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Melissa Leong ‘I HAD TO SLOW DOWN’

How do you juggle the demands of MasterChef with everything else you have going on?

This show is a huge beast and it definitely wasn’t a snap decision for me to join the cast. You’re carrying on a legacy of everything that’s gone on in the 11 seasons before you. Historically, this was also a really important season for MasterChef so I really needed to go into this with my wits about me. Once you’ve burned out like I have you’re always mindful about what you can and can’t do. I love this job though and while it demands a lot from me and I give it my everything. I’m also very good at saying no, too.

So you’re not someone who’ll go to any party or event?

No. Not that we can at the moment anyway, but even before

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