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Battle of the best! Meet the Dessert Masters Australia 2024 contestants

All of the names have dropped!

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WRITTEN BY Danica Baker / Edited BY Chantelle Schmidt
16 August 2024 , 5 minutes to read

Dessert Masters is returning for Season 2 and – like Season 1 – you can expect a whole lot of familiar faces among the contestants.

The new instalment will see some of Australia’s greatest pastry chefs, chocolate connoisseurs and baking experts step into the famous Dessert Masters kitchen and battle it out for $100,000.

Each dish they create will be judged by returning judges Amaury Guichon and Melissa Leong and contestants will be eliminated until just one cook is left standing.

Dessert Master's Amaury and Mel
Melissa Leong and Amaury Guichon. Image: Ten.

So, who is in the cast? Scroll through to meet the Dessert Masters 2024 contestants!

Meet the Dessert Masters 2024 cast

Christy Tania
Christy Tania
Christy Tania. Image: Ten.

Christy’s resume is stacked and she’s worked at many prestigious restaurants including The Ritz Hotel in Paris and she’s been Head Chef at Om Nom at the Adelphi Hotel.

In 2017, Christy launched GLACÉ – an artisanal dessert store company which has branches across Melbourne.

Reece Hignell
Reece Hignell
Reece Hignell. Image: Ten.

Reece was a fan favourite on Season 10 of MasterChef Australia, where he placed Sixth. He returned for MasterChef Australia: Back To Win and came third.

He’s the founder of Newcastle bakery Cakeboi and the author of the cookbook Cakeboi: A Collection Of Classic Bakes. He’s recently announced the upcoming release of a new cookbook, Cakeboi Goes Vegan.

Katherine Sabbath
Katherine Sabbath
Katherine Sabbath. Image: Ten.

Katherine boasts over 475,000 followers on Instagram where she posts her impressive cake creations. 

She’s also the author of three best-selling cookbooks, Katherine Sabbath Greatest Hits: The Pop Edition, Bake Australia Great, and Bake My Day.

John Demetrios
John Demetrios
John Demetrios. Image: Instagram.

John will be one to watch on Dessert Masters 2024. He’s previously worked for three Michelin-starred Pierre Koffmann in London at his flagship Knightsbridge restaurant, and Magnus Ek at the two Michelin-starred restaurant Oaxen Krog.

Jana Lai
Jana Lai
Jana Lai. Image: Instagram.

Jana was the first female to cook for Team France in the 2023 Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie (otherwise known as the World Pastry Cup) where she finished in second place.

Emelia Jackson
Emelia Jackson
Emelia Jackson. Image: Ten.

Emelia has been on MasterChef twice. The first time was in 2014 – which was Season 6 – and she placed third.

She returned to the show in 2020 for MasterChef Australia: Back to Win and won the season.

Donato Toce

Donato Toce
Donato Toce. Image: Instagram.

Donato is the man behind the famous ice cream brand Messina – he’s the Chief Creative Chef.

He first started working in a kitchen at the age of 13 and moved to Sydney in 2007 to work as Head Chef at hatted restaurant A Tavola.

Darren Purchese
Darren Purchese
Darren Purchese. Image: Ten.

Darren has appeared on MasterChef Australia numerous times as a guest judge. In the past, he’s worked at Vue de Monde and Bennelong.

Since then he’s co-founded Burch & Purchese Sweet Studio alongside his wife Cath Claringbold.

Dan Pasquali
Dan Pasquali
Dan Pasquali. Image: Ten.

Dan is one of Australia’s most creative bakers and he came runner-up in The Great Australian Bake Off in 2019.

Alisha Henderson
Alisha Henderson
Alisha Henderson. Image: Instagram.

Alisha has an online business called Sweet Bakes which offers desserts for all different occasions. She’s also got over 228,000 followers on her company’s Instagram account.

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