{"id":942230,"date":"2026-10-27T02:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T02:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942230\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T02:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T02:46:12","slug":"duchess-of-sussex-meghan-markle-to-join-junior-masterchef-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942230\/","title":{"rendered":"Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, to join Junior MasterChef Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, will return to Australia to be a host on Junior MasterChef Australia.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Ms Markle, who is married to Prince Harry, said she was thrilled to return to the cooking show’s team, after joining as a guest judge on MasterChef Australia in April this year during the couple’s visit.<\/a><\/p>\n

“When they approached me to come back and work with this young group of talent, it was an easy yes,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I love cooking with my own kids, so seeing what these young stars create in the kitchen is going to be a lot of fun.”\"A<\/p>\n

Meghan Markle visited a women’s shelter in Melbourne during her April visit. (AP: Jonathan Brady)<\/p>\n

A Network 10 spokesperson said the junior version of the program is returning after a six-year hiatus, and Ms Markle will judge the program alongside Poh Ling Yeow.<\/p>\n

“I had a lovely time filming with Meghan earlier this year, and being reunited will be a real treat,” Ms Ling Yeow said.<\/p>\n

“I can’t wait to meet our pint-sized culinary adventurers \u2014 I’m expecting plenty of delicious surprises and a little mischief, too.”<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visited Sydney in April. (Reuters: Hollie Adams)<\/p>\n

In August, the couple relocated back to the UK after living in the US for six years.<\/a><\/p>\n

They gave up their royal duties at the start of 2020 and moved to the exclusive seaside area of Montecito, near Santa Barbara, as relations with the royal family soured.<\/p>\n

Filming will take place at the MasterChef Australia Kitchen in Melbourne for a few weeks in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, will return to Australia to be a host on Junior MasterChef Australia.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,97606,509391,509392,1580,33664,44,36356,5513,13935],"class_list":["post-942230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-duchess-of-sussex","tag-junior-masterchef","tag-junior-masterchef-australia","tag-masterchef","tag-meghan-markle","tag-news","tag-poh-ling-yeow","tag-prince-harry","tag-royals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}