Matt Preston
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Matt Preston at the 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia
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2 November 1963 London, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Food journalist critic writer television personality |
| Known for | MasterChef Australia judge |
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Spouse(s) | Emma Preston |
| Children | 3 children |
| Website | mattpreston |
Matt Preston (born 18 December) is an English Australian food journalist, restaurant critic, writer, and television personality. He is known for his role as a judge on Network Ten's MasterChef Australia and his weekly food column in the Taste supplement available in the Herald Sun, The Courier-Mail and The Daily Telegraph (Australia) newspapers. Preston is a columnist for Taste.com.au magazine and a senior editor for delicious. magazine. He is also the author of three best-selling cookbooks.
Preston is the son of well-respected British Naval historian/journalist Antony Preston. He was born in London, United Kingdom, to a Roman Catholic family and from the age of 12 was educated in Sussex at Worth School, a Benedictine boarding school. He graduated from the University of Kent with a BA Hons in Politics and Government. While growing up in London in the late 1970s, he became a DJ and punk musician.
After stints working at City Limits and IPC Magazines (TVTimes & What’s On TV), Preston relocated to Australia in October 1993. Initially he worked for IPC Magazines as their Australian TV correspondent writing about Neighbours and Home & Away for TVTimes, What’s on TV and Woman’s Own. He subsequently wrote for a number of Australian trade publications owned by IPC’s parent company, Reed Business Publishing including Encore, Supermarket News and Counterpoint.
In 1996, Matt Preston started writing reviews for a new Melbourne magazine, Inside Melbourne, a role that he held until he moved on to write reviews for The Age in February 2000.
Preston also works as a regular food correspondent in a number of publications, including Taste, a supplement in the Herald Sun, The Courier-Mail and The Daily Telegraph (Australia) newspapers and MasterChef Magazine, delicious. (Senior Editor), Australian Good Taste as the drink reviewer, The Guardian newspaper (UK) and Time Out (London). Preston was a weekly contributor to Epicure between 2000 and 2009, writing a weekly review of a cafe or restaurant. He also wrote a weekly column in The Age's A2 and was a senior editor at Vogue Entertaining & Travel. Preston has made many appearances on Australian radio.
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