Luke Nguyen is a Vietnamese–Australian chef and restaurateur, best known as the host of the television series, Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam and Luke Nguyen’s France. The former is a food documentary in which he travels through Vietnam, cooking in the ad hoc manner of the street vendors in the country, usually preparing the dish on the footpaths, and the latter is an exploration of the French influence on Vietnamese cuisine. He is a judge on the television series MasterChef Vietnam
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Andy grew up in New Zealand. Fast forward to now, he has cooked in some great restaurants in Auckland, London, Sydney and Melbourne. He also spent time in the business-side of hospitality, managing restaurants, cafes and bars in airports and mucking around with great Australian beef and lamb in a test kitchen.
Sofia Levin is a celebrated Melbourne-based journalist and host who’s been writing about food since 2013, for Broadsheet, Lonely Planet, the Guardian, the Age and other publications.
In March 2021 Levin launched The Seasoned Traveller, a website and newsletter that celebrates cultural diversity through food and encourages readers to #eatcuriously. She’s also appeared on TV shows like Postcards and The Cook Up with Adam Liaw (and in a few Broadsheet videos).
Mary Politis is the woman behind the popular food blog Mary’s Kouzina. Mary teaches people how to make home Greek style food, with recipes inspired by her mother and grandmother; showcasing her family recipes to the world.
Her aim is to reintroduce and preserve traditional Greek cuisine by encouraging people to go back to their Greek roots and incorporate it back into their daily diets.
