Kate Bracks

{{short description|Australian reality television cook|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| name = Kate Bracks

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| birth_name = Katherine Jane Pickett

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1974}}

| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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| occupation = Cook

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| awards = Winner, MasterChef Australia

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| predecessor = Adam Liaw

| successor = Andy Allen

| spouse = Luke Bracks

| children = 3

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Katherine Jane Bracks (née Pickett; born 1974) is an Australian reality television cook. She is the winner of the third series of MasterChef Australia.{{cite news|last=Byrnes|first=Holly|title=Kate Bracks of Orange in NSW wins MasterChef in 2011|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/kate-bracks-of-orange-in-nsw-wins-masterchef-in-2011/story-e6freuy9-1226110480367|accessdate=8 August 2011|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=8 August 2011}}

Bracks, mother of three children, was previously a school teacher.[http://www.masterchef.com.au/kate-bracks.htm Kate Bracks], MasterChef profile. She lives in Orange, New South Wales and attends Orange Evangelical Church.{{cite news|last=Prisk|first=Tracey|title=Kate's in the master mix|url=http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/news/local/news/general/kates-in-the-master-mix/2158779.aspx?storypage=0|accessdate=8 August 2011|newspaper=Central Western Daily|date=11 May 2011}} While on the show, Bracks refused to call the Dalai Lama "Your Holiness", saying that "My belief is that God is the only one that is perfectly holy."{{cite news|last=Byrnes|first=Holly|title=A Dalai Lama dilemma for MasterChef contestant Kate|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/a-dalai-lama-dilemma-in-masterchef-recipe/story-e6frf96o-1226095176780|accessdate=8 August 2011|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=15 July 2011}} Her stance attracted media attention in India.{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dalai-lama-not-holy-enough-for-oz-masterchef-contestant/817885/|title=Dalai Lama 'not holy enough' for Oz MasterChef contestant|date=15 July 2011|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=8 August 2011}}

Released a cook book in 2012: The Sweet Life: Desserts from Australia's MasterChef.{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/sweet-life-20120402-1w72s.html | title=Sweet life | date=3 April 2012 }}

After two years, when she had fulfilled her contractual obligations, Bracks returned to her work as a teacher.{{cite news |last1=Wanis |first1=Belinda |title=MasterChef Australia winners: Here's where they all are now |url=https://nz.news.yahoo.com/master-chef-australia-winners-heres-where-they-all-are-now-200019927.html |access-date=20 June 2022 |agency=Yahoo! |date=25 December 2021}}