Andrew Peter Allen (born 30 April 1988) is an Australian cook, food critic and television presenter.
He now co-owns a restaurant, Three Blue Ducks, that has five locations around Australia, in Rosebery, Byron Bay, Nimbo and Bellingen in New South Wales, as well as Melbourne in Victoria.
After making it to the final, Allen beat fellow finalists Audra Morrice and Julia Taylor in a three-way contest.
[citation needed] He returned in the eleventh season as a professional Secret Chef, and lost to Sandeep Pandit by a perfect score, 30, in an Immunity Pin Challenge.
[11] In October 2019, he was announced as one of three of the new MasterChef judges who replaced George Calombaris, Gary Mehigan and Matt Preston.