The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in New Zealand pop culture and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s.

Facing criticism, comparison and scrutiny every day takes its toll. Heaping even more pressure on someone who's suffering isn't the answer, writes chef and MKRNZ judge Ben Bayly.

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in New Zealand pop culture and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s.

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in New Zealand pop culture and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s.

Four courses and six very famous chefs stand between our amateur cooking heroes and a $100,000 cheque.

Calum Henderson makes some very well-informed predictions for the finale of My Kitchen Rules tomorrow.

In an unexpected twist, the penultimate episode of My Kitchen Rules NZ pays homage to a classic Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson comedy vehicle.

Jaryd and Ben take on the notorious foodie friends in a grim battle for cooking show survival.

It’s out of the instant restaurant frying pan and into the sudden death cook-off fire – and half the Shortland Street cast has come for tea.

The demon foodies of Christchurch get brought down to size by a French celebrity chef as My Kitchen Rules NZ prepares to enter the sudden-death cook-off round.

This week on My Kitchen Rules NZ, Chris and Bex learn you can lead ten amateur foodies to Wanaka for tea, but you can’t make them like it.

The youngest contestants in My Kitchen Rules NZ history write the weirdest menu in My Kitchen Rules NZ history, and poor old Pete Evans has to read it out loud.

They’re renowned hairdressers and A+ reality TV talent, but are Wellington couple Teal and Sophie any good at cooking? This week on My Kitchen Rules NZ, we find out.

A Johnny Depp lookalike, a Tourism Wanaka ambassador and 'Paleo' Pete Evans walk into a Great Gatsby-themed dining room in suburban Auckland.

The Real Pod team assemble in the boardroom of dreams to talk reality TV and real life in New Zealand, including the return of MKRNZ, Art and Matilda's new cats and TVNZ's new season announcements.