Melissa Leong has had an attention-grabbing and diverse profession after leaving MasterChef Australia.
The previous cooking present decide has appeared in roles in sports activities reporting, kids’s TV and and the well being sector.
And the 42-year-old admits that her present profession path is not ‘strategic’ – and that’s the approach she likes it.
‘In my time on earth to this point, I have been a make-up artist; labored in promoting and PR; been a meals, journey and life-style journalist; labored in publishing and radio; and hosted meals exhibits on main networks. None of it actually makes any strategic sense on paper’ she tells Stellar Magazine.
‘All I can say is that it has been a daisy chain of claiming “sure” to alternatives that excite and barely scare me. And I can assure that when beginning one other new factor, I did not at all times instantly slay.
‘I am not saying I’ve it dialled, however I’ve learnt it is advisable to be keen to humble your self in these moments of transition.’
She added: ‘Previously yr, I realise I’ve confused an entire bunch of individuals by dipping a toe into the world of sports activities journalism, particularly interviewing champion athletes on the earth of combined martial arts’.
It comes after Melissa introduced she is realising a childhood dream by showing on the ABC’s Playschool.
Melissa Leong has had an attention-grabbing and diverse profession after leaving MasterChef Australia. The previous cooking present decide has appeared in roles in sports activities reporting, kids’s TV and and the well being sector. Pictured in her current look on Play Faculty
‘I grew up watching Playschool’ the 42-year-old started in her caption on Instagram on Sunday.
‘This iconic present has been part of Australian leisure for 60 years, and so it blows my thoughts that developing this week, I get to be a part of the magic!’
She continued: ‘Catch me on Wednesday 18th at 9am @abcaustralia, or on @abckids!
‘That is the one time you are ever going to see me sing and dance on tv, simply so you understand how a lot I needed to do that!’
‘All I can say is that it has been a daisy chain of claiming “sure” to alternatives that excite and barely scare me. And I can assure that when beginning one other new factor, I did not at all times instantly slay’ she mentioned. Pictured on MasterChef
Melissa concluded: ‘Thanks to the great @alexpappsofficial and @rachaelcoopes for being so heat and welcoming.’
It comes after Melissa revealed she is fronting a brand new three-part documentary sequence about Australia’s well being system.
The TV star appeared within the new SBS docuseries The Hospital: In The Deep Finish in June.
This system noticed her spend time with medical professionals at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney to additional perceive well being challenges in Australia.
The former MasterChef Australia decide informed TV WEEK that filming the sequence was difficult.
‘In my time on earth to this point, I have been a make-up artist; labored in promoting and PR; been a meals, journey and life-style journalist; labored in publishing and radio; and hosted meals exhibits on main networks. None of it actually makes any strategic sense on paper’ she tells Stellar
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph in October, the journalist and meals critic described the present as ‘filled with coronary heart’ and ‘unimaginable folks’ who’re dedicated to saving lives.
The meals critic was dropped from MasterChef Australia last year amid rumours of a feud between herself and fellow judges Andy Allen and the late Jock Zonfrillo, which she has denied.
She went on to host MasterChef spinoff series Dessert Masters alongside Amaury Guichon.
Her enthusiasm was palpable when lately talking to Day by day Mail Australia about her new internet hosting gig on Dessert Masters, describing it as a ‘dream come true’.
Moreover, she introduced that she could be internet hosting UFC Combat Week on Kayo Sports activities and Foxtel.
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