MKR is set to make its grand re-entrance with Nigella Lawson and Manu Feildel for a new season starting 7.00pm Sunday, 7 August on Channel Seven and 7plus.
Also joining MKR this season is food journalist and TV personality Matt Preston, while celebrity chefs Colin Fassnidge and Curtis Stone return as guest judges.
It’s state versus state as the competition gets back to its original recipe: real people cooking real food in their own homes, serving family recipes to the judges and their fellow contestants.
Each team will compete to win the MKR crown, moving one step closer to realising their food dreams. Which team will impress the judges, score big with fellow contestants and triumph in the heat of the kitchen?
“We want to be on top of the leader board with a little fist pump, not like a big one,” says team Queensland’s fine diner, Kate.
Earlier this year, Lawson spoke about joining the show: “Going to restaurants can be a treat, but for me, the true story of food is told through the cooking we do at home. So, to have the chance to champion home cooks and be given the intimate privilege of being invited into people’s homes to eat their food fills me with gratitude and excitement in equal measure.
“I’m so looking forward to working with Manu too. Although he’s a chef and I’m a home cook, the fact is we both just want to eat good food. I feel I’ve got a lot to learn from him, but just know we’ll have a lot of fun in the process. I can’t wait.”
Feildel said: “I’m very excited to be sitting back at the head of the MKR table and even more thrilled to have the lovely Nigella Lawson at my side.
“As MKR judges, we make the perfect team with our years of experience in professional and home kitchens respectively. And as lovers of delicious food and a fabulous dinner party, I can promise you we’re also going to have a lot of fun. Bring it on.”
MKR is produced by ITV Studios Australia for the Seven Network.