Matt Preston

Born July 1961 in London, Matt Preston is an award winning food journalist, restaurant critic, and television presenter. Raised in Great Britain but based in Melbourne, Matt has dedicated the last 10 years of his life - and about 20 kilos - to tracking down the interesting stories behind the food we eat and the people
who cook it.

 Best known as a judge on MasterChef Australia, and for his weekly Unexplored column in The Age newspaper's Epicure food section, Matt is also a senior editor on Vogue Entertaining + Travel and delicious. magazines.  He is a former National Chair of Judges for the Restaurant and Catering Awards of Excellence and was Creative Director of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival until April 2009.  Matt lives in Melbourne with a wife, three children, a dog, four ovens and a number of trophies for his food writing.