Poh Ling Yeow admits to STEALING from the set of MasterChef Australia By Stephen Bisset For Daily Mail Australia Published: 19:06 EDT, 23 July 2024 | Updated: 19:10 EDT, 23 July 2024 e-mail View comments She was runner-up on the inaugural season of MasterChef Australia before going on to become a judge on the hit reality cooking show. And Poh Ying Leow, 50, has revealed she didn't walk away totally empty-handed during her time as a contestant on the Network Ten cooking juggernaut. Taking to Instagram on Tuesday, Poh shared two images of her holding the classic cookbook French Provincial Cooking.
Innocuous enough at first glance, the second photo clearly showed a sticker on the inside cover of the book emblazoned with 'MasterChef Lounge.' Captioning the images, Poh admitted to taking the book from the MasterChef studio as a consolation prize after Julie Goodwin took out the top honour in season one of the reality show. 'I may have nicked this in Season 1 and gifted it to myself as a lil 2nd runner up pressie because they gave @_juliegoodwin all the kesh,' Poh captioned the photo.
Poh went on to admit it had taken her 15 years to get around to reading the book, adding that it may not have been the only item in her illegal haul. 'It's taken me 15 years to start reading it but I'm very pleased I chose well. @damien_pignolet's "French" might also have been acquired in the same heist, but it's hard to say.
' Poh Ling Yeow has admitted to STEALING from the set of MasterChef Australia.