Kishwar Chowdhury Biography
Kishwar Chowdhury an Australia MasterChef well known as a contestant of Bangladeshi-Indian heritage and a printing business owner.
Kishwar Chowdhury Age
Chowdhury was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. Her age and date of birth are publicly unavailable.
Kishwar Chowdhury Education
After havong completed Year 12 at Presbyterian Ladies College, she enrolled for a Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University and before completing a post-graduate degree in Graphic Design from the University of the Arts in London.
Kishwar Chowdhury Masterchef Australia
Chowdhury is a well known MasterChef Australia contestant of Bangladeshi-Indian heritage. She got to be the first Bangladeshi-Australian having reach the grand finale of MasterChef Australia. She got third in the last episode of Season 13 after Justin Narayan and Pete Campbell.
Justin who was the frontrunner having 125 points to Pete’s 124 and Kishwar’s 114. While Justin walked away with $250,000, Pete was erned $ 30,000, and Kishwar earned $ 20,000.
She then applied for MasterChef Australia whilr in lockdown back in 2020. She later won over the judges with her sardines in green mango broth, served along with black lentils, beetroot, and blood orange bhorta.
Crediting MasterChef Australia alumni Adam Liaw and Poh Ling Yeow for their bravery and inspiration in the kitchen, Kishwar also says she admires the work of Yotam Ottolenghi, Kylie Kwong, Samin Nosrat, and the late Anthony Bourdain.
Having resided on three different continents, and her knowledge of mixing spices and the know how ingredients from across the globe, gives her an edge in the MasterChef kitchen, and agrees a reliance on memorising recipes is why she steers away from preparing desserts. She is a elf-described savoury cook and she shares her best quick and easy dish would be dressed up soupy ramen.
Kishwar Chowdhury Husband Ehtesham
Chowdhury is married to Ehtesham Chowdhury and together have two kids, a son, Mikayle, and a daughter, Seraphina. She comes from a large Bangladeshi-Indian family.
Kishwar Chowdhury Family
Chowdhury was born to Laila and Kamrul Chowdhury (OAM). Her father is from Bangladesh, and served as a freedom fighter. Her farher relocated to Australia as a student and there he met her mother, Laila Chowdhury, who is from Kolkata, India. Her parents are known pillars and founders of the Bangladeshi community in Victoria, Australia.
She shared about her mother in an Instagram post: “My mum, Laila, came here as a young 19 year old student and since called Melbourne her home. She taught us how to eat seasonally, grow and preserve our own produce and adapted many of the dishes she grew up eating to the local fresh ingredients we find here in Victoria.”