Occupation Teacher Education Bachelor of Fine Arts Siblings Alexandra Duggan | Parents Owen Duggan | |
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Alma mater College of Fine Arts, University of NSWUniversity of Sydney Residence Baulkham Hills, Sydney, Australia Similar Billie McKay, Matt Preston, Gary Mehigan, George Calombaris, Emma Dean | ||
Elena Duggan (born 1 June 1983) is an Australian school teacher and television cook. She is the winner of the 2016 series of MasterChef Australia.
Duggan was born in Cooroy, Queensland and attended Noosa District State High School. She then attended the College of Fine Arts of the University of NSW where she was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts. She subsequently completed a postgraduate degree in teaching from the University of Sydney. She went on to teach Visual Arts and was the head teacher of creative and performing arts at Galston High School in Sydney.
Duggan applied to enter MasterChef in 2015 but she was unsuccessful. She applied again in 2016 and was accepted, having created an audition dish of fish and chips. On 26 July 2016 she competed in the final against Matt Sinclair, ultimately creating a better dessert and winning the series by 86 points to 84.
