{"id":942904,"date":"2026-10-27T16:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942904\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T16:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T16:02:09","slug":"meghan-markle-to-co-host-junior-masterchef-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/942904\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle to Co-Host ‘Junior MasterChef Australia’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMeghan Markle<\/a>, the Duchess of Sussex, is set to take on a new role as co-host of \u201cJunior MasterChef<\/a> Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe news was announced in a press release from Australia\u2019s Channel 10 on Tuesday, saying that Markle would feature as a \u201cspecial guest\u201d on a new series next year alongside chef and presenter Poh Ling Yeow. She previously appeared on \u201cMasterChef Australia\u201d as a guest judge earlier this year, drawing the show\u2019s largest Sunday audience since 2023, and hosts her own lifestyle series \u201cWith Love, Meghan\u201d on Netflix.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI had an incredible time with the whole team at \u2018MasterChef\u2019 this past April, so when they approached me to come back and work with this young group of talent, it was an easy yes,\u201d Markle said in a statement. \u201cI love cooking with my own kids, so seeing what these young stars create in the kitchen is going to be a lot of fun. I can\u2019t wait to see what they cook up!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAdded Yeow, \u201cI had a lovely time filming with Meghan earlier this year, and being reunited will be a real treat. I can\u2019t wait to meet our pint-sized culinary adventurers \u2014 I\u2019m expecting plenty of delicious surprises and a little mischief, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMarkle and Prince Harry recently moved back to the U.K. after six years in California. Since returning, it was reported that the former \u201cSuits\u201d star wished to return to acting, with a rumored role in \u201cThe Gentlemen\u201d Season 3 that remains unconfirmed.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe has been in the headlines in the past week after speaking out following allegations<\/a> that her father, Thomas Markle, possessed child sex abuse images. Thomas Markle has denied the allegations. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI am deeply distressed at the news that has come to light in the last 24 hours, and my thoughts are with any children who may have been harmed,\u201d Markle said in a statement, adding that in 2018, a letter about her father was sent to the Metropolitan Police and its Royalty and Specialist Protection unit and was \u201csubsequently shared\u201d with her. \u201cIt made troubling and disturbing allegations against my father and I was given assurances that these were being investigated,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cJunior MasterChef Australia\u201d is produced by Endemol Shine Australia (ESA), part of media and entertainment group Banijay Entertainment, and distributed internationally by Banijay Rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, is set to take on a new role as co-host of \u201cJunior…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":942905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,509391,33664],"class_list":["post-942904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-junior-masterchef","tag-meghan-markle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942904","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=942904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/942905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}