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MasterChef’s Poh – back with her ex!

Grab a pencil - you're going to have to take notes for this one... - by New Idea
  • 15 Feb 2021

Just days after Poh Ling Yeow revealed she’d separated from her second husband, Jonathan Bennett, the MasterChef favourite was back by the side of her first husband, Matt Phipps!

Onlookers say Poh couldn’t stop smiling as Matt helped her out at her Jamface market stall in Adelaide. Matt is a co-owner of the business.

WATCH: MasterChef fans left stressed watching Poh race against the clock

Even though Poh insisted to The Weekend Australian magazine that “Jono and I still work together and are the best of friends,” sources tell New Idea Jonathan was noticeably absent from the stall following the news.

Poh and Matt tied the knot in 1990. They called it quits after nine years together and he’s since started a relationship with her best friend.

“We were such great mates – that’s what made it so hard for us to break up in the first place,” Poh said. “He’s like my brother ... We’re much better suited as friends.”

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Poh Ling Yeow pictured with second husband Matt Phipps (second from right), first husband Jonathan Bennett (left) and best friend Sarah Rich (left), who dated Jonathan.

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Poh explained to Mamamia in 2017 that she, Matt and her friend Sarah Rich were incredibly close.

"He's my ex-husband. She's my best friend. And when we broke up, they got together and it's all dandy. It's actually really good!" she said.

"Everyone tries to complicate it. From the outside in, they're all like 'love triangle!' And I'm like, 'no!' He's like my brother now and I think … people are never interested in the back story. They want everything to be sordid."

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Poh recently split from her second husband, Jonathan Bennett (pictured)

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After her split with Matt, Poh went on to marry aspiring actor Jono, who she met on the first season of MasterChef, where Jono was working as a production assistant.

"We weren't really allowed to talk because that's part of the rules. You can't fraternise with the staff because I guess they can tell you secrets (about the next challenge) or something," she explained.

"I think it got a little more charged because we weren't allowed to talk to each other. It was like the playground … cute looks across the yard, sort of thing. Then, after the show we hooked up. There was a wrap party and we exchanged numbers straight away and it was all guns after that."

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