LOCATION: AUSTRALIA

Gary has been part of our television viewing since he first started as a co-host on Good Chef Bad Chef on Channel Seven in 2007. Since then he has been a familiar face on our Television screens around the world, in shows like Boys Weekend and of course 12 years of Masterchef Australia, and Seven’s Plate of Origin, Far Flung with Gary Mehigan and Masters of Taste, which have well and truly cemented him as one of the most respected and loved TV Presenters both in Australia and internationally. His more recent series for National Geographic India, “Mega Festivals” launched in 2024.

Gary’s two seasons for Fox Life called Masters of Taste won Best Cinematography at the Asian Television Awards in 2019. 

More recently Gary has been working with good mate, Matt Preston, designing tours for Luxury Escapes. Taking guests to their favourite destinations and exclusive dining and foodie experiences across Asia and Europe, as well as curating his own “Designed by” tours of his favourite destinations. He is an Ambassador for Luxury Escapes and a passionate traveller.

Gary recently opened a new project called Moga Moba at the Qantas Domestic Melbourne terminal, which serves up the greatest hits of modern Asian Cuisine, and he continues his role with Conosh in India, presenting dinners, masterclasses and special events across the region.

Gary’s latest role as an Ambassador for the Baker Institute, sees him sharing healthy, easy and delicious recipes, supporting the Institute in creating awareness of the importance of research and advocacy in heart and diabetes health. His next TV series called Good Food Everyday, support by the Baker, will share his favourite quick and healthy everyday recipes. (Launching on TEN in May 2026)

Other recent appearances include Seven’s Healthy Wealthy & Wise, the House of Wellness, Melbourne Weekender, Foxtel & Ten’s Luxury Escapes TV, and regular appearances on Seven’s Sunrise and Morning Shows.

Gary continues to work with brands as a trusted Ambassador and Spokesperson, and has written 5 cookbooks - Comfort Food, Good Food Everyday, Bringing Flavour Home, Your Place or Mine and Cook with Us.

This well trusted Chef and TV Presenter says he feels blessed in his career, it has allowed him to travel, indulge his passions and meet some extraordinary people. He has by his own admission felt the pain and pressures of failure but enjoyed great success and couldn’t wish for more. He values, honesty, enthusiasm, passion and compassion, and above all else he loves to teach.

A bit about Gary’s career prior to his Television Career…..

Gary was born and grew up in the UK, in a little place called Hayling Island on the South Coast of England, his Dad was an Engineer, Mum an artist and grandfather a chef and teacher. He attended Highbury College of Technology, where he studied to be a chef, before leaving for London to take up his first full-time position. Gary marks the two Michelin starred restaurants that were the most formative in his early career, as The Connaught Hotel under Michel Bourdan where he worked for almost 4 years and Le Souffle at The Hyde Park Intercontinental under Peter Kromberg. They were at the time, two hugely influential chefs in Britain with two opposing styles and ideas, one a bastion of “French haute Cuisine” and the other modern, creative and progressive.

He moved to Australia in 1991 where he worked at Burhnam Beeches, Browns Restaurant and Sofitel Melbourne before venturing into business at the age of 31. He then started Fenix Restaurant & Events which gained a hat in its first year, and which Gary owned for 14 years. Gary opened the Maribyrnong Boathouse in 2007, which proved to be a huge success known for its prime location and local clientele. Gary sold his interest in the Maribyrbong Boathouse earlier in 2017.

MasterChef was by all accounts, a game-changer for all involved. Eleven years and 12 series later, Gary, Matt & George became part of our daily viewing, when it comes to food. MasterChef Australia series 2 was the highest rating show on Australian television of all time and the show has inspired a new generation of young cooks to embrace food and cooking.