Melissa Leong has had a series of high-profile romances, most recently with father-of-three Rob Mason.
The couple met after her split from her ex-husband Joe Jones and dated for two years until they split in May 2023.
The celebrity chef has since kept her love life under wraps and is now seemingly single.
What happened with Melissa Leong and Rob Mason?
News of Melissa and Rob’s blossoming love story came after the MasterChef star announced her separation from her husband Joe Jones in December 2020, almost four years after they tied the knot in California.
She shared the news of their split via Instagram at the time, sharing a black-and-white snap of the two on their wedding day.
“It has brought us such happiness to walk together, but the time has come for Joe and I to part ways and walk on, apart,” she said.
“We ask for your kindness and consideration for our privacy, we will not be making any further comment as our private lives have, and will always remain exactly that.”
Melissa and Rob went public with their relationship back in September 2021, after Melissa dedicated a message to the father-of-three on Father’s Day.
“Gratuitous hot dad post, a day late,” Melissa penned on Instagram, sharing a black-and-white photo of Rob.
“Creator of world-class cosmetics and the brains behind @morrismotley, brilliant father to a legendary babe squad, and the best part of my day, nothing but love @therobmason.”
Their public debut came after the 43-year-old sparked dating rumours just days before, after she shared several Instagram Stories about Rob.
One of the posts included a photo of herself preparing breakfast with Rob’s daughters, where she captioned it: “Breakfast tacos for the squad.”
She then uploaded a photo of Rob on Father’s Day and wrote: “Hottest dad. Cutest babes.”
Rob also shared a candid shot of Melissa to his own Instagram a few days prior, where she commented that it was “just the beginning.”
In June 2022, Melissa was holidaying with Rob when she revealed on Instagram that many MasterChef fans had been mistaking Rob for celebrity chef Jock Zonfrillo.
“The amount of strangers who have voluntarily told me that @therobmason is “awesome”, “hilarious” and has “good energy” this week on tour, is a bit ridiculous. I mean, he’s OK,” she joked.
The post then finished up with Melissa admitting that at the 2022 TV Week Logie Awards a reporter also made the same mistake. “Funny story, someone spoke to him for a full five minutes on the red carpet thinking he was @zonfrillo,” she joked.
MasterChef star Jock sadly passed away on April 30, 2023. His cause of death was not disclosed.
Melissa later shared a dedicated and adoring tribute to her partner, revealing the very modern way their romance began.
For their first Valentine’s Day together, Melissa paid tribute to her man by posting a sweet snap of them dressed to the nines and sharing a kiss.
“Thank you for eventually replying to my DM, @therobmason,” she said, followed by a quote from Love Actually. “To me, you are perfect.”
“Except for your views on onion, coriander, and how often Maccas drive through is socially acceptable. Fortunately, we can agree that moonwalking in the supermarket is always ok.”
However, in May 2023, the Daily Mail reported that the two had split after they unfollowed each other on Instagram and Melissa removed all her photos of Rob.
In the months following, the pair started following each other once again, and Melissa even shared a photo of Rob’s daughter in a Halloween costume, leading fans to think the two were back together.
Is Melissa Leong single?
Melissa keeps her love life tightly under wraps and is currently believed to be single.
However, she will be opening up about her personal life in her upcoming memoir, titled Guts.
She revealed she will delve into the “dark” parts of her life in the release as well as her time on MasterChef Australia.
“There are unexpected twists and turns, and there are definitely some revelations I’ve never shared publicly before that are printed,” she told the Herald Sun.
“It’s going to be very difficult to talk about it in a public sense as the book is promoted.”
“But I am committed to healing through it… I’m committed to healing through it because I think it will help the public. And I really hope it will help me,” she added.
Who is Melissa Leong’s ex-husband?
Melissa tied the knot with bar owner Joe Jones in the California desert in February 2017.
The couple first met at Joe’s bar before running into one another at another function, with sparks quickly flying.
“When you know you know,” she said at the time.
They eloped after deciding to marry during a casual dinner conversation, after dating for five months.
Melissa revealed she bought her own engagement ring, something she described as a “red flag” when reflecting back on their marriage.
“I bought it myself, which should have been the first red flag,” she told the Inherited podcast.
“I rushed… I’m 34, I’ve just met this amazing human being, who’s just barrelled on into my life.
“I wasn’t expecting it, so it was all very, ‘Let’s get married,’ within a three-month period of being together.”
Melissa said she wasn’t ready to get married and put “unnecessary” pressure on herself to hit “certain milestones in life”.
The couple announced their shock split in late 2020.
Taking to Instagram, Melissa revealed that the “time had come” for them to go their separate ways.
“It has brought us such happiness to walk together, but the time has come for Joe and me to part ways and walk on, apart,” she captioned a black-and-white snap of the two on their wedding day.
“We ask for your kindness and consideration for our privacy. We will not be making any further comment as our private lives have, and will always remain exactly that. We wish you peace at the end of such a challenging year for all.”
Joe admitted that Melissa’s demanding filming schedule had taken a toll on their relationship. The classically French-trained chef featured on MasterChef: Back to Win alongside Melissa.
Despite their split, Melissa and Joe remain close friends and have “mutual” respect for one another.
“I’m very lucky that we have an enduring friendship and the greatest hope for each other’s happiness,” she previously told Stellar Magazine.
“It’s important to destigmatise divorce being a ‘failure’. It’s not.”
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