“It’s not a love triangle!”: MasterChef's Poh Ling Yeow opens up about her very modern love life
<p>Poh Ling Yeow has reached new levels of success following her appearance on the very first season of<span> </span><em>MasterChef Australia</em><span> </span>back in 2009.</p>
<p>She’s published multiple cookbooks and many around Australia are familiar with her culinary skills as she regularly appears on<span> </span><em>MasterChef</em>.</p>
<p>Pho, 46, however has had a very interesting love life.</p>
<p>She married her first husband, Matt Phipps, in 1990 when they were both practicing Mormons. </p>
<p>Things didn’t work out and they divorced after nine years. It was not long after that that Matt married her best friend of 20 years, Sarah Rich.</p>
<p>Poh then went onto marry Jono Bennett, who she met on<span> </span><em>MasterChef</em><span> </span>as he was a production assistant.</p>
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<p>Following on from moving on with their new partners, the two couples have gone into business together and have opened a café in Adelaide.</p>
<p>Although it might seem weird to many, it’s not weird to all involved.</p>
<p>“He’s my ex-husband. She’s my best friend. And when we broke up, they got together and it’s all dandy. It’s actually really good,” Poh explained to <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/poh-ling-yeow-interview/" target="_blank"><em>Mamamia</em></a>.</p>
<p>Although everyone involved is on the same page, that doesn’t stop other people from trying to complicate it.</p>
<p>“Everyone tries to complicate it for us. From the outside in, they’re all like ‘love triangle’! And I’m like, ‘no’! He’s like my brother now and I think … people are never interested in the back story. They want everything to be sordid,” Poh said.</p>
<p>It all sounds peaceful now, but at the time it was quite difficult for the pair. They have now come full circle though.</p>
<p>“We’ve just come full circle. It’s quite funny sometimes [because] people don’t know our history. I’ll lose my shit at him … in an ‘ex-wife’ sort of way and people are like 'whoa, you really gave it to him' and I’m like 'yeah, we used to be married' and they’re like 'oh, right, that’s explains a lot.'”</p>
<p>Her husband Jono wasn’t happy with the situation initially either.</p>
<p>He explained to <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.nowtolove.com.au/news/local-news/masterchef-poh-ex-husband-best-friend-42274" target="_blank"><em>Woman’s Day</em></a> last year his thoughts on the circumstances.</p>
<p>“It was something we all had to work on essentially. I know it’s very human to be jealous, but it doesn’t make it right.</p>
<p>“There’s a lot of history [between Poh and Matt], so it’s not something that can be taken away. It’s not something that should be.”</p>
<p>Yeow is currently appearing on the latest season of <em>MasterChef Australia</em> as a mentor. </p>
<p><em>Masterchef Australia</em> is on Channel Ten at 7.30 pm Tuesday to Thursday.</p>
