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Speaker 1: On today's podcast, I have Rada and Praba, the winners
Speaker 1: of My Kitchen Rules twenty twenty three, joining me to
Speaker 1: discuss this week's grand finale that was seen on Channel seven.
Speaker 1: Raised by a single mother after their father had passed
Speaker 1: away when they're only two years old, cooking became a
Speaker 1: way for Rada and Prava to feel connected to their mum,
Speaker 1: keeping their father's memory alive. Beyond their culinary powers, these
Speaker 1: twins are deeply passionate about helping others. Praba works in
Speaker 1: cancer research and Rada is currently on the path to
Speaker 1: becoming a lawyer. So beyond them being great cooks, they
Speaker 1: are both super smart girls. This season of the long
Speaker 1: running reality series saw the twins navigate their way through kitchens, dramas,
Speaker 1: and the critics of menu Colin Fashenich and Nigela Lawson.
Speaker 1: I will talk about their twin advantage and if they
Speaker 1: thought their express past helped or hindered their win. Rada
Speaker 1: and Braba will also share what the tension was like
Speaker 1: between the contestants and why they had to wait till
Speaker 1: the show went to air to find out who the
Speaker 1: winner was. We will discuss the judges and of course
Speaker 1: I'll ask which judge was their favorite. And we will
Speaker 1: also find out how the girls reacted to the win
Speaker 1: and if they've contacted the boys who were the runners up. Plus,
Speaker 1: we will get plenty of exclusives from behind the scenes
Speaker 1: of MKR, which you can now catch up on on
Speaker 1: seven plus if you want to relive that dramatic finale. Anyway,
Speaker 1: let's bring the twins into the podcast and guys, I
Speaker 1: really hope you enjoy this very fun chat with my
Speaker 1: new favorite celebrity twins. Hi, girls, how are you both?
Speaker 1: I love that you're both still talking in unison? Have
Speaker 1: you been talking in unison since the win last night?
Speaker 3: No? No, you've been babbling and screaming in unison.
Speaker 4: Actually, it's all just different emotions just hitting up.
Speaker 1: Well, congratulations. I think you both are very well deserving
Speaker 1: winners and I'm very happy for you both.
Speaker 2: Thank you so much.
Speaker 1: How did you celebrate? I want to know, So last
Speaker 1: night I heard that you guys didn't know who the
Speaker 1: winner was going to be, so you had to watch
Speaker 1: it with the rest of Australia. That must have been
Speaker 1: very stressful leading up to watching that. But how did
Speaker 1: you celebrate?
Speaker 3: Oh? One, then it was so stressful because, yeah, you're
Speaker 3: absolutely right, we had no idea who was once. I
Speaker 3: think that's just a crazy life of reality TV.
Speaker 2: You have to watch with everybody.
Speaker 3: In the entire nation.
Speaker 1: People don't know that that's what happens, that they can
Speaker 1: shoot multiple endings and you then have to to wait.
Speaker 1: That must be so hard for viewers to get their
Speaker 1: head around.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it is.
Speaker 3: I mean, I guess the producers have a job to do,
Speaker 3: but essentially it's just for our benefits so that the
Speaker 3: winners aren't leaked. But we had to film two ending,
Speaker 3: so we had just assumed from the goal that we
Speaker 3: had to face reality that we may have lost against
Speaker 3: one of the best competitors in.
Speaker 2: The competition, nicking Christian. So will be very honest with you.
Speaker 3: Then we're very humble but realist people. So we had
Speaker 3: friends dropping by throughout the day knowing it was our
Speaker 3: grand final day. But we had said, look, guys, we
Speaker 3: think we have lost, but we're going to just watch
Speaker 3: it with mom, me and Pravut. But we had lots
Speaker 3: of friends and family just dropped by say oh they're good,
Speaker 3: luss these big hugs, and then we were like, look,
Speaker 3: I reckon, just watch it in your own home. It's
Speaker 3: not going to be it's going to be a bit
Speaker 3: of a sad reality that.
Speaker 2: We may have lost.
Speaker 3: Turns out then we want so and it turns out
Speaker 3: our phones or just going off the hook and we're
Speaker 3: actually organizing another little after watch party.
Speaker 5: I guess just to celebrate properly with everyone.
Speaker 1: Now I'm just assuming that everyone turned up, and you know,
Speaker 1: last night turned into a Bollywood movie for the both
Speaker 1: of you.
Speaker 5: I love that.
Speaker 2: Can we organize that we should?
Speaker 1: How funny would it be to her? Well, reimagine that
Speaker 1: grand finale into a Bollywood film. I think it would
Speaker 1: be a great story.
Speaker 3: I'll look back.
Speaker 2: I'm onto something here.
Speaker 3: I think this is why they pay.
Speaker 2: You the big bucks. You're honestly, this is a great story.
Speaker 1: There was a few moments though, last night we're in
Speaker 1: that final cook you might have been a little bit overwhelmed.
Speaker 1: I wanted to know, you know, you kind of snapped
Speaker 1: out of it. What pulled you through in the end?
Speaker 3: Yeah? Look, I think you know this is rather by
Speaker 3: the way you probably saw that, I completely blank out.
Speaker 3: I throw never happened to me ever in my life.
Speaker 3: I've always known what I need to do next. But
Speaker 3: because that clock was ticking and we had the pressure
Speaker 3: from the judges saying, you know, like the girls, you
Speaker 3: got to move fast enough, and everyone's cheering its life.
Speaker 3: It's like a fully final van, except you're in the kitchen.
Speaker 2: She brought the futty final.
Speaker 3: Into and I just prove honestly. And when Nigella came
Speaker 3: to me and she just she just basically spoke to
Speaker 3: me like as if she was speaking to her daughter.
Speaker 3: And this is something she had said off screen to us.
Speaker 3: She was like, you guys remind me so much of
Speaker 3: my daughter, and I just my kids, and I just
Speaker 3: feel like as if my motherly instinct took her over,
Speaker 3: it'd just support. You can just give you some encouragement
Speaker 3: word to just snap out of it and remember just
Speaker 3: to refocus, re energize and re shift and just come back.
Speaker 3: Because we had to put food.
Speaker 2: On a plate.
Speaker 3: And at that point in time, I'll be honest with you,
Speaker 3: event it didn't look like we were going to get
Speaker 3: anything on the plate.
Speaker 1: But look in your face, I was stressed. I've got
Speaker 1: no fingernails left. I had to take them all off.
Speaker 1: I didn't know what to do. Prava, Did you jump
Speaker 1: in and say snap out of it rather like what
Speaker 1: happened in that point? Did you also have to give
Speaker 1: her some Yeah?
Speaker 3: At that point I knew rather wasn't feeling the very best,
Speaker 3: and I knew that, you know, whatever it is, I
Speaker 3: needed to step up like the big sister that I
Speaker 3: am by two minutes only really to then just show
Speaker 3: her you know, it's okay, we're in this together. We're
Speaker 3: going to get it done no matter what. I think
Speaker 3: the best thing with rather is that when she goes
Speaker 3: into that state is that she really listens to comforting
Speaker 3: words and she's able to step back into normality very quickly.
Speaker 3: So I think it was very fortunate that not only
Speaker 3: was I there right there to help her come back
Speaker 3: from that, but Nigello's support there was absolutely inspirational and
Speaker 3: I couldn't have asked for a better support person. She
Speaker 3: was just so lovely on the floor with us.
Speaker 1: What about your mom, Like, as both of you, having
Speaker 1: your mom upstairs in the gantry, Yeah, I know that
Speaker 1: that was a bit of a superpower because she was
Speaker 1: able to sort of yell out some directions and look
Speaker 1: over the two of you. But if that was my mum,
Speaker 1: I think I'd be too stressed. I'd be like, shut up,
Speaker 1: mom and go away. Like was it stressful having your
Speaker 1: mom up or was it an added bonus?
Speaker 5: It was?
Speaker 3: Look I think too, because she's like our coach, our ghoul.
Speaker 3: She's the one that taught us these recipes, so it's
Speaker 3: so much pressure to show her. Hey, mom, look, we're
Speaker 3: doing it on our own. We're making you proud, We're
Speaker 3: making our answers this proud. But at the same time,
Speaker 3: I'll tell you, honestly, I don't think it even made
Speaker 3: the edit. Nick and Christian's mom were yelling at Nick
Speaker 3: and christians. Our mom was yelling at us, complete moms
Speaker 3: club up there right like, up there on the balcony,
Speaker 3: wanting all their children to do so well.
Speaker 2: And it was just so beautiful.
Speaker 3: And this is something that NICKI and Christian probably and
Speaker 3: I we all had a huge laughing giggle about behind
Speaker 3: the scenes, was that moms were our biggest supporters and
Speaker 3: they have a certain way of wanting to do things,
Speaker 3: and we're just so proud to show them that, you know,
Speaker 3: we're doing it this way. So it was a beautiful moment,
Speaker 3: but a highly pressured environment with.
Speaker 2: The judges, the contestant teams, your parents up there.
Speaker 3: It's just so much emotions at the same time, it
Speaker 3: hits you like a freight train.
Speaker 1: Well, Nick and Christian kept saying that throughout the series,
Speaker 1: you know, if we make it to the final, mums
Speaker 1: will be there at one point, you know, one of
Speaker 1: them rang their mum and face timed her and.
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, and you can see how much their mums
Speaker 3: inspired them, how much our mom has inspired us. You know,
Speaker 3: just the word mum is synonymous to inspiration, isn't it.
Speaker 3: So think that's something that all four of us competitors,
Speaker 3: we've really just bonded over that, and it just makes
Speaker 3: the grand Final cook a little bit more easier for
Speaker 3: all four of us in this situation.
Speaker 1: I think that people really appreciate heritage cooking and passing
Speaker 1: on recipes. I think that's really it was a part
Speaker 1: of the recipe to your success as well. Do you
Speaker 1: think that that was a part of your superpower and
Speaker 1: winning the show was talking about your late father and
Speaker 1: the importance of passing recipes, doubt. Do you think that
Speaker 1: that was something that really won over the judges.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's definitely got to part to do
Speaker 3: with it, because I believe that the food that we share,
Speaker 3: the food that we like, and the food that we cook,
Speaker 3: it's a medium. It's a platform to be able to
Speaker 3: share with your generations of families, to show that what
Speaker 3: you do with it, you know, create a new recipe,
Speaker 3: get inspired by you know, your grandpa's recipe and things
Speaker 3: like that. So I think it's it was very stumbling
Speaker 3: to hear that everyone was.
Speaker 2: Intrigued by our food family tree.
Speaker 3: But I must say then thousands and thousands of families
Speaker 3: out there in Australia and worldwide who have such treasured
Speaker 3: and tasty recipes passed down from generations. And I think
Speaker 3: what is so wonderful about my kitchen rules in Australia
Speaker 3: is that strandings are given that platform to really come
Speaker 3: and showcase the cultural diversity we have in food. And
Speaker 3: I think this is just a beautiful stepping stone and
Speaker 3: an inspiration to everyone else in the encouragement that if
Speaker 3: you've got family recipes that you want to share, just
Speaker 3: believe in them and just go show the judges what
Speaker 3: your family food trees about, because let's face it, that's
Speaker 3: exactly what your cultural identity is. That's what your food
Speaker 3: identity is, and if it's tasty, we'll eat it up
Speaker 3: for sure.
Speaker 1: Here well, I mean, that's one of my favorite things
Speaker 1: to do if I'm feeling a little bit down, that's
Speaker 1: my comfort food, is to recreate the dishes that my
Speaker 1: grandparents would make for me. They had a lot to
Speaker 1: do with my upbringing, but you know, they had their
Speaker 1: own takes on just simple things like spaghetti bolconnais, different
Speaker 1: recipes that they made that they passed down to me.
Speaker 1: It's my ultimate concert food. I feel somehow connected to
Speaker 1: the people that I've lost. Absolutely, it's a real joy
Speaker 1: in that.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, a lot of love, a lot of joy, and
Speaker 3: it sometimes it's a little bit more about the competition, right,
Speaker 3: It's about how well can you translate that onto a
Speaker 3: plate and then make the judges feel the emotion through
Speaker 3: the food.
Speaker 2: And from the get go.
Speaker 3: You know, Prather and I, that's what we were. It
Speaker 3: was our mission to remain true to ourselves and true
Speaker 3: to these recipes that we've learned from months and to
Speaker 3: really just showcase what our family eats and what our
Speaker 3: fam where we hailed from.
Speaker 2: So it was a very beautiful, beautiful moment and journey
Speaker 2: in this competition.
Speaker 3: And kudos to Nicking Christian because I would have to
Speaker 3: say Prather and I kept saying Nicking Christian while bigause
Speaker 3: competition and to share the podium with them, it was
Speaker 3: an absolute honor and privileged to do with them because
Speaker 3: they're just so.
Speaker 2: Humble and you know what, at the end, of the day.
Speaker 3: You know, they should be definitely feeling like winners too,
Speaker 3: because to serve up a hundred dishes in that Grand
Speaker 3: Final is no easy seat and the fact that they
Speaker 3: did it alongside with us, we know exactly how it feels.
Speaker 3: So we just wanted to do a huge shout out
Speaker 3: and just say, you know, they did them a massive
Speaker 3: effort as well a mammoth task, and they should be
Speaker 3: feeling very proud of themselves.
Speaker 1: Of course, I think what was happening at the end
Speaker 1: of the day was you were making and what stood
Speaker 1: you out just a little bit further because it was
Speaker 1: very tough competition, was you made tasting, more affordable meals
Speaker 1: that you could turn over. And I think that ultimately,
Speaker 1: whilst the boys did cook consistently well, I think that
Speaker 1: MKR values that exactly right.
Speaker 3: My Kitchen Rules is all about you know, home cooking
Speaker 3: and you know what can be afforded. But at the
Speaker 3: same time, you know it's tricky to have a really
Speaker 3: good tasty meal at affordable prices, and that's what run
Speaker 3: and I'm trying to debund that. You know, you can
Speaker 3: do it if the flavor. It's all about emotion, it's
Speaker 3: about happiness, isn't it. Of course, it's impacts so much
Speaker 3: flavor in just little staples that you can cook in
Speaker 3: your normal households. But don't get me wrong, we love love.
Speaker 2: Stuff, so I'll actually dish.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I wanted to ask you as well.
Speaker 1: Were there any twin superpowers that came into effect while
Speaker 1: making the show? People often talk about this. I have
Speaker 1: to tell you a quick story. I once dated a
Speaker 1: twin and you know, it was only a very couple
Speaker 1: of dates, but they left the date because they said
Speaker 1: that they had a feeling that their twin was in trouble.
Speaker 1: I mean, I never got a second date, so maybe
Speaker 1: this was just an excuse. I don't know, but but
Speaker 1: I wanted to know though, for you two, was there
Speaker 1: any twin superpowers that was an advantage to being able
Speaker 1: to win MKR?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 2: I think the help telepathy.
Speaker 3: And you know, it's never been obviously like between you
Speaker 3: and the husband being broadcasted at such a national level before,
Speaker 3: so it's just between family. But I must say that
Speaker 3: going in there, we knew that we could tap into
Speaker 3: each other's emotions, we could tap into each other's thoughts.
Speaker 2: At some point we.
Speaker 3: Just stop the telepath and just started vocally talking like
Speaker 3: more more people. But I think when I started to free,
Speaker 3: Prava knew exactly when to come up help me and
Speaker 3: then sort of take lead in the kitchen, and then
Speaker 3: we were able to, I guess, just refocus very quickly.
Speaker 3: And that was the superpower that I think we both
Speaker 3: relied on, was that if you need to lean on
Speaker 3: each other emotionally.
Speaker 2: Or physically, just do it.
Speaker 3: Because we've been together basically since the moment we were.
Speaker 1: Born, before you were born, you know, nine months before,
Speaker 1: you know, also having a wonderful time in the womb.
Speaker 1: So rather, I think I could see I could read
Speaker 1: your body language more than I could with Prava, And
Speaker 1: I don't know, is that a thing between the two
Speaker 1: of you. Rather, do you wear your heart on your
Speaker 1: sleeve a little bit more?
Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah, right then I'm more like I love some
Speaker 3: of my emotion even more. When I'm happy, I smile.
Speaker 2: When I'm angry, I don't. But the best thing is.
Speaker 3: That I know exactly when she's like super happy, when
Speaker 3: she's super mad, you know, And.
Speaker 2: That's the beauty of the both of us.
Speaker 3: We give a little bit, we take a little We're
Speaker 3: very mysterious to the public sometimes and we can just
Speaker 3: tap into these other emotions a lot, so there's a
Speaker 3: great balance between the both of us.
Speaker 2: And sure, I love it.
Speaker 1: I love it so much. So did you reach out
Speaker 1: to the boys last night? Did you shoot them a text?
Speaker 1: Did your videotime? How did you contact the boys just
Speaker 1: to say thank you? Because I know the two of
Speaker 1: you well enough to know that that phone call would
Speaker 1: have been important to you.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, yeah, absolutely right, Ben, We when we celebrating, we
Speaker 3: definitely shut them a text. We know that they were
Speaker 3: having a watch party as well, so we definitely had
Speaker 3: a couple of words exchanged. We did keep in touch
Speaker 3: with Nick and Christian quite regularly because they're just such
Speaker 3: humble boys and we love their personality and their yests
Speaker 3: for life. We did congrat then again, you know, testimony
Speaker 3: to their personality and their upbringing because they did a
Speaker 3: beautiful video on their Instagram that shouted to us, and
Speaker 3: you know, this morning we were able to find some
Speaker 3: time out and just do a beautiful thank you post
Speaker 3: to them as well. So it's a beautiful friendship that
Speaker 3: is blossoming beautifully. And to do remain friends after.
Speaker 2: The show, it's a very special thing.
Speaker 3: Because you know how reality TV works, it's sometimes it's
Speaker 3: only for the show. But with Nicking Christian and US two,
Speaker 3: definitely it was real.
Speaker 2: It's real. Yeah, the friendship's real.
Speaker 1: What did you think of the drama though this season?
Speaker 1: Because I mean from I remember the very first episode
Speaker 1: so clearly Claudine and Christian were butting heads and they
Speaker 1: cut to the two of you, and you two look
Speaker 1: like you'd just landed on a different planet with a
Speaker 1: whole bunch of aliens. You both look like you didn't
Speaker 1: know what to do with it. What was it like
Speaker 1: in the moment? Was it a lot of detention? And
Speaker 1: how did you deal with it?
Speaker 5: You know that moment it was you know, like observation. Really,
Speaker 5: it's like though that you too just met, Yeah, how
Speaker 5: are you starting on this sport? Like yeah, I held
Speaker 5: this isn't just like it's it's just for the show.
Speaker 3: It's not actually like this. But we were actually just
Speaker 3: really intrigued to see how you know, Christian was just himself.
Speaker 3: He really is got talented and knowledgeable in his food
Speaker 3: and I'm not gonna lie, the guy knows his stuff.
Speaker 3: We made it to the Grand Final because he has.
Speaker 2: That much knowledge in food.
Speaker 3: His Pilotte is so sensitive and that it just sparks
Speaker 3: so much interest, like Claudine was, you know what I
Speaker 3: think it was then. I think Claudine was very interested
Speaker 3: in Christian's level of knowledge in.
Speaker 1: Food, maybe a little maybe a little jealous.
Speaker 5: I don't think it came.
Speaker 2: Out of jealousy.
Speaker 3: I think she was like, and this is a sestimont
Speaker 3: to sentiment to Claudine, she wears her heart on her sleeve,
Speaker 3: and she if she's intrigued, she will ask questions. And
Speaker 3: I guess the way she asked Christian all these questions actually,
Speaker 3: you know, made us take a step back because we
Speaker 3: were like, this is very full on at one point,
Speaker 3: and we had no idea what to do. We would
Speaker 3: just sit there and observe these to just pash it out.
Speaker 1: Of course, take the back seat, Like that's what I
Speaker 1: would have done. I would have been like, I'm not
Speaker 1: getting involved in this. I could get the popcorn out,
Speaker 1: you know, maybe maybe some puppet ums. I don't know.
Speaker 1: Like I also was going to say, did you see
Speaker 1: yesterday that Tommy and Rachel were they had they did
Speaker 1: an interview with one of the publications and said they
Speaker 1: felt a little disadvantage this season. Did you read that
Speaker 1: story because they felt being initially sent through to that
Speaker 1: quarter final came at at a bit of a price.
Speaker 1: What do you think Do you think it was a
Speaker 1: disadvantage to cook less or to cook more?
Speaker 3: I think it was a like you know, obviously, you're
Speaker 3: absolutely right.
Speaker 2: The fact was that Trava.
Speaker 3: And I we were fast truck to the Semis, Tommy
Speaker 3: and Rage fast truck to quarter finals. So that meant
Speaker 3: that we didn't cook as much as we had wanted to.
Speaker 3: But on the bright side, we were cooking so well.
Speaker 2: That we didn't need to cook that much.
Speaker 3: We didn't actually have the opportunity to book so much
Speaker 3: into the HQ, into the headquarters kitchen. That did put
Speaker 3: us as a bit of a difficultantage. We needed to
Speaker 3: know exactly how we work together in a new kitchen,
Speaker 3: and pressure in that kitchen was completely different to the
Speaker 3: one that you're an home instant restaurants exactly, and so
Speaker 3: different things we couldn't We had to actually, like you
Speaker 3: know how they say, if you're good, you'll know if
Speaker 3: you're in that kitchen, or if you're bad, you'll mo
Speaker 3: as well. So we kind of had to just rely
Speaker 3: on the fact that Rad and I were on the
Speaker 3: same wavelength, were able to bounce back if there was
Speaker 3: any issues in that kitchen. But navigating that kitchen straight
Speaker 3: in the semis when everybody else had a really good
Speaker 3: chance to understand that kitchen was it was a huge
Speaker 3: change for us. We needed to be on the mark
Speaker 3: otherwise we're going to fall behind.
Speaker 1: Yes, this is positive criticism, not negative, but the show
Speaker 1: for the audience felt like it was a bit short,
Speaker 1: that we needed to see more. Do you think that
Speaker 1: you know when the series comes back, because you know,
Speaker 1: I do hear that it's coming back for twenty twenty four.
Speaker 1: Do you think that we need to have a longer
Speaker 1: series to avoid because I mean, winning a fast tracked
Speaker 1: past to the end is amazing, which is great, you know,
Speaker 1: but do you think if we'd fleshed it out a
Speaker 1: little bit more we could see more of the character
Speaker 1: and say more of the abilities.
Speaker 3: I think the format, you know, we've been n chaostic
Speaker 3: offend since day once, right, so we've seen all public challenges,
Speaker 3: you know, people going out to like you know, supermarkets
Speaker 3: and cooking and all these beautiful challenges with.
Speaker 2: Teams teaning up you know, we would have loved that
Speaker 2: as well. I think, yeah, you're right, it would show
Speaker 2: so much more.
Speaker 3: The format would just allow for more character development, a
Speaker 3: lot more skills to be shown. But also the format
Speaker 3: of us being fast tracked to the semifinals and Tommy
Speaker 3: en reach faster to quarter finals. I think that's where
Speaker 3: we just felt like we have to sit and wait
Speaker 3: for a bit and then the next time we cook
Speaker 3: it is honestly, then it's such a big leak from
Speaker 3: instant restaurant to kitchen headquarters. Yes, and the good thing
Speaker 3: is that Nikki Christian had that gradual build up to
Speaker 3: build their skill level, whereas Probab and we had to
Speaker 3: take this huge leap from instant restaurants straight to semifinal.
Speaker 3: Either we bring our games and we survived or weren't out.
Speaker 3: So it was a huge thing for us during the
Speaker 3: break to keep practicing as much as we can because
Speaker 3: we were like, if our competition is not resting, we're
Speaker 3: not resting either.
Speaker 1: Do you think that Tommy and Rachel will now feel
Speaker 1: differently because you both won, because I mean you you
Speaker 1: got fast tracked more than anyone really, So do you
Speaker 1: think that they'll now look at that a little bit differently,
Speaker 1: because even though the boys did get to cook a lot,
Speaker 1: you know, they still they still missed out just at
Speaker 1: the last hurdle.
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, it's hard to say what Tommy and rape Field,
Speaker 3: I mean, they're really you know, nice people, so you know,
Speaker 3: it's hard to say, but I feel like we all
Speaker 3: had a really good chance and able to showcase our skills,
Speaker 3: and I think Rada and I come to think of it,
Speaker 3: we're very grateful for the opportunity and we really did
Speaker 3: work very very hard to go to the Grand Final,
Speaker 3: and I guess everyone else has also worked very very
Speaker 3: hard in this competition, so I think, yeah, it's a
Speaker 3: very it's hindsight is such a beautiful thing, but I
Speaker 3: think at the end of the day, they definitely put
Speaker 3: everything on the plate so with and we still keep
Speaker 3: in touch with Tommy and rachelil this day as well.
Speaker 2: So there's such beautiful people.
Speaker 3: In it, and I know that they're still still humble
Speaker 3: and grateful for the opportunity to well.
Speaker 1: I feel like all of these people could have a
Speaker 1: little cameo in the Bollywood remake, and I.
Speaker 3: Think all of them need a cameo. I think we've
Speaker 3: got ready made up in that mind as to which one's.
Speaker 1: Going to play what characters, of course, and we've got
Speaker 1: to get Manu in there, We've got Colin in there,
Speaker 1: We've got to get them all. But you know, working
Speaker 1: alongside people as amazing cooks, as amazing as Manu and
Speaker 1: Colin and their critiques, is that that has happened this
Speaker 1: season would have been phenomenal. And a few contestants talked
Speaker 1: about the advice and the knowledge that they were able
Speaker 1: to share. What about for you too, personally? What did
Speaker 1: you walk away learning from both of them?
Speaker 3: Yeah, look, I think what we learned from them and
Speaker 3: this is something that probably happened more behind the scenes
Speaker 3: than on camera. But obviously Nigella, Manu and Colin they're
Speaker 3: very they're very cultured people. They're well traveled and they
Speaker 3: know Indian flavors. So it's a testament to show Australia
Speaker 3: that these judges know diverse cultural foods and so they
Speaker 3: beedback on Indian food from them because obviously they've been
Speaker 3: to India, They've also eaten authentic traditional Indian food, They've
Speaker 3: tried all these flavors. Nigella's palette, I must say it's
Speaker 3: very sophisticated. She would take something and she would be like,
Speaker 3: are you sure you're happy with this?
Speaker 2: I sure it's something's in a spice, you know.
Speaker 3: She would know the spices colon news of camera. They
Speaker 3: knew exactly what we were working with. So honestly, we
Speaker 3: must say that we were very humble to see how
Speaker 3: well traveled they are and how sophisticated their palette is.
Speaker 3: To know millions of spices that we use, the level
Speaker 3: and sophistication and the complexity that we we mix them with.
Speaker 2: They know what they're talking about.
Speaker 3: And to get advice from them, to just say, you know,
Speaker 3: pull back on the heat or add some sweetness or
Speaker 3: have some acidity, and just to understand all these flavors.
Speaker 3: It's a real dream come true to get that feedback
Speaker 3: from everybody.
Speaker 1: Of course, of course, and I'm going to ask the
Speaker 1: worst question that you can ask anyone off a reality
Speaker 1: show is who is your favorite? Out of those three?
Speaker 1: So who's your favorite? Including Nigella from Okay your time
Speaker 1: on the show. And granted, they're very busy people, so
Speaker 1: they'll probably never listen to this podcast, so they probably
Speaker 1: never will know.
Speaker 3: We have to say, I think all of them are
Speaker 3: our favorite. Can't we can't single them out? You know,
Speaker 3: together they are such a powerhouse, culinary judge girls.
Speaker 1: Oh man, it's on brand for the two of you.
Speaker 1: It's on brand for the two of you.
Speaker 4: With each of them then it's so beautiful money, it's
Speaker 4: so funny. Nigella is so lovely, like you know, Colin
Speaker 4: is just a comedian as well, Like he's like a
Speaker 4: prankster on set as well, Like you know, you can't
Speaker 4: each have qualities that we absolutely love and a door
Speaker 4: and I would just hate to be picking one.
Speaker 1: I'm going to let you off the hook because I
Speaker 1: feel like it's on brand. It's on brand for the
Speaker 1: both of you to just not pick one. So and
Speaker 1: who am I to mess with the brand?
Speaker 3: And they're like the trick sector, Yeah, you need thanks.
Speaker 2: Otherwise you got nothing.
Speaker 1: I have to say that the two of you as well.
Speaker 1: So in our house, my mum would sound a Friday
Speaker 1: night where most of Australia would be having either fish
Speaker 1: and chips on McDonald's. She would say to us kids,
Speaker 1: what do you want for takeaway? And we would be
Speaker 1: like Indian food And it was very expensive at that
Speaker 1: time in Melbourne to buy it. Yeah, but I just
Speaker 1: want to let you both know that I'm I'm such
Speaker 1: a big fan for the flavors and watching you both
Speaker 1: cook just made me so goddamn hungry. But are you
Speaker 1: going to cook some Are you going to make some
Speaker 1: products from this opportunity? Are you going to make some
Speaker 1: products and put them into our Australian grocery stores? Because
Speaker 1: I'm a fan, I will be buying them.
Speaker 3: The plan we were going to work the five steps,
Speaker 3: but ultimately, if we get that opportunity, we are going
Speaker 3: to be taking it. It will be such a huge
Speaker 3: pleasure and honor to actually, you know, put that into
Speaker 3: the masses and say, look, you can have a Twindian
Speaker 3: food in your own house. Yeah. And I guess I
Speaker 3: know you didn't ask this, but I'll just tell you anyway.
Speaker 3: Our first step is just to try and see if
Speaker 3: we can get a Twindian cookbook put out on the
Speaker 3: shelves for everyone so they can have a bit of
Speaker 3: Twindian in their household. So we're definitely very focused on
Speaker 3: bringing our food to the masses from the TV show
Speaker 3: right down to.
Speaker 2: The people's home.
Speaker 3: So we're very, very, ultimately, very grateful for this beautiful
Speaker 3: dream of us to come true. But we do want
Speaker 3: to make a difference with the food that we cook.
Speaker 1: If your Twindian food doesn't blow Sshi's kids off the shelves,
Speaker 1: then I'll be I'll eat my hat. I think Sash
Speaker 1: needs to watch out. That's all I can say.
Speaker 3: He was so inspirational even just watching him. We were
Speaker 3: so proud of him and the way that he was.
Speaker 3: You know, he's stuck true to you cultural heritage and
Speaker 3: identity right so and then he's done so much with that.
Speaker 3: So it's just a beautiful, beautiful thing to see, how
Speaker 3: you know, the appetite that Australians have in regards to
Speaker 3: cultural diversity in foods. So we're just so proud in
Speaker 3: honored to be able to represent our Indian culture and
Speaker 3: heritage on the shell.
Speaker 1: Well, that is very well said. I'm absolutely been thoroughly
Speaker 1: enjoying chatting to the both of you. I knew I would,
Speaker 1: I knew I'd have some twenty in fun with this,
Speaker 1: but I wanted to ask you, what is something from
Speaker 1: behind the scenes, something we didn't see on the show,
Speaker 1: kind of like a behind the scene secret of your
Speaker 1: time making MKR for twenty twenty three.
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, the behind the scenes and I don't think
Speaker 3: the editing captured this at all.
Speaker 2: And this is like the beauty about it because we.
Speaker 3: Will say this from the rooftop. Trava and I we
Speaker 3: would swap accessories, we would try to dress similar, and
Speaker 3: we would enduring great time sometimes just swap feet and talk.
Speaker 3: I will talk as Prova and Prava will talk as Rada,
Speaker 3: and right till the end we will go be like, hey, guys,
Speaker 3: remember how I said this.
Speaker 2: They'll be like, yeah, that wasn't me, that was Trava.
Speaker 3: In common caught us one time trying to flap seats
Speaker 3: at one of the instant restaurants, and.
Speaker 2: He grabbed us and put us back onto his feet the.
Speaker 3: Right one and quin fun behind the scene.
Speaker 1: I'm now started, I feel like I should ask you this,
Speaker 1: what do you reckon? Do you reckon that twin that
Speaker 1: I went on the date with. Do you reckon that
Speaker 1: he actually was being able to connect with his twin
Speaker 1: or do you think he was just blowing me off?
Speaker 3: Oh? Look, man, I really feel for you right now.
Speaker 5: But he's as strong as out.
Speaker 3: He probably did feel someone. But if he did feel something,
Speaker 3: I'm sure he should have should have expected that saying, oh, hey,
Speaker 3: my twin like accidentally just you know, got in a
Speaker 3: car act something. And that's why I said that if
Speaker 3: he didn't test you, man, I'm so slow to say
Speaker 3: you got blown off.
Speaker 5: I mean so so he really just us his twin, yeah,
Speaker 5: as a backup, like it wasn't even a phone.
Speaker 2: Call, it was a.
Speaker 1: Girls. I just have to say I've thoroughly enjoyed chatting
Speaker 1: chatting with you today and catching up with you. I'm
Speaker 1: so glad you've won. I can't wait to see what
Speaker 1: you do next. And thank you both for being so
Speaker 1: generous with your time and chatting with me this morning.
Speaker 3: Thanks so much fun. We've absolutely enjoyed it and we'll
Speaker 3: never forget you. He as the guy who's got the
Speaker 3: surface for you.
Speaker 5: Wait, you couldn't got your bout.
Speaker 3: Well.
Speaker 1: I hope you both enjoyed chatting to the media today
Speaker 1: and just revel in this whole thing, because I just
Speaker 1: think it's so magic and I'm so happy for the
Speaker 1: both of you.
Speaker 3: Thank you so much, Ben, you have a wonderful day.
Speaker 1: Okay, amazing Alright, I'll let you both go. Good luck
Speaker 1: with it all. Letter bye,