Because MKR is one of Australia’s most popular television programs, audiences are naturally curious about the two co-hosts. Pete Evans certainly knows how to cook. His restaurants have won numerous awards, including the coveted Sydney Morning Herald Chefs Hat seven years in a row.
But what price fame? After a bitter argument with his brother and business partner Dave, he is no longer a “working partner” in the Sydney Hugos Group. The relationship between the brothers is so tense, they are no longer on speaking terms.
Evans gets very angry when his private life is in the spotlight, especially when it involves his children because he believes family is sacred. But that didn’t stop him walking away from his relationship with the mother of his two small daughters and partner of almost 11 years, Astrid Ellinger. "As he’s become more famous, it inevitably changes anyone," she said but refused to talk about the break-up.
He is now seeing Kiwi swimsuit model Nicky Watson. During a 2007 TV interview, she admitted she had attempted suicide, had three breast augmentations, used hard drugs, enjoyed threesomes and started watching pornography at an early age.
Co-host Manu Feildel's cooking credentials are equally as impressive but he's not overly concerned about all the attention to his private life. He's currently dating jewellery designer Clarissa Weerasena and has a young son from a previous relationship. He rejects the sex symbol tag. "I'm a normal guy who happens to be on TV. I'm not any different than many others, but just have a French accent. It depends on what you find sexy," he said.
Manu comes from a long line of good French cooks. His great grandfather was a pastry chef, his grandfather and father were both chefs and his mother is also a great cook. Although he spoke no English, he went to London and began work at The Café Royal before rising through the ranks at restaurants such as Les Associes, Café des Amis du Vin and Livebait. It was at Livebait he progressed from Chef de Partie to Sous-Chef and finally Head Chef, earning the seafood restaurant a nomination for best seafood restaurant in the UK in 1998.
He arrived in Melbourne in 1999 and now calls Australia home.
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