Manu Feildel reveals he thought his TV career was over after My Kitchen Rules was scrapped in 2020 and his cooking show Plate of Origin flopped in the ratings: “I thought that was it.”
Manu Feildel has admitted he thought his TV career was over when he was dropped from Channel Seven in 2020 after Plate of Origin flopped in the ratings.
The 48-year-old celebrity chef told The Daily Telegraph’s Confidential he was shocked when he received a call from the network about the upcoming season of My Kitchen Rules.
“I thought that was it. We stopped MKR three years ago, we did Plate of Origin and then Covid happened so I lost my job at Channel Seven,” Manu explained.
Manu Feildel (pictured) has revealed he thought his TV career was over after My Kitchen Rules was scrapped in 2020 and his new cooking show Plate of Origin flopped in the ratings
“I thought maybe this is the end of my TV career, so go ahead and do something else.”
“Then all of a sudden I got the call from Channel Seven saying we’re coming back and I was like ‘wow,'” he added.
MKR was once a ratings juggernaut for Seven, but its popularity has plummeted in recent years as viewers flocked to Channel Nine’s Married At First Sight instead.
“I thought that was it. We stopped MKR three years ago, we did Plate of Origin and then Covid happened so I lost my job at Channel Seven,” Manu explained
In 2020, the eleventh season drew an average of 500,000 Subway viewers per episode.
At its peak in 2014, season five had drawn an average of 1.891 million viewers across the five major cities.
The cooking show was previously hosted by Manu, Pete Evans and Colin Fassnidge.
In April, it was announced that home cooking sensation Nigella Lawson would replace Evans as a judge on a revamped new season of My Kitchen Rules.
MKR was once a ratings juggernaut for Seven, but its popularity has plummeted in recent years. In April, it was announced that home cooking sensation Nigella Lawson (right) would replace Pete Evans as a judge on a revamped new season of My Kitchen Rules
The bestselling author travels the country with Manu as they critique a new group of passionate home cooks.
It came after Channel Seven’s cooking show Plate of Origin flopped in the ratings.
Just 335,000 Tube viewers tuned in to see the finale – the lowest number in an already disappointing season.
It came after Channel Seven’s cooking show Plate of Origin flopped in the ratings. Pictured hosts Manu, Gary Mehigan and Matt Preston