Comedian Ed Night meets his Masterchef hero, George Calombaris

UK comedian and MasterChef fan Ed Night has been roaming Coles while in Melbourne to try to track down celebrity chef George Calombaris — and his patience finally paid off.

UK comedian Ed Night was on a mission to find George Calombaris.

UK comedian Ed Night admits he’s been roaming Coles to try and find his hero, celebrity chef George Calombaris.

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“One of the big appeals of MasterChef Australia is it’s so wholesome, it’s about joy,” said Night.

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Calombaris enjoyed the fanboy moment: “Yeah it is. It reminds me when I’m being a prima donna that’s it all about food and joy.”

Night had a special guest in the audience at his show on Wednesday night: Khan Ong, semi-finalist of MasterChef in 2018.

“I couldn’t believe he was sitting in the front row. The closing part of my show is meant to be quite poignant and I ruined it by saying ‘Don’t leave, I need get a selfie with you’,” said Night.

“I was very unprofessional.”

Calombaris is recovering from an eye injury after a squash ball hit him in the eye.

“I was playing against my GAZI head chef, Ruben. It could have been a lot worse, I’m so lucky. I’ve got an artificial implant in this eye, which I need fixed. The pain was like a paper cut, it was like someone turning a fork in my eye,” said Calombaris. No laughing matter.

“I’ve gotta work out how I can get Ruben back.”

Night’s show, An Aesthetic, is running at ACMI until April 21.