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My Kitchen Rules NZ

Who are the home cooks heading to My Kitchen Rules NZ this year?

Who are the home cooks heading to My Kitchen Rules NZ this year?

Including one contestant who's taking his third bite of the reality TV cherry.
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By Alex Casey | 9th April, 2024
Senior writer
MKR NZ’s Colin (left) and Manu (right) with The Real Pod producer Samuel

Five things we learnt at lunch with the My Kitchen Rules NZ judges

Manu and Colin tell The Real Pod about their reality TV journeys, their McDonald’s orders and how long is too long to wait for a sausage roll.
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By Samuel Robinson | 5th November, 2023
Podcast engineer
The Real Pod: Jeff’s eyes have changed and we are yelling

The Real Pod: Jeff’s eyes have changed and we are yelling

The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in New Zealand pop culture and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s.
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By The Real Pod | 8th November, 2018
Podcast
Action stations at the National Secondary Schools Culinary Championship grand final (Photo: Alice Neville)

A ringside seat at NZ’s ‘most important cooking competition’

The country's most promising chefs of the future battled it out in the grand final of the National Secondary Schools Culinary Championship this week.
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By Alice Neville | 7th September, 2018
Deputy editor
My Kitchen Rules NZ: This is how it all ends, with Manu in a tux

My Kitchen Rules NZ: This is how it all ends, with Manu in a tux

Four courses and six very famous chefs stand between our amateur cooking heroes and a $100,000 cheque.
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By Calum Henderson | 28th November, 2017
Production editor
The My Kitchen Rules NZ finale will be a battle of good and evil

The My Kitchen Rules NZ finale will be a battle of good and evil

Calum Henderson makes some very well-informed predictions for the finale of My Kitchen Rules tomorrow.
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By Calum Henderson | 26th November, 2017
Production editor
My Kitchen Rules NZ: Pete and Manu finally reboot Wedding Crashers

My Kitchen Rules NZ: Pete and Manu finally reboot Wedding Crashers

In an unexpected twist, the penultimate episode of My Kitchen Rules NZ pays homage to a classic Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson comedy vehicle.
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By Calum Henderson | 20th November, 2017
Production editor
My Kitchen Rules NZ: Heather and Mitch can’t lose

My Kitchen Rules NZ: Heather and Mitch can’t lose

Jaryd and Ben take on the notorious foodie friends in a grim battle for cooking show survival.
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By Calum Henderson | 14th November, 2017
Production editor
My Kitchen Rules NZ: Lucy’s back from the dead to hit on Paleo Pete

My Kitchen Rules NZ: Lucy’s back from the dead to hit on Paleo Pete

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.
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By Calum Henderson | 7th November, 2017
Production editor
My Kitchen Rules NZ recap: Honey, I shrunk Heather and Mitch

My Kitchen Rules NZ recap: Honey, I shrunk Heather and Mitch

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.
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By Calum Henderson | 31st October, 2017
Production editor
My Kitchen Rules NZ recap: Everybody hates Chris (and Bex)

My Kitchen Rules NZ recap: Everybody hates Chris (and Bex)

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.
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By Calum Henderson | 24th October, 2017
Production editor
My Kitchen Rules NZ recap: The secret ingredient that rocked Manu’s world

My Kitchen Rules NZ recap: The secret ingredient that rocked Manu’s world

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.
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By Calum Henderson | 17th October, 2017
Production editor
My Kitchen Recap: Inside the mansion walls with Teal and Sophie

My Kitchen Recap: Inside the mansion walls with Teal and Sophie

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.
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By Calum Henderson | 10th October, 2017
Production editor
MKRNZ recap: New theory – Teal is a David Lynch character

MKRNZ recap: New theory – Teal is a David Lynch character

A Johnny Depp lookalike, a Tourism Wanaka ambassador and 'Paleo' Pete Evans walk into a Great Gatsby-themed dining room in suburban Auckland.
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By Calum Henderson | 2nd October, 2017
Production editor
The new My Kitchen Rules NZ is leaner and meaner than ever

The new My Kitchen Rules NZ is leaner and meaner than ever

Calum Henderson watches the revamped My Kitchen Rules NZ, with shiny new judges and shady new contestants. 
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By Calum Henderson | 25th September, 2017
Production editor
Pete and Manu judge the most shameful meals we’ve ever made

Pete and Manu judge the most shameful meals we’ve ever made

Have you ever prepared a meal so gluttonous, so shameful, so grotesque that you’ve had to take a cold hard look at yourself in the mirror and ask 'what would Pete and Manu think?' Alex Casey was able to ask them IRL earlier this year.
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By Alex Casey | 25th September, 2017
Senior writer
Is this MKRNZ contestant actually Johnny Depp? A Spinoff Investigation

Is this MKRNZ contestant actually Johnny Depp? A Spinoff Investigation

With the latest season of My Kitchen Rules NZ enlisting international heavyweight judges Pete and Manu, Alex Casey finds another celebrity lurking in the contestant line-up.
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By Alex Casey | 11th September, 2017
Senior writer
Television: Useful Lessons I Have Learned From My Kitchen Rules NZ 2015

Television: Useful Lessons I Have Learned From My Kitchen Rules NZ 2015

Alex Casey shares some vital lessons learned from the show including what not to feed rugby players, and how to avoid being too much of a JAFA.
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By Alex Casey | 16th December, 2015
Senior writer
Television: My Kitchen Rules Power Rankings, Week Eight – William G In Da House

Television: My Kitchen Rules Power Rankings, Week Eight – William G In Da House

Alex Casey delivers her contestant power rankings for week eight on My Kitchen Rules NZ. This week, we farewell the face of Nando's and Ali G comes to kitchen HQ.
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By Alex Casey | 2nd December, 2015
Senior writer
Television: My Kitchen Rules NZ Power Rankings, Week Five – Simon Seduces a Panna Cotta

Television: My Kitchen Rules NZ Power Rankings, Week Five – Simon Seduces a Panna Cotta

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By Alex Casey | 12th November, 2015
Senior writer

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