Billie McKay
Billie McKay (born 11 July 1991) is an Australian cook. She is best known as the winner of the seventh series of "MasterChef Australia". Her prizes included $250,000, an Alfa Romeo Giulietta, and a monthly column in "Delicious.", an Australian food magazine. Following the final, guest judge Heston Blumenthal offered her a job at his restaurant The Fat Duck, which she accepted. McKay was raised on a dairy farm in Bowraville, New South Wales and attended Macksville High School. Prior to competing on "MasterChef", she was a restaurant manager in Ballina, New South Wales. In 2019, McKay  returned to "MasterChef Australia"'s eleventh series as a mentor, sharing the position with season eight runner-up Matt Sinclair and the first series' runner up, Poh Ling Yeow. In 2022, McKay returned to compete on the show's fourteenth season, which featured a mix of returning contestants and new contenders.