Duchess Meghan's next career move has been revealed.
The Duchess of Sussex will be cohost "Junior MasterChef Australia" alongside "Masterchef Australia" alumna-turned-judge Poh Ling Yeow next year. Meghan, who moved back to Britain in August with her family, will film the show in Melbourne in the coming months, USA TODAY understands.
The two women will "help guide the next generation of young culinary talent" on the show, which has been off-air since the end of 2020, according to a Paramount Australia and New Zealand news release from Oct. 26.
In a statement, the "Suits" star noted she "had an incredible time with the whole team at 'MasterChef'" when she filmed an episode of the flagship Australian show during her four-day trip to the country with husband
Prince Harry in April. Her appearance, which aired in July, marked her return to TV nearly a year after the second season of her divisive Netflix lifestyle show was released.
Meghan added in her statement, "I love cooking with my own kids, so seeing what these young stars create in the kitchen is going to be a lot of fun."
It is unclear if Meghan and Harry's two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, will accompany her to Australia as she films the new season, which is expected to take between one to two weeks, USA TODAY understands.
Though the duchess has been working in unscripted content in recent years, starring in two seasons of her Netflix series "With Love, Meghan," returning to acting is still a priority. The former "Horrible Bosses" actress is busy reading "a lot of" scripts, a source close to Meghan recently told USA TODAY.
A new acting job for Meghan was among the reported reasons for the Sussexes' shock return to her husband's home country, though a role for the mother-of-two is yet to be decided.
Harry and Meghan are vacationing overseas amid Thomas Markle Sr. investigation
News of Meghan's new job comes days after she spoke out about law enforcement's probe into her estranged father Thomas Markle Sr., who is being investigated in the Philippines over an alleged stash of child sex abuse images. She called the allegations that "a trove of child pornography materials" was found at her father's former home – which Markle Sr. has denied – "disturbing" and "sickening."
Meghan also clarified that the allegations, of which she was made aware in early 2019 via a letter sent to London's Metropolitan Police, were the reason for her "distance from my father and my choice to not allow him to have contact with our children."
The family of four left the United Kingdom and are on vacation overseas during the half-term school holidays, USA TODAY understands.
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