Justin Narayan

Justin Narayan is an Australian youth pastor and television cook of Fijian-Indian heritage. He was declared as the winner of MasterChef Australia 2021.

Early life and family Narayan was born in Sydney to a family with Fijian and Indian heritage. At the age of 13 he started to cook and claims that most of his dishes are inspired by his family.

He also dabbled in an acting role in the short movie Rash Decision in 2018.

MasterChef Narayan qualified to be one of the top 24 contestants in MasterChef Australia 2021, an Australian reality television program. He was declared the competition winner over runners-up Pete Campbell and Kishwar Chowdhury on 13 July 2021, winning $250,000 as prize money. Narayan demonstrated on the show a style of cooking that combined Indian and international cuisines, such as poached fish with curry broth, Indian chicken tacos, and Indian chicken curry.

Narayan has also stated that he plans to cook and work for the Mumbai-based NGO Vision Rescue. Vision Rescue was started in Mumbai in 2004 by Biju Thampy, a preacher, and a motivational speaker, to offer Vada Pav to children living near the Mahim Junction Railway Station. Since then, the NGO has expanded its services to include drug rehabilitation counselling for children, providing healthcare, running a slum school and promotion of kids in sports. They also started to offer a transition house for women abused from human trafficking.