My Kitchen Rules judges Peter Evans and Manu Feildel.
Seven reveals its new chefs for My Kitchen Rules while Nine, ABC and SBS love their kitchens too.
With the outrageous success of MasterChef Australia, other networks have been frantic to capitalise on the interest in culinary shows.
Seven has announced its judges for My Kitchen Rules are executive chefs Peter Evans and Manu Feildel. Can they be the next George and Gary?
The two Sydney chefs will decide which state team is best deserving of the recognition as our best home chefs when the series arrives in 2010.
As a spin-off from My Restaurant Rules (hosted separately by Curtis Stone (Surfing the Menu, Take Home Chef) and Ian "Dicko" Dickson), there will be teams of two whipping up dishes and dinner parties in their own homes. The finalists will battle it out in a custom-designed restaurant, serving up their best three-course meal to a full restaurant.
The series winner lands a cash prize.
Peter Evans said, "To be honest with you I love people's home cooking; that excites me more than restaurant meals sometimes. You can taste people's passion when they're cooking for you in their own homes."
Manu Feildel added, "Cooking is only a part of the dinner. Designing the menu is just as important so I hope they use all the great local seasonal ingredients around them."
Meanwhile, Nine is currently airing Coles Great Aussie Cook-Off on Sunday afternoons. Hosted by Vince Sorrenti and Jo Silvagni, this is actually a branded show designed to promote a supermarket chain, rather than being a stand-alone show from an independent producer.
The ABC was quick to snap up Poh Ling Yeow for a new series in 2010: Poh's Kitchen. That should help fill the vacancy left by The Cook and the Chef.
Produced out of Adelaide, it will see Poh travel throughout Australia to expand her knowledge of food and to add to her ever-increasing collection of recipes.
"Entering into the world of food has been something I've had a secret obsession with for many years. Now to share my love of cooking as part of the ABC team is quite beyond anything I dared dream of, so it goes without saying that I am absolutely brimming with excitement!" she said.
Meanwhile SBS, which has always had cuisine shows, is airing Luke Nguyen's Vietnam. Nguyen from Sydney restaurant The Red Lantern travels through seven cities as he demonstrates his passion for Vietnamese cooking. It will be followed by Gourmet Farmer with Matthew Evans and Italian Cooking Safari with Maeve O'Meara and Guy Grossi n 2010.
Bon appétit!
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Comments (2)
It would have been better if they brought back My Restaurants Rules,
I think that all these shows will make Australia loose interest there will be one or two stand outs and the rest will be duds