Melissa Leong gushes over her husband Joe Jones after they decided to ‘elope’ after five months

Melissa Leong recently revealed she opted to elope with her tattooed bar owner husband, Joe Jones, after dating for only five months.

And on Thursday, Melissa, 40, gushed over her partner, as she shared a black and white portrait of her husband to Instagram as they spent quality time together.

‘This guy,’ she wrote alongside a heart emoji. 

The photo, which appeared to be taken by Melissa, shows the pair spending quality time together, while they indulged in a plate of oysters and wine.

Speaking to TV Week last Monday, the food critic told TV Week, ‘when you know, you know’ about her romance.

‘I first met him briefly at his bar in Melbourne, Romeo Lane,’ Melissa said.

‘Then we met again properly about 18 months later at a function. We started talking there and we’ve just not ever ceased since really. It’s pretty cool.’

The pair dated for just three months when they decided to get engaged. They then eloped after she filmed SBS’s The Chef’s Line, just two months later. 

‘When that wrapped, we went to Joshua Tree in California and eloped. It was all very fun,’ the foodie-turned-TV judge said. 

Some viewers couldn’t get enough of her heavily inked beau, who featured on the show in April while the judges spoke of their personal lives.  

Following April’s episode, Melissa shared a sweet tribute to her husband to Instagram, thanking him for appearing alongside her on the show.

‘Shout outs to my awfully hot husband for being a legend and agreeing to be on MasterChef with me,’ she wrote.

‘Not only is he a classically French trained chef with a specialist focus in pastry, and one of the best things to ever happen to me,’ Melissa added.