The current 2019 series of Masterchef is well underway and airs on BBC One.
Episode 5 saw the four remaining cooks battle it out for a spot in the quarter-final.
Anyone competing on Masterchef best prepare themselves for a huge opportunity in a culinary career if they’re to win.
Ping Coombes appeared on the show in 2014 and since then she’s gone onto great things.
So, who is episode 5 judge Ping Coombes? Does the Masterchef winner have her own restaurant?
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Ping on Masterchef
Ping decided to apply for the 10th series of Masterchef after she was made redundant.
She was born in Ipoh, Malaysia.
In 2014 Ping was crowned champion of Masterchef after impressing the judges with her Malaysian-inspired dishes.
In 2019 she returned as a judge on series 15 of Masterchef alongside two other previous Masterchef winners Alex Jorge and Thomasina Miers.
What Does Ping do Now?
Since winning Masterchef UK in 2014 Ping went on to open Ping Pan-Asian, a contemporary Pan-Asian restaurant and delicatessen in 2018.
Ping Pan-Asian serves a modern take on Malaysian-Chinese street food and is based in Selfridges in London.
Ping Pan-Asian also has a deli-counter in The Trafford Centre, Manchester.
As well as launching her own successful restaurant under Selfridges, Ping released a book in 2016, ‘Malaysia: Recipes from a Family Kitchen‘ which you can buy on Amazon for around £12.
Ping on Instagram
Ping’s personal Instagram handle is @pingcoombes.
She has just over 11,000 followers and often posts photos of her family including her two daughters.
From the looks of Pings Instagram, she pretty much lives in a foodie’s heaven and spends a lot of her time travelling around the world!
Ping also has a dedicated Instagram page for her restaurant – @ping_panasian.
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