{"id":5530,"date":"2019-02-22T14:32:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T14:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=35558"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:06:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:06:22","slug":"ping-masterchef-restaurant-what-has-winner-ping-achieved-since-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2019\/02\/22\/ping-masterchef-restaurant-what-has-winner-ping-achieved-since-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is Masterchef 2014 winner Ping Coombes now? Does she have her own restaurant?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The current 2019 series of Masterchef is well underway and airs on BBC One.<\/p>\n<p>Episode 5 saw the four remaining cooks battle it out for a spot in the quarter-final.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone competing on Masterchef best prepare themselves for a huge opportunity in a culinary career if they&#8217;re to win.<\/p>\n<p>Ping Coombes appeared on the show in 2014 and since then she&#8217;s gone onto great things.<\/p>\n<p>So, who is episode 5 judge Ping Coombes?\u00a0Does the Masterchef winner have her own restaurant?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/whats-on\/seven-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-bachelor-alex-marks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seven things you need to know about The Bachelor UK star Alex Marks \u2013 job, age, ex\u2019s<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/whats-on\/how-to-apply-for-the-next-series-of-masterchef-in-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to apply for the next series of Masterchef in 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/whats-on\/are-camilla-thurlow-and-jamie-jewitt-still-together\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Are Camilla Thurlow and Jamie Jewitt still together?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ping on Masterchef<\/h3>\n<p>Ping decided to apply for the 10th series of Masterchef after she was made redundant.<\/p>\n<p>She was born in Ipoh,\u00a0Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014 Ping was crowned\u00a0champion of Masterchef after impressing the judges with her Malaysian-inspired dishes.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019 she returned as a\u00a0judge on series 15 of Masterchef alongside two other previous Masterchef winners Alex Jorge and Thomasina Miers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BuKDxEWnPk6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BuKDxEWnPk6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Ping Coombes \ud83d\udccd\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe (@pingcoombes)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What Does Ping do Now?<\/h3>\n<p>Since winning Masterchef UK in 2014 Ping went on to open Ping Pan-Asian, a contemporary Pan-Asian restaurant and delicatessen in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Ping Pan-Asian serves\u00a0a modern take on Malaysian-Chinese street food and is based in Selfridges in London.<\/p>\n<p>Ping Pan-Asian also has a deli-counter in The Trafford Centre, Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>As well as launching her own successful\u00a0restaurant under Selfridges, Ping released a book in 2016, &#8216;<span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\">Malaysia: Recipes from a Family Kitchen<\/span>&#8216; which you can buy on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Malaysia-Recipes-Kitchen-Ping-Coombes\/dp\/1474601499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Amazon<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for around \u00a312.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BuLoT21HxLd\/<\/p>\n<h3>Ping on Instagram<\/h3>\n<p>Ping&#8217;s personal Instagram handle is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pingcoombes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>@pingcoombes<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She has just over 11,000 followers and often posts photos of her family including her two daughters.<\/p>\n<p>From the looks of Pings Instagram, she pretty much lives in a foodie&#8217;s heaven and spends a lot of her time travelling around the world!<\/p>\n<p>Ping also has a dedicated Instagram page for her restaurant &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ping_panasian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>@ping_panasian<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BqK5XEvHHH4\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>WATCH MASTERCHEF 2019 ON BBC ONE.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/bbc\/masterchef-2019-carise-archibald-everything-you-need-to-know-about-her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current 2019 series of Masterchef is well underway and airs on BBC One. 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