Overview
- The MasterChef episode featuring Meghan is scheduled to air on Sunday, July 26, 2026, and Channel 10 teasers released this week show her unveiling a pantry challenge and saying, "my kids eat Brussels sprouts."
- Meghan set contestants a "dish fit for a Duchess," selecting ingredients such as honey, macadamia nuts, citrus, edible flowers and celeriac and urging cooks to "have fun," "keep a sense of humour" and "cook from the heart."
- Several outlets reported that Meghan’s team asked producers not to refer to her as "royalty," that judge Poh Ling Yeow called her "MasterChef royalty" in promo material, and that the exchange reportedly left people frustrated, but those accounts are disputed.
- Reports say the cameo was filmed in April during the couple’s Australia visit, that no products from Meghan’s As Ever range were used, and that no appearance fee has been reported.
- Much of the post‑teaser coverage relies on unnamed insiders and competing accounts about edited footage and on‑set upset, so the broadcast on July 26 will provide the first public record of what was said and shown.