MasterChef: Back to Win cook, Reece Hignell looks very different to how he appeared last time he starred on the show, back in 2018.
WATCH: MasterChef judges find digestive tracts in Courtney and Reece’s prawns
The cake baker has said he was worried fans wouldn’t recognise him after he shed an impressive 35 kilos.
“I lost quite a bit of weight which was great, but to be honest it was so annoying when I first came back because people were like, ‘Who’s that guy?'” he admitted to The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday.
Since his first appearance, the owner of Newcastle-based business CakeBoi said that he managed to lose the weight by switching to a a plant-based diet and finding more balance in his life.
“The show was so stressful I didn’t see my health as a priority, I was more focused on the show rather than my health,” he said, looking back at his original stint on the popular cooking show.
Health now takes a front seat in his life, and Reece said that he makes sure he takes time out for exercise, and tracks everything that he eats on an app on his phone.
“What I normally do is log what I eat, I find that’s the best way to keep me accountable,” he added.
Reece was left red-faced in the kitchen on Tuesday’s episode when the judges found “poo chutes” in his prawns.
“Bit of poo chute in mine,” commented Jock.
“Yeah, I’ve got some in mine, too,” added fellow judge Andy Allen.
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