Australia’s most passionate home cooks will be welcoming viewers into their homes to share their food creations on the new season of My Kitchen Rules, premiering at 7:30 pm on Monday, September 4 on Channel 7 and 7plus.
Celebrity Chefs Manu Feildel and Colin Fassnidge join forces as co-hosts, judges and good mates as they travel across the country to meet Australia’s most passionate home cooks – real people, cooking real food, in their own homes, for the chance to be crowned MKR Champions and take home a $100,000 cash prize.
Joining Manu and Colin this season is international food superstar Nigella Lawson. Nigella returns to judge finals week at Kitchen HQ where the qualifying teams will compete in a high-pressure cook-off.
Judge Nigella Lawson says she loves the way MKR showcases home cooks in all their variety.
“There’s not one way to cook, one way of looking at food, and I really feel that this show allows cooks to be who they are, while at the same time giving them opportunities to learn and broaden their scope,” she said.
“I was surprised by how strategic – in a good way – some of the teams seemed to be this year. Perhaps because I met teams only after they had done well in their Instant Restaurants, they struck me as focussed on winning, not just cooking; which, after all, is what taking part in a competition has to be about.”
Last year, Sydney couple Janelle and Monzir won the 2022 season of My Kitchen Rules, taking out the crown with a score of 27/30 in a fiercely fought battle with only two points separating them from Kate and Mary.
Heading into the competition, Janelle and Monzir were underdogs, but they wowed Manu Feildel, Curtis Stone, and Colin Fassnidge with their four-course menu served to contestants, family, and friends at Kitchen HQ.
Janelle said of the win: “We won, we actually won! It doesn’t matter where you came from, you can achieve anything you want. There is no limit. This means everything to us.”
Monzir gave a shout-out to his mum, who was watching from the audience: “Thank you, mum, for teaching me everything and thank you for your support.”
The judges were impressed with the team’s authentic menu which paid homage to their heritage. Colin described it as “ballsy and delicious”, while Curtis said it was “full of heart and soul”.
Read more: Janelle and Monzir win the My Kitchen Rules crown for 2022
MKR is produced by ITV Studios Australia for the Seven Network.
The new season of MKR premieres at 7:30 pm on Monday, September 4 on Channel 7 and 7plus.