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MasterChef Australia fans are left baffled by ex-judge Melissa Leong's unexpected new hosting gig: 'So weird'


The food critic, 42, was dropped from the Channel Ten show last year, leaving fans devastated, and has since moved on to a string of other presenting jobs.

She showed off her MMA knowledge as she sat down with iconic New Zealand fighter Israel Adesanya ahead of his August 18 face-off against Dricus Du Plessis. The TV star appeared on the SBS docuseries The Hospital: In The Deep End on Thursday June 6 alongside Samuel Johnson and Costa Georgiadis. The food critic, 42, was dropped from MasterChef Australia last year, leaving fans devastated (she is pictured on the show with Andy Allen and the late Jock Zonfrillo)

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