Melissa Leong showed off her very quirky sense of style as she stepped out at Crown Oaks Day at the Melbourne Cup Carnival on Thursday.
The former MasterChef judge, 42, put on a daring show in a bright pink satin dress with colorful rainbow beaded cuffs as she posed in the Lexus tent.
She added a few extra inches to her frame with a pair of black heeled sandals and stashed her essentials in a quilted Gucci clutch.
Melissa tucked her brunette locks under a chic fuchsia polka dot headscarf and enhanced her stunning features with a dramatic layer of eyeliner.
The Dessert Masters star put her own unique spin on the Ladies’ Day theme, with racegoers decked out in pastel colors and shades of white.
Melissa is known for her very daring fashion statements and has already taken part in a series of eye-catching ensembles at the races over the past week.
She joined a host of celebrities in the exclusive ‘Birdcage’, where guests enjoy luxury food and drink in a series of branded tents.
Also in attendance on Crown Oaks Day were Elizabeth Hurley and her son Damian, The Block judge Shaynna Blaze and Kate Waterhouse.
Melissa Leong showed off her quirky sense of style as she stepped out at Crown Oaks Day at the Melbourne Cup Carnival on Thursday
The former MasterChef judge, 42, put on a daring show in a bright pink satin dress with colorful rainbow beaded cuffs as she posed in the Lexus tent
Melissa’s latest appearance comes after she was hit with rumors she could be lining up a return to MasterChef Australia.
Melissa left MasterChef Australia last year under a cloud of suspicion over an alleged feud with her former co-host Andy Allen, who still serves as a judge.
“Melissa told Ten she will return to MasterChef Australia when Andy Allen leaves,” a TV insider recently told Ny Breaking Australia.
“I think the idea of returning to what the show once was to her seems a little daunting, and the only way Melissa could ever return is if the entire format were revamped.”
Melissa shocked fans when she shared the news of her departure on Instagram the day before Network Ten’s 2024 Upfronts.
“The changing of the guard is one that I have always wanted to embrace, and I am so happy that today I can do so on my terms,” she wrote in a statement last October.
Melissa’s departure came after claims she was fired following a series of publicized off-camera dramas.
She infamously fell out with the show’s hair and makeup team in 2022, along with a replacement freelance hairstylist.
“Andy has no issues with Leong,” the source told Ny Breaking Australia. ‘But he previously said that his former colleague wasted a lot of time on hair and make-up.
She added a few extra inches to her frame with a pair of black heeled sandals and packed her essentials into a quilted Gucci clutch bag.
Melissa tucked her brunette locks under a chic fuchsia polka dot headscarf and enhanced her stunning features with a dramatic layer of eyeliner
Melissa is known for her very daring fashion statements and has already taken part in a number of striking ensembles during the races this past week (she is pictured on Saturday)
‘He felt her control over what was being filmed was being compromised by her perfectionism.’
Andy returned to the show this year alongside three new judges: media darling Poh Ling Yeow, Michelin star chef Jean-Christophe Novelli and Melbourne food critic Sofia Levin.
Melissa has since taken on a new role on MasterChef spin-off show Dessert Masters, alongside French-Swiss pastry chef Amaury Guichon.
In the first season of Dessert Masters, a group of pastry chefs competed for a $100,000 prize and delivered ratings for the network in the highly competitive reality TV market.
The premiere episode saw 451,000 Australians in attendance across all major cities and viewers praised the TV veteran’s role in the show.
The news inside Ten is that Dessert Masters will return in 2025, but the network has bought itself some time by delaying a formal announcement until after the second season has aired.