Culinary icons Manu Feildel and Colin Fassnidge return as co-hosts and judges of My Kitchen Rules.
The former rivals, who now call each other “brothers”, spoke to 7NEWS.com.au ahead of the new season’s premiere on Monday.
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“Carnage, absolute carnage,” Fassnidge said, describing the new season in true Fassnidge-style.
“It’s everything you want wrapped up around the table.”
The Irish chef said there are some big personalities in the teams this year.
“Everyone sort of does well at the start and then there’s a few hiccups but they all come good and learn from their mistakes,” Fassnidge said.
Despite the pair once being caught up in a rumoured feud, Fassnidge made his first appearance as a guest judge on MKR in 2013 — bringing the two chefs together on set.
Over a decade later, the pair have grown a strong friendship and have hosted MKR together since 2023.
However, despite now calling him his “brother”, French chef Feildel still can’t stand to cook in the same kitchen as Fassnidge.
“We work well when we sit there next to each other at the table, but in the kitchen not so much,” Feildel said.
Outside of cooking together, the pair enjoy a “little whiskey tasting” and travelling around New Zealand to film their cooking and travel show Off The Grid.
Feildel said the one mistake he sees teams make every year is they come on the show underprepared.