George Calombaris

Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas (r) poses with Australian chef George Calombaris during day six of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Saturday. Tsitsipas will represent the new generation in their challenge to usurp the old guard when he faces Roger Federer at Melbourne Park on Sunday. [EPA]

Melbourne has invited the cream of Greek gastronomy to the Australian city to celebrate the second installment of Oh My Greek Week, an event dedicated to Greek cuisine, from November 21-26.

MasterChef judge George Calombaris, aged 36, told presenter Katie Monty Diamond that he had experienced racism at school. The Australian-born Greek chef said that his brother and two Turkish friends “fought their way through school every day” during their upbringing in Melbourne, where the largest Greek population outside Greece is located.