{"id":16718,"date":"2022-08-30T15:51:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T13:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=16718"},"modified":"2022-08-30T15:51:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T13:51:09","slug":"meet-the-first-group-of-contestants-on-the-brand-new-season-of-my-kitchen-rules-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/08\/30\/meet-the-first-group-of-contestants-on-the-brand-new-season-of-my-kitchen-rules-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The First Group Of Contestants On The Brand-new Season Of “My Kitchen Rules SA”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seasoned judgesDavid Higgs and J\u2019Something make their return on the heated fourth season of My Kitchen Rules SA<\/em>, that kicks off on Sunday, 4 September at 6pm only on M-Net (DStv Channel 101). They\u2019re waiting to be blown away by our 10 teams of home cooks who are hunting for flavour, fun \u2013 and R1 million! Viewers can expect epic meals, dynamic challenges and more blood, sweat & tears than ever before!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the first five pairs who\u2019ll be dishing up the drama:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Azraa (28) & Waven (30), Johannesburg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Married couple Azraa and Waven entered MKRSA, having been huge fans of the show for years \u2013 and are now living their dream. Azraa is a baker & entrepreneur while Waven is a personal trainer. Having cultivated an interest in cooking since high school \u2013 where they also met and both studied hospitality \u2013 their shared food dream is to open an artisan bakery and caf\u00e9 where they would make and sell fresh quality baked goods, host special occasions and teach other people how to bake, decorate cakes and cook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Azraa loves peri-peri prawns and calamari, while Waven is a big fan of a mutton bunny chow. They say they cook with their hearts and only measure and weigh ingredients when they\u2019re baking, preferring to feel and taste as they go along because they feel they know what good food should taste like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jessica (32) & Nicole (26), Johannesburg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Attorney Jessica entered MKRSA to be right next to her sister \u2013 and kitchen co-conspirator \u2013 Nicole \u2013 and support her in unleashing her \u2018insane and incredible cooking talents\u2019. She\u2019ll be doing most of her learning in the MKRSA kitchen \u2013 her signature dish of toasted cheese, coupled with an ability to make anything she can cook in an air fryer, and turning 2-minute noodles into gourmet ramen, are more survival skills than culinary ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicole is a teacher who\u2019s also a whizz in the kitchen and dreams of owning a little restaurant or caf\u00e9 that changes its menu weekly, or a food truck that does pop-up champagne brunches. Her signature dishes are risotto, lamb shanks, carrot cake, brownies, mussel pots and baos \u2013 but she can\u2019t wait to expand her foodie horizons on MKRSA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larc\u00e9 (37) & Jabu (39), Strubens Valley<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Larc\u00e9 learned to cook from her mother and father \u2013 so it\u2019s no surprise that her favourite South African dishes are her father\u2019s braaied meat and his curry & rice and her mother\u2019s vegetable bake. She\u2019d love to open a restaurant with her father, but understands how challenging that can be, so entered MKRSA to increase her food knowledge and learn more about the industry. Her cooking style is to produce lots of \u2018messy street food\u2019 with plenty of colour and flavour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creative agency Business Unit Director Jabu entered MKRSA to enhance her cooking skills \u2013 but also because her friend and co-cook Larc\u00e8 forced her to! She loves cooking authentic, traditional food, basing her cooking on an understanding of flavours, rather than a recipe book. Her favourite South African foods are jeqe, stews or curries, tripe and beans and she\u2019d love to travel the world trying different cuisines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin (37) & Eddie (65), Riebeek-West<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Pensioner Eddie says he can make a great curry from scratch and loves the bigger cuts of meat, like leg of lamb, pork belly or shoulder, with food one of his greatest passions. His cooking style is a fusion of the Afrikaner family meals he grew up eating with Indian influences from growing up in KZN. Given the chance, he\u2019d gladly tuck into a meal of boerewors and pap with shesheba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partnering with Eddie is his son-in-law Martin, who shamelessly says he entered MKRSA to try to win the R1 million prize! A winemaker by trade, he says that no great story ever started with \u2018I had a salad\u2019 and enjoys boerewors rolls and pannekoek<\/em>. His signature dishes are roasted leg of lamb, steak & chips, offal and chops on the braai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark (27) & Mbali (27), Durban<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Mark and Mbali met in 2010 when they were paired in Zulu class at school and hit it off \u2013 and remain best friends. He\u2019s a Consultant at a financial institution \u2013 as well as an influencer \u2013 and she\u2019s an Architect. Mark entered MKRSA to amplify his cooking skills and challenge himself. He learned to cook in primary school \u2013 rather unwillingly \u2013 because his parents worked late and he had to prepare meals for his siblings. Mark wants to modernise African dishes and give them some flair \u2013 and loves pizza, burgers and \u2018anything with curry\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mbali was taught to cook by her mother, sisters and aunts who saw it as a mandatory skill for a young woman. Her signature dishes are traditional Zulu meals like steam bread and samp & beans \u2013 and her favourite SA dish is a lamb bunny chow. She\u2019d love to document different types of cuisine from off-the-map areas and would also like to open a breakfast & brunch spot with Mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Kitchen Rules SA<\/em> is produced by Picture Tree and proudly sponsored by Nederburg. The seriesis available on DStv Premium on M-Net (Channel 101) every Sunday at 6pm from 4 September 2022, as well as live streamed on the DStv App<\/strong><\/a>, and is also available on DStv Catch Up after broadcast. Visit the M-Net Website<\/strong> <\/strong><\/a>for exclusive show content and join the conversation on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, Instagram<\/strong><\/a> and Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, using #MKRSA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seasoned judgesDavid Higgs and J\u2019Something make their return on the heated fourth season of My Kitchen Rules SA, that kicks off on Sunday, 4 September at 6pm only on M-Net (DStv Channel 101). They\u2019re waiting to be blown away by our 10 teams of home cooks who are hunting for flavour, fun \u2013 and R1… Continue reading Meet The First Group Of Contestants On The Brand-new Season Of “My Kitchen Rules SA”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-16718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-mnet","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}