Poh Ling Yeow

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Poh Ling Yeow (Template:Zh;[1] born 17 December 1973) is a Malaysian-born Australian cook, artist, actress, author and television presenter. She has hosted multiple cooking shows including ABC's Poh's Kitchen and SBS's Poh & Co. She has also published multiple cook books. She was the runner-up on the first season of Network 10's Masterchef Australia behind winner Julie Goodwin. Since appearing on season 1, she has made multiple comebacks to the series as a guest judge/mentor, returning as a contestant on the twelfth season in 2020 then a judge since the sixteenth season in 2024.

Early life and history

Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, into a fifth-generation Malaysian Chinese family, Yeow's mother is of Hakka descent. Yeow attended SMK Convent Bukit Nanas.[2] She immigrated to Australia at age 9 with her parents and brother, eventually settling in Adelaide, South Australia.[3] After attending Seymour College and then the University of South Australia (where she earned a Bachelor of Design degree),[4] Yeow worked as a freelance[5] graphic designer, illustrator, and makeup artist.

Yeow's corporate clients as a makeup artist included L'Oréal and Attitude magazine,[6] the Australian String Quartet[7] and the short film My Last Ten Hours With You.[8] Her personal clients included Megan Gale and Lisa Ho.[9] Freelance work as a makeup artist led to her preparing models for artist David Bromley, increasing her understanding of the art market.[10] Yeow has acknowledged that she posed as a nude model for Bromley.[11]

Yeow adopted the Western first name Sharon[12][13] until age 25, but reverted to Poh Ling as a part of embracing her cultural heritage.[10] She became a full-time professional artist in 2002.[14]

Career

Artist

Yeow works mainly with acrylic paint on canvas.[15] Her early works featured heavily textured backgrounds[16] whereas recent works present a smoother,[17] more refined and highly detailed finish.[10][18]

Elements of her Chinese heritage feature in her work, including the goldfish, a symbol of prosperity and good luck in Chinese culture, lotus flowers, ponds, and Australian flora and fauna.[19] A recurring character in Yeow's recent work is one that she calls The Girl ("my autobiographical twin"[19]), who she refers to in the third person, although the character's facial features are clearly similar to Yeow's.[20] She says "I guess [The Girl] was developed as a cathartic act, in terms of embracing everything that I did hate about myself physically: the broad nose, the Asian eyes, the broad face".[10]

A further theme behind her recent body of work was Yeow's split with her partner of 10 years, with titles including "Was That the Last Goodbye?" and "You Haven't Left and I Miss You Already". Her Mermaid series, with The Girl's clothes fashioned from goldfish scales and fins, is about losing your identity and taking on your partner's.[10]

From her first solo exhibition in 2002, Yeow has been a regular exhibitor at the Hill Smith Gallery.[21] She has also appeared regularly at Libby Edwards Gallery.[14] Yeow's work has been featured or critically reviewed in publications such as Vogue Australia, House & Garden, The Advertiser and mX.[22]

In 2003, Yeow donated an artwork to raise funds for breast cancer research at Flinders Medical Centre.[23] In 2007, Yeow's artwork was used on the cover of the book The Chinese Exotic by Olivia Khoo.[24] She was also a judge for Youthscape 2008.[25] In 2009, Yeow appeared in a glamour shoot for Who magazine.[26]

In 2018, Yeow was the subject of a lengthy radio interview with Richard Fidler on Conversations.[27]

Cook and food television

Yeow first appeared on the ABC television program Beat the Chef on 13 April 2005.[28] Her auntie Kim Thoo assisted her in the studio kitchen, where she prepared Ying Yang Prawns.[29] She returned to the program on 15 June 2005, assisted by her friend Felicity Electricity.[30] This time she prepared Basil Thai Fried Rice[31] and Deep-Fried Dory Fillets with Green Mango.[32]

Yeow was selected in the top 20 contestants for the first series of MasterChef Australia from over 7000 applicants.[33] Competition and eliminations began in May 2009. Yeow was eliminated on 18 June 2009 when she incorrectly guessed the ingredients in minestrone.[34] She was one of three eliminated contestants allowed to return to the program on 1 July 2009.[35] She survived further eliminations to compete in the final on 19 July 2009 against Julie Goodwin.[36] Goodwin won the final, with Yeow runner-up.[37]

Yeow appeared with Matt Preston[38] in the World Chef Showcase in October 2009.[39]

Yeow signed with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for a cooking series (Poh's Kitchen) and a two-book publishing deal with ABC Books.[40] The production on the series began in November 2009 in her home town of Adelaide.[41] The series was aired from 10 February 2010.[42] Yeow was nominated for the Logie Awards of 2011 in the category of Most Popular New Female Talent.[43]

In 2011, the ABC broadcast a second season of Poh's Kitchen, entitled Poh's Kitchen on the Road. Yeow travelled to all Australian states, as well as Singapore and Thailand, to film stories on produce and cooking.[44] A third season premiered on 11 September 2012.[45]

In 2015, Yeow launched a new series, Poh & Co., on SBS. It features various styles of cooking, and also the renovation of Yeow's backyard.[46]

Yeow opened a gourmet food stall, Jamface by Poh, at the Adelaide Showground Farmers' Market.[47] In 2016 Yeow opened a cafe at Adelaide Central Market, also named Jamface by Poh.[48] It closed on 15 October 2019.[49]

In 2019, Yeow returned to MasterChef Australia as a mentor, sharing the position with season eight runner-up Matt Sinclair and season seven winner Billie McKay.[50] In 2020, Yeow returned to MasterChef Australia as a contestant in Back to Win and placed 6th.[51]

In August 2023, it was announced that she would be teaming up with fellow MasterChef contestant Adam Liaw, to host a brand new cooking show on SBS titled Adam & Poh's Great Australian Bites. The show features the hosting duo travelling around Australia to different cities and coastlines and cooking with the locals.[52][53][54]

In October 2023, Network 10 announced that Yeow would be joining the forthcoming sixteenth season of MasterChef Australia as a permanent host and judge, alongside fellow new judges Sofia Levin and Jean-Christophe Novelli, as well as returning judge Andy Allen.[55][56] It came after the sudden death of former judge Jock Zonfrillo and the departure of Melissa Leong.[57][58][59]

Film and television appearances

Yeow has appeared in four films: Human Touch (2004),[60] Peaches (2004),[60] Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger (2008)[61] and the Tropfest short film Jackie's Spring Palace (2009).[62] She is also credited as production designer on Jackie's Spring Palace.[63]

Aside from her cooking programs, Yeow had substantial roles in Room 101, Can of Worms, Reality Check. She appeared in the 2013 ABC comedy series It's a Date, along with Dave Lawson.

Yeow said "I've always just followed what I've enjoyed doing ... in all areas of creativity."[60]

From 2021, Yeow appeared as one of the hosts of the Australian version of Snackmasters.

In 2022, she appeared in the eighth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here![64][65] and, later that year, as a celebrity contestant on the Lego Masters Australia Christmas special.[66][67]

In 2023, Yeow made a cameo appearance in the sixth episode of Thank God You're Here, through a guest performance as a television cooking show judge.[68]

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