Laura Sharrad has been crowned the winner of MasterChef Australia: Back To Win 2025, taking home the $250,000 cash prize, and the title that she's dreamed of since she was 13 years old.

Having made it to the Grand Finale in both Season 6 and Season 12, but narrowly missing out on the top prize, Laura embodied the spirit of this season and was truly Back to Win.

Laura said: “Being part of MasterChef Australia has been life changing. It’s such a full circle moment to set myself a goal at such a young age and then finally achieve it after not giving up – it’s an incredible feeling.

“This season, I feel like I went back as a completely different person from the seasons before. And to win, having my parents, my husband Max, and my daughter Florence there, was a very special moment.”

With the finalists’ families and Season 17 alumni watching on, the Grand Finale comprised two rounds. The first saw Laura and fellow finalist Callum Hann cook with a series of classic flavour pairings, but in an unprecedented twist, both chefs received the same score from the judges in round one: 38 out of a total 40 points.

Heading into the second round, a pressure test set by renowned pastry chef Miko Aspiras, Laura and Callum had just four-and-a-half hours to recreate his Botanical Garden, a jaw-dropping bouquet of petits fours.

Laura's nearly identical replica of Miko’s Botanical Garden earned her 42 out of a possible 50 points in the second round, and a total of 80 points, scoring her the win by seven points. Finally, Laura was able to hold the trophy high and declare herself a MasterChef champion.

Laura said: “I think things happen at the right time and for the right reasons. Whether you’ve applied once or four times, or you don’t win and get the opportunity to come back, keep striving for that goal because MasterChef really does change your life.

“I think the more people who can experience that magic, the better the world will be.”

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Want to know more? Get in touch with:
Tess Fisher
National Publicist (Judges)
E: tefisher@networkten.com.au

Jasmine Burford
National Publicist (Contestants)
E: Jasmine.Burford@networkten.com.au