MELISSA HODGE
TALKS COOKING
WITH MKR’S
YOUNG HEART
THROB, CHRISTO
Everybody’s talking about the shenanigans of two
young lads on Channel Seven’s My Kitchen Rules,
Christo and Harry, this season’s most loved MKR
competitors.
The 25 year old mates are no strangers to the Mornington
Peninsula, holding their instant restaurants at Christo’s family
holiday home in Sorrento.
“I spend heaps of time on the peninsula and love coming here
so it seemed the best place to do our instant restaurant,” said
Christo, who was first introduced to cooking by helping his
mum make chocolate cake as a kid.
“I used to love helping mum cook, putting the ingredients in the
bowl and licking the mixture off the spoon.”
Christo, pictured on right, with his best mate, Harry (left),
were chosen to compete on My Kitchen Rules 2014 series.
“We were so rapt to be accepted and it’s been a great
experience. It’s a whole new thing being on tv and you can tell
by our first instant restaurant our nerves were apparent,” says
Christo. “It’s a huge task, having other contestants there not to
mention cooking for Pete and Manu.”
Of the two mates, Christo does appear to be the most
composed but he admits it’s hard to keep calm at times.
“My first time in kitchen central I totally lost it,” he admits.
“We were making a lamb dish and had 45 minutes to plate
up eight dishes. Harry actually had to be the calming influence
for us then. Luckily I was able to compose myself for the next
challenge and we came through.”
After knowing each other for their whole lives, the boys
have never had a serious falling out, which Christo puts
down to an ability to laugh at themselves.
“There is a lot of pressure on the show and it can get very
tense. People ask me if I want to kill Harry but I never think
anything of it. We both just laugh and make a joke when we
start getting too stressed. Then we go back and focus on what
we need to do.”
Christo says being on MKR is a lot tougher than people
realise but it’s an experience he wouldn’t pass up for
anything.
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