The celebrity chef George Calombaris has now sold in Toorak.
He had opted to lease his grand Toorak mansion in March, rather than sell it in a potential fire sale amid the fallout from his collapsed restaurant empire.
A Kay & Burton for sale sign had previously been erected outside the French provincial-style home of the former MasterChef judge and his family.
No formal confirmation of the McMaster Court sale has come from the then listing agent Ross Savas, but a caveat has been lodged in early October regarding its off market sale to Ka Ning Cheung.
The five bedroom mansion with Paul Bangay gardens was bought solely in wife, Nicole Tricarico's name for $4.75 million in 2013.
On Australia Day Calombaris offloaded a redundant Safety Beach, Mornington Peninsula weekender for $1.01 million, having paid $580,000 in 2013.
The couple retain a $2.2 million weekender at the nearby Arthur's Seat.
The chef's Made Establishment company hadn't been profitable, racking up nearly $21 million in losses over the last three financial years, according to insights from KordaMentha who are controlling the company administration.