Emelia Jackson


Early life

Emilia Jackson was born in Melbourne in 1989. Her father is Australian and her mother has Serbian, Macedonian and Greek heritage. Jackson attended Siena College and Monash University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Psychology & Management.

MasterChef Australia

Jackson appeared as one of the top 24 contestants in the Australian reality television program MasterChef Australia 2014. She finished in third place on 27 July 2014.
Jackson was then invited to join the top 24 returning contestants in MasterChef Australia: Back to Win in 2020. She was declared the competition winner over runner-up Laura Sharrad on 20 July 2020, winning $250,000.
Jackson and Sharrad had both appeared in the 2014 series, where Sharrad finished second and Jackson third. Jackson and Sharrad had also both attended Siena College as teenagers, although not in the same school years.