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Miguel Maestre
Miguel Cascales Maestre (born 5 November 1979) is a Spanish and Australian chef, restaurateur, author and television presenter, who is currently the host of Network 10's Ready Steady Cook Australia, and has co-hosted the lifestyle television series The Living Room.
Maestre has presented TV programmes Miguel's Feast, Miguel's Tropical Kitchen and Boys Weekend. He participated in, and won the sixth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! on Sunday, 2 February 2020.
In October 2013, Maestre became an Australian citizen.
At the age of 21, Maestre travelled to experience the world and moved to Scotland where he began cooking and learnt to speak English. Maestre worked at Indigo Yard, Montpelier's Partnership. Maestre then returned to Spain, before moving to Australia. He worked in some of Sydney's premier kitchens including Bather's Pavilion, Bel Mondo, Cru and Minus 5 at Circular Quay. At the age of 27, Maestre worked as Head Chef of Tony Bilson's Number One Wine Bar in Sydney's Circular Quay, where he was originally working under Manu Feildel. Following a meeting with Spanish chef Ferran Adrià at elBulli, Maestre opened Australia's biggest Spanish restaurant named El Toro Loco at Manly Beach. Maestre was head chef at El Toro Loco until he departed in 2010 following a legal stoush and the restaurant's name was changed to El Poco Loco.
In May 2018, Barry Du Bois and Maestre released an autobiographical book called Life Force about Du Bois's family, friendships, living with cancer and includes nutritional advice and recipes by Maestre.
In 2019, Maestre competed in the sixteenth season of Dancing with the Stars, where he was paired with Megan Wragg. He was first to be eliminated.
In 2020, Maestre won the sixth season of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Australia.
In October 2023, Network 10 announced that Maestre would host the forthcoming revival of the cooking competition show Ready Steady Cook Australia, which would air at 7:30pm on Friday nights.
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Miguel Maestre
Miguel Cascales Maestre (born 5 November 1979) is a Spanish and Australian chef, restaurateur, author and television presenter, who is currently the host of Network 10's Ready Steady Cook Australia, and has co-hosted the lifestyle television series The Living Room.
Maestre has presented TV programmes Miguel's Feast, Miguel's Tropical Kitchen and Boys Weekend. He participated in, and won the sixth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! on Sunday, 2 February 2020.
In October 2013, Maestre became an Australian citizen.
At the age of 21, Maestre travelled to experience the world and moved to Scotland where he began cooking and learnt to speak English. Maestre worked at Indigo Yard, Montpelier's Partnership. Maestre then returned to Spain, before moving to Australia. He worked in some of Sydney's premier kitchens including Bather's Pavilion, Bel Mondo, Cru and Minus 5 at Circular Quay. At the age of 27, Maestre worked as Head Chef of Tony Bilson's Number One Wine Bar in Sydney's Circular Quay, where he was originally working under Manu Feildel. Following a meeting with Spanish chef Ferran Adrià at elBulli, Maestre opened Australia's biggest Spanish restaurant named El Toro Loco at Manly Beach. Maestre was head chef at El Toro Loco until he departed in 2010 following a legal stoush and the restaurant's name was changed to El Poco Loco.
In May 2018, Barry Du Bois and Maestre released an autobiographical book called Life Force about Du Bois's family, friendships, living with cancer and includes nutritional advice and recipes by Maestre.
In 2019, Maestre competed in the sixteenth season of Dancing with the Stars, where he was paired with Megan Wragg. He was first to be eliminated.
In 2020, Maestre won the sixth season of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Australia.
In October 2023, Network 10 announced that Maestre would host the forthcoming revival of the cooking competition show Ready Steady Cook Australia, which would air at 7:30pm on Friday nights.
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