Overview

'Leong serves up her raw, vibrant truth. Now that takes real guts.' - Kylie Kwong 'Utterly delectable' - Narelda Jacobs 'Melissa Leong is an Australian culinary and cultural treasure.' - Ronny Chieng Gold Logie-nominated TV personality and food icon Melissa Leong bites down on her demons in this searing memoir, exploring themes of abuse in the hospitality industry, racism, mental health and, for a light palate cleanser, the thrill of mouth-wateringly memorable food. Most of all, she inspires the courage to create a life you really, really want. From Melissa Leong (aka fooderati) - the first female judge of MasterChef Australia and Dessert Masters, fashion obsessive and self-confessed contrarian - comes an evocative, sharp, darkly funny and often brutal account of what it's like to try, fail and scrape together the confidence to try again. She invites you to consider your own limiting self-beliefs ... and give them the finger. These stories take place inside kitchens and television studios, on farms and even in an abattoir. Leong shares how her dream of being a concert pianist crumbled due to chronic pain, her struggles with racism and identity as a first-generation Singaporean Chinese woman, how blowing up her life to reset her path was maybe (definitely!) worth it, and why going your own way absolutely is. Garnished with Leong's favourite recipes, Guts is above all a glorious love letter to food, to choosing the unpredictable path and to believing in yourself even - and especially - when the odds are stacked against you. No guts, no glory. Hope you're hungry.

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'Melissa Leong serves up her raw, vibrant truth, bringing her whole self to the table for all to see. Now that takes real guts.' -Kylie Kwong 'Melissa Leong is an Australian culinary and cultural treasure.' -Ronny Chieng 'Utterly delectable. Every word measured and wielded with precision. If you've ever asked whether you should take the leap, Mel is living proof the net exists! As the master of her own destiny, this woman is ""unfuckwithable"".' -Narelda Jacobs 'Who has worked in an abattoir and been on the cover of marie claire? Mel is the personification of grit and grace. Guts is her incredible story.' -Nick Cody 'I am still not sure what Melissa does for work. But her brother has just graduated as a doctor, so now whatever she does is okay with me.' -Mel's mum

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Melissa Leong is a Gold Logie-nominated television presenter and personality, freelance food and travel journalist, food media consultant, radio broadcaster, MC and cookbook editor. She lives in Melbourne but is often found elsewhere.

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