Matt
Preston

Speaker Profile

Matt Preston is an internationally acclaimed and revered food journalist and restaurant critic. Best known for his weekly restaurant column in The Age newspaper’s food section, 'Epicure', and as a judge on MasterChef Australia, Preston is also a writer for Vogue Entertaining + Travel and delicious magazines, and a former Creative Director of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival.

Matt has a swag of prestigious awards to his name, including the World's Best Food Journalist 2008 (World Food Media Awards), a highly sought after honour. Matt completed his tenure as Creative Director of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival earlier this year, a role he held for over five years and one which has seen him transform the Festival into a world-class event.

Matt has written and reviewed for a number of Australia's most prestigious publications, including Epicure (The Age), Vogue Entertaining & Travel (Senior Editor), Delicious (Senior Editor), Australian Good Taste, The Guardian newspaper (UK) and Time Out (London). He is also National Chair of Judges at the Restaurant & Catering Industry Association's National Awards for Excellence.

Known for his dazzling array of scarves and cravats, he has over a dozen years experience as a top reviewer.

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