Meghan calls Harry 'a charmer' during MasterChef Australia appearance

Early on in the episode, Meghan was asked what her favourite dish is to make at home.

She said it was "a tough one because I have a lot of palettes to appease", with her British-born husband favouring "meat, potatoes and cream sauce" while she preferred grilled fish.

Their two children, Archie and Lilibet, often help with meal preparation and are "great eaters", she said.

"We're really lucky on that front," she added.

She then urged the chefs to cook something they felt connected to. "What's the story behind it?" she asked them.

When Prince Harry dialled in later on during the episode, Meghan told them: "My husband's here," prompting cheers and shocked faces from contestants and spectators.

"I wish you could try these, these dishes are fantastic," she told him, before showing him the food. He signed off by telling her to go and enjoy, adding: "Very sorry to disturb you."

The duchess’s appearance on the latest season of the show was well received by Hello Magazine, external, which shared a video of the episode online and complimented Meghan for the way she interacted with the chefs.

"The Duchess of Sussex gave personal time calls to all the contestants, proving that she's always so effortlessly elegant," it wrote.

Writing in The Sunday Times, external, Charlotte Ivers was less impressed, saying her appearance on the show "told us nothing about what she likes or who even will leave the competition".

Social media users were also split, with one viewer writing that Meghan was "warm, gracious and a delight to watch" while another called Prince Harry's cameo appearance "cringe".