Melissa Leong showed off her quirky sense of style as she stepped out at Crown Oaks Day on Thursday during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The former MasterChef judge, 42, put on a daring display in a bright pink satin dress with rainbow-coloured beaded cuffs as she posed inside the Lexus marquee.
She added a few extra inches to her figure in a pair of black heeled sandals and carried her essentials in a quilted Gucci clutch.
Melissa tucked her brunette locks under a chic fuchsia polka dot scarf and amplified her stunning features with dramatic eyeliner.
The Dessert Masters star put her own unique spin on the Ladies’ Day theme, which sees racegoers dress in pastel colors and shades of white.
Melissa is known for her very bold fashion statements and has already stood out in a variety of remarkably eye-catching outfits at the races this past week.
He joined a host of celebrities inside the exclusive ‘Birdcage’, where guests enjoy luxury food and drinks in a variety of branded tents.
Also attending Crown Oaks Day were the likes of Elizabeth Hurley and her son Damian, The Block judge Shaynna Blaze, and Kate Waterhouse, among many others.
Melissa Leong showed off her quirky sense of style as she stepped out at Crown Oaks Day on Thursday during the Melbourne Cup Carnival.
The former MasterChef judge, 42, put on a daring display in a bright pink satin dress with rainbow-coloured beaded cuffs as she posed inside the Lexus marquee.
Melissa’s latest exit comes after rumors reached her that she could be preparing a return to MasterChef Australia.
Melissa left MasterChef Australia last year under a cloud of suspicion over an alleged dispute 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 Daily Mail Australia.
“I think the idea of returning to what the show once was for her seems a little daunting and the only way Melissa would come back is if the entire format was revamped.”
Melissa surprised fans when she shared the news of her departure on Instagram a day before Network Ten’s 2024 Upfronts.
“The changing of the guard is something I always planned to accept, and I am very happy to do so today on my terms,” she wrote in a statement last October.
Melissa’s departure came after it was claimed she had been fired following a series of publicized off-camera drama.
In 2022, she infamously had a breakup with the show’s hair and makeup team along with a substitute freelance stylist.
“Andy has no problems with Leong,” the source told Daily Mail Australia. But she previously expressed that her former colleague wasted a lot of time doing her hair and makeup.
She added a few extra inches to her frame in a pair of black heeled sandals and carried her essentials in a quilted Gucci clutch.
Melissa tucked her brunette locks under a chic fuchsia polka dot scarf and amplified her stunning features with dramatic eyeliner.
Melissa is known for her very bold fashion statements and has already stood out in some notably eye-catching outfits at the races over the past week (pictured on Saturday).
“He felt that his perfectionism compromised his control over what was filmed.”
Andy returned to the show this year alongside three new judges: media favorite Poh Ling Yeow, Michelin-starred 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, as a co-judge alongside French-Swiss pastry chef Amaury Guichon.
In the first season of Dessert Masters, a group of bakers competed for a $100,000 prize and provided a ratings boost for the network in the highly competitive reality TV market.
The premiere episode had 451,000 Australians tuning in across major cities and viewers praised the TV veteran’s role on the show.
Word 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.