DIANA CHAN

Diana Chan Is a 31-year-old accountant by profession who grew up in Johor Bahru, Malaysia and moved to Melbourne, Australia to pursue her tertiary education at the age of 19.

Diana Chan loved cooking from a very young age and she learnt a lot through both her parents, but it was only when she moved to Melbourne that her interest grew as she discovered the farmers’ markets that supplied plenty of fresh and local produce from around Australia.

She developed her own cooking style, which combined some of the hallmarks of her parents’ styles – her mother’s fresh, herb-driven approach and her father’s love of seafood. Diana decided that after 4 years of working in Deloitte, she wanted to pursue her passion of making a career out of food and went on to compete in MasterChef Australia’s 9th season.

A decision that has changed her life and cemented her determination to embrace food as much as possible. Diana became the season’s champion and has an army of fans who love her style, passion and honesty.

Diana’s popularity and poise on MasterChef Australia has sparked interest in some fantastic Ambassadorship and Sponsorship roles both in Australia and Malaysia. She is an ambassador for Makmur Enterprises and in 2018, her new range of frozen dumplings hit the shelves in Woolworths and Coles supermarkets. Diana is a Delicious Magazine contributor and writes for the Domain Review every fortnight.

Diana started her own fresh casual concept, Chanteen. Serving Malaysian street food and all about scratch cooking using family recipes passed down through generations.

Chanteen started as a pop-up restaurant, which ran for 6 months at HWKR in Melbourne CBD beginning of February 2018. She has locked in some commercial deals partnering with The Good Food Month hosted by Fairfax Media, for the Night Noodle Markets held in Sydney in October 2018 and in Melbourne in November 2018.