and scrape together the confidence to try again.
In her new memoir Guts, she details the people, events and meals that have shaped her life – from her struggles with racism and identity as a first-generation Singaporean Chinese woman, to confronting the realities of a flawed hospitality industry, to finding her voice and doing things her own way.
Settle in as Leong chats self-belief, the power of vulnerability and life in the public eye – with reflections on some mouth-wateringly memorable food – with host, Associate Editor of Sunday Life Melissa Singer.
Presented in partnership with Sofitel Melbourne On Collins
Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Wednesday 1 October
7.00 - 8.00pm
Tickets
$35.50
Full
$25.50
Concession
$25.50
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Location
Arthur Streeton Auditorium, Sofitel Melbourne On Collins
25 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000
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Additional Notes
Featuring
Melissa Leong
Melissa Leong is a Gold Logie-nominated television presenter and personality, freelance food and travel journalist, food media consultant, radio broadcaster, MC and cookbook editor. She lives in Melbourne but is often ...
Melissa Singer
With nearly 25 years experience in newspapers and magazines, Melissa joined Sunday Life as associate editor in January after eight years as national fashion editor of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. In her ...