Friday 20th – 22nd June 2025
Good Food & Wine Show 2025
I’m so excited to be part of this year’s Good Food & Wine Show! It’s an absolute dream to be surrounded by food lovers, sharing my favourite easy, budget-friendly recipes and cooking live on stage. There’s nothing better than connecting with people over good food, a few laughs, and a whole lot of delicious inspiration. From cheeky kitchen hacks to family-friendly dinner ideas, I’ve got plenty to share—and I can’t wait to see you there!
4th June 2025
How MasterChef favourite Steph de Sousa wrote her own recipe for success
When Steph de Sousa first entered the MasterChef Australia kitchen, she was a 46-year-old HR professional clinging to a dream and craving change. Fast forward to now, and she’s a beloved digital creator with nearly 3 million followers, two cookbooks, and a booming online food brand.
29th May 2025
Steph De Sousa delights us with a collection of her quick, delicious recipes
MasterChef Australia star-turned social media sensation Steph De Sousa is the queen of easy recipes and kitchen hacks, and she’s shared a collection of her simple and tasty recipes with Woman’s Day!
20th May 2025
Steph de Sousa’s Persian Love Cake
I’m thrilled to share that my Persian Love Cake has been featured on the Good Food & Wine Show website! This fragrant, spiced cake combines almond meal, yoghurt, and rosewater, topped with a dreamy lemon glaze and crushed pistachios for a delightful crunch. It’s one of those bakes that looks impressive but is secretly super simple—perfect for afternoon tea.
13th May 2025
Steph de Sousa has ‘no regrets’ after leaving the MasterChef kitchen
Sunday night’s elimination saw one of the most dreaded challenges return to the MasterChef kitchen: the 1-inch cube taste-testing challenge. With 80 unidentifiable foods on the table, the blindfolded contestants needed to rely on flavour and texture to determine what they were.
11th May 2025
‘Didn’t Have Anything To Lose’: Steph De Sousa On Her Return To MasterChef
Originally appearing in Season 11 of the series, since leaving the competition, Steph De Sousa has become a social media sensation, boasting millions of followers online, her website Easy Recipe Gang, publishing two bestselling cookbooks – Air Fryer Queen and Easy Dinner Queen – and hosting her own TV series, Frugal Foodie.
Thursday, 01 May 2025 | 6:00PM to 7:00PM
Easy Dinner Queen - Steph de Sousa
Join Steph de Sousa as she launches her latest book and talks about her love of easy food.
Books will be available for sale and signing.
Location: Toronto Library, tirrabiyangba, Cnr Brighton Avenue & Pemell Street, Toronto.
15th April 2025
Chef Steph de Sousa shares the 'controversial' ingredient she uses to jazz up 'just about anything'
When you make a good meal, you often can’t help but wonder if there’s a way you could turn it into a great meal next time.
Sometimes there’s just something lacking in a dish; it doesn’t mean it’s not tasty, it simply means it has the potential to be tastier.
10th April 2025
Dinner queen Steph de Sousa on food, fame and her best kitchen hacks
As she releases a brand new cookbook, Easy Dinner Queen, Steph de Sousa talks all things food.
From her earliest years, when she would bake cakes and biscuits with her grandma, Steph de Sousa loved to cook…
8th April 2025
7 delicious Steph de Sousa recipes to fill your heart and belly!
Social media sensation, Steph de Sousa knows how to create quick, budget-friendly recipes that are as easy to cook as they are to eat.
17th March 2025
Meet the 2025 MasterChef Australia contestants
The 2025 season of MasterChef Australia, dubbed ‘Back to Win,’ is bringing back previous fan-favourite contestants and giving them another shot at the MasterChef title!
16th March 2025
MasterChef Australia Back To Win 2025
For the 17th season, we’re welcoming back familiar faces to the MasterChef kitchen!
Fan favourites are returning for a second – or even third – shot at the title of MasterChef and the glory that comes from holding that trophy above their heads.
12 January 2025
Air Fryers with Steph De Sousa
Steph De Sousa, known for her incredible foodie following of nearly 1.4 million on social media, is also a big fan of the air fryer. In fact, she’s such a fan that she even wrote a book called The Air Fryer Queen.
18 December 2024
Take the stress out of Christmas with these make-ahead recipes
For lots of us, we associate Christmas with special foods. It’s lovely, but it can mean that Christmas Eve and Christmas Day can get a bit consumed by food prep….
16 December 2024
Single Burner x Steph de Sousa
We’ve made it easy for you to create delicious meals on your next trip in the caravan or camper trailer, cooked by Steph de Sousa using a single burner stove…
22-24 November 2024
Steph de Sousa's air fryer recipes for easy weeknight dinners.
So, you’re obsessed with your air fryer… or your friends won’t stop raving about their air fryers so now you’re wondering what all the fuss is about.
22-24 November 2024
Good Food & Wine Show Christmas Market
I did a live cooking demonstration at this year’s Good Food and Wine Christmas Market, where I cooked my best air fryer Christmas chicken roast.
Photo credit: @thomaslisson
22 November 2024
Steph shares her edible & adorable Christmas gifts
I shared my edible and adorable Christmas gifts that everyone will love! Make this for your loved ones this Christmas..
16 November 2024
Better Homes and Garden
I was featured on Better Homes and Gardens! They visited my kitchen to film a special segment where we had a fantastic time cooking some of my favorite air fryer recipes.
29th October
Christmas Lunch for Less
ALDI has released their ultimate festive menu priced under $75!
21 October 2024
Steph makes food fit for the King and Queen
Our own foodie royalty.. the air fryer queen, Steph De Sousa puts her favourite royal recipes to the test…
22 September 2024
Taste Camden
I had an amazing time at TASTE Camden 2024, cooking live and sharing my favourite recipes with everyone. It was so much fun connecting with the crowd and whipping up some seriously tasty dishes!
7 August 2024
Olympic Chocolate Muffins
Steph de Sousa shares her Olympic treat that’s a gold medal hit with the athletes chocolate chip muffins …
24 June 2024
Everyday Gourmet
Exciting News! My ultimate Southern Air Fried Chicken recipe is making its debut on Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield! This deliciously crispy, juicy, and healthier twist on a classic Southern favorite is something you definitely don’t want to miss! 💃✨
Catch the full episode on Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield!
11 June 2024
How to make four ingredients go a long way
How to make four ingredients go a long way, we’re serving up delicious dinner ideas with only four cheap and easy ingredients…
29 May 2024
Five minute air fryer chocolate chip cookies
Steph De Sousa shows how to make perfectly cooked chocolate chip cookies in the airfryer…
27 April 2024
From the heart: Steph De Sousa on fame, family and air fryers
Bubbly home cook turned author and TikTok star Steph De Sousa has forged a career by following her heart…
6 April 2024
Steph De Sousa shows you how to whip up delicious breakfast spring rolls in the air fryer
March 2024
The internet’s new favourite recipe ‘Marry Me Chicken’
Steph De Sousa takes us through the viral recipe that could help you snag a spouse – the ‘marry me’ chicken!
16 February 2024
High-flying finalists announced for Lake Mac Awards
A cast of top guns are in the running to become the face of the city following the announcement of the Lake Mac Awards finalists…
20 July 2023
Former MasterChef star Steph De Sousa shares Aldi's top cult buys
Former Masterchef star Steph De Sousa decided to share her ultimate cheat sheet to some of Aldi’s new limit…
8 May 2023
MasterChef Australia frugal foodie Steph De Sousa shares money saving supermarket meat shopping tip
Aussie mum reveals how she saves thousands on her food bill with one simple trick · Steph De Sousa buys whole chickens and dissects them herself…
1 August 2023
Steph De Sousa's chicken fajitas cooked 3 ways and served 3 ways
Sizzling Mexican fajitas are an easy family favourite and this chicken recipe can also be served in three different ways…
20 July 2023
Former MasterChef star Steph De Sousa shares Aldi's top cult buys
Former Masterchef star Steph De Sousa decided to share her ultimate cheat sheet to some of Aldi’s new limit…
8 May 2023
MasterChef Australia frugal foodie Steph De Sousa shares money saving supermarket meat shopping tip
Aussie mum reveals how she saves thousands on her food bill with one simple trick · Steph De Sousa buys whole chickens and dissects them herself…
1 August 2023
Steph De Sousa's chicken fajitas cooked 3 ways and served 3 ways
Sizzling Mexican fajitas are an easy family favourite and this chicken recipe can also be served in three different ways…
15 Feb 2023
Check out Steph de Sousa's quirky but practical recipes for families on a budget
Look at the bottom shelf of the supermarket aisle for cheaper versions of ingredients. Cook from scratch rather than buying ready made.
23 July 2023
MasterChef's Steph de Souza reveals her fave new finds at Aldi: 'The bomb'
She continued to the freezer aisle, highlighting Urban Eats onion bhajis and spinach pakoras, which she and her family enjoyed for a “lazy…
19 May 2023
Former MasterChef contestant Steph De Sousa shares lasagne recipe cooked directly in airfryer
Ingredients · 100g Pure Valley Butter · 2 tbsp White Mill Plain Flour · 1 litre Farmdale Full Cream Milk · 1 cup Westacre Dairy Pizza Cheese…
18 May 2023
Aussie mum and former MasterChef contestant breaks internet with air fryer lasagne recipe costing less than $5 a serve!
Former MasterChef star Steph De Sousa has gone viral for her quick, easy, and affordable air fryer lasagna recipe…
24 Oct 2023
This one pan lemon and dill risotto is delicious and ridiculously easy to make
Chef and Masterchef star Steph De Sousa’s one pan chicken risotto is so easy all you need to do is put all the ingredients in and leave it…
10 July 2023
Aldi Cake Hack: The Easy 99c Birthday Cake
Buying fancy celebration cakes can get quite expensive. So if you’re trying to save a few dollars for your next party, why not have a go at…
17 June 2019
WATCH: This MasterChef Australia elimination will break your heart
MasterChef has farewelled fan favourite Steph De Sousa. The mother-of-four broke down in tears as she discussed her time on the show…
11 Aug 2022
MasterChef star Steph De Sousa ready to TikTok her way at Aroma festival
MasterChef alumni Steph De Sousa is looking forward to the Maitland Aroma Coffee and Chocolate Festival this weekend.
11 May 2023
Mother’s Day gifts that won’t break the bank
No doubt by now you have either watched a Mother’s Day ad on TV, seen shelves lined with gift ideas or even been asked what you would like…
9 May 2023
Former MasterChef star shares hack to halve your chicken spending
Steph De Sousa shows fans how they can halve their grocery spending simply by changing the way they cut chi…
4 May 2019
MasterChef’s love of food is Tassie grown
Although her favourite dishes are now inspired by the cooking of her Indian husband Neville, Mrs De Sousa said her grandmother first gave her a…
24 Mar 2020
MasterChef's Stephanie De Sousa shares pantry stocking and cooking tips for self-isolated cooks
MasterChef’s Stephanie De Sousa shares pantry stocking and cooking tips for self-isolated cooks … Talented home cook Stephanie De Sousa made it…
8 Aug 2022
Aroma Coffee and Chocolate Festival returns to The Levee on August 13-14
DELICIOUS: Maitland Mayor Philip Penfold with special guest and former MasterChef contestant Steph de Sousa ahead of the Aroma Chocolate and Coffee Festival…
25 Oct 2022
Are air fryers really worth the hype?
They’ve gained a cult following on social media but are air fryers actually worth the extra space in your kitchen?
3 June 2019
MasterChef star Larissa Takchi recalls the moment she realised her pork belly was on FIRE
MasterChef star Steph De Sousa had her Vietnamese food truck caught on fire during a team challenge with culinary co-star Larissa Takchi.