MASTERCHEF will whet the world’s appetite for South Australia in its tenth season.

The Channel 10 hit reality cooking series, which is broadcast in more than 180 countries, is currently filming here.

Judges Gary Mehigan, Matt Preston and George Calombaris and the latest batch of contestants, including locals, will shoot a week’s worth of episodes to screen later this year.

“When we announced where we were going we got an amazing reaction. You would have thought we were saying we were going to go to Paris,” Preston said. “The whole idea is to take the contestants to SA and introduce them to some of our favourite chefs, restaurants and produce because that’s what makes SA so strong in terms of food ... that wonderful mix, and an amazing wine scene.”

media_camera MasterChef judges Gary Mehigan, Matt Preston and George Calombaris are in South Australia filming the 2018 series.

Preston would not disclose locations for “South Australia Week” other than to say they would include Adelaide and the Barossa, but he did reveal some of the show’s SA success stories would be in the mix.

“There’s a rich vein of MasterChef culinary talent in SA we can call on,” he said.

“Adelaide always punches above its weight. It may not have the most contestants, but it has the contestants that do most well.”