Matt Preston Claims To Have Found Out About ‘MasterChef’ Firing Via Instagram

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A new week has dawned and the ousted MasterChef judges are still saltier than the rim of a margarita over their firing, particularly Matt Preston.

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Despite initially claiming that he and his comrades Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris quit the show because Channel 10 was “unable to agree to all terms for the new contract,” the cravat connoisseur is now claiming that they were fired and what’s worse is that they allegedly learned of their sacking via Instagram.

Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, the chef claims to have been happy with the salary that was offered but it was the network who decided to cut them loose.

“We were happy with what was being offered, in fact we had accepted Ten’s financial offer to make the next series of MasterChef,” he told the publication.

“We just failed to agree on the other terms,” he added.

Last week, Ten’s CEO Paul Anderson announced that the threesome had left the series over a contractual disagreement.

“Despite months of negotiations, Ten has not been able to reach a commercial agreement that was satisfactory to Matt, Gary and George,” Anderson said in a statement.

“We would like to thank Gary, George and Matt for their contribution over the past 11 years.”

The network chief revealed there will be a 12th season of the cooking show with new judges in 2020.

So what next for the three evicted judges, you ask?

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the food gurus are currently in talks with Netflix and Amazon Prime to lock in a multi-million dollar deal after recently opening their own production company GGM Pty Ltd.

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