MKR judge Manu Feildel recently revealed a moment he had in his life which would have changed his life forever.
Speaking to Newscorp the French man revealed that he once went for an audition for Masterchef but was unsuccessful due to his thick French accent.
“At the time to miss out on MasterChef was very disappointing, they had invited every chef on the planet and I got so far and got to the last audition,” he said.
“My French accent had been a good thing until that day, you know?”
Luck had it that he was also offered to do a pilot for My Kitchen Rules, yet a similar situation occurred.
“They said ‘do you want to do a pilot’ and I thought ‘why not, I’ve got nothing to lose’,” he said.
“When the pilot was done, it went to the executives and I lost the job again …. because of the French accent.”
Heartbroken Manu thought he would have to pack his bags and give up on appearing on TV until Pete Evans came in and saved the day.
“Pete turned around when they offered him the job (and said) ‘but I want to work with the right person’,” he revealed.
“They said I was off the list because of my accent, but Pete said he wanted to work with me and they changed their mind, and I was back on.”
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