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Podcast: The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Episode: Melissa Leong: Australian TV host, food critic, and writer on people's love of cooking shows, 'Taste of Art'
Description: Kiwis love their cooking shows. Once you get past ‘The Chase’, the likes of MasterChef Australia is consistently within the top watched shows, both on TV and online.  Recognisable from her four seasons on MasterChef Australia, Melissa Leong has moved on to host Dessert Masters, and is now fronting a new Kiwi cooking show. She’s partnered up with Aimsfield Head Chef Vaughan Mabee for ‘Taste of Art’, a show that pits ten Kiwi chefs against one another, aiming to create visually stunning food.  Leong told Mike Hosking the reason food and cooking re...