Celebrity chef Poh Ling Yeow closes Adelaide Central Market stall for TV commitment

Poh Ling Yeow will close her Jamface stall as she returns to TV – but you’ll still be able to buy her products at a different market.

Celebrity chef Poh Ling Yeow is returning to television – but the move means the closure of her Jamface Stall at the Adelaide Central Market.

There is, as yet, no hint of what the new TV role is, but the Adelaide cook, who debuted as runner-up in the first season of MasterChef Australia in 2009, announced the Jamface stall’s closure on her Instagram account on Monday.

Poh said the closure was due to a “full-time return to my media and art career.”

The stall, which had its last trading day on Saturday, has been open since late 2015.

But lovers of Poh’s lunchtime treats, especially pastries and desserts, will still be able to enjoy Jamface products at the Adelaide Farmers’ Market at Wayville every Sunday.

Poh Ling Yeow at her Jamface stall at the Adelaide Farmers' Market. Picture: Matt Turner

Poh’s agent, Matthew Phipps, said she is still conscientious about cooking her own goods.

“She still makes a lot of her own stuff, but this new role means she will not be able to do that,” he said.

Mr Phipps said Poh would be filming interstate on weekdays but flying home on weekends for her “beloved farmers’ market”, which is where Jamface began in 2014.

Poh has made a number of TV series; three seasons of Poh’s Kitchen for the ABC from 2010-12, and two of Poh & Co for SBS in 2015-16.

The Adelaide Central Market issued a statement saying they had been working closely with Jamface owners Poh and Sarah Rich, and Poh remains a “passionate market advocate and regular market visitor.”They will be announcing a new trader for stall 28/29 soon.