My Kitchen Rules rebooting with new hosts Nigella Lawson and Manu Feildel

Channel 7 is bringing back My Kitchen Rules with Nigella Lawson and Manu Feildel at the helm, along with some other famous chefs.

UK culinary queen Nigella Lawson is the special ingredient that Channel 7 hopes will make MKR’s fortunes rise again.

Lawson is joining Seven’s reboot of the once powerhouse cooking show alongside Manu Feildel.

Matt Preston will also be part of the new look series with Colin Fassnidge and Curtis Stone making appearances as guest judges.

Lawson, who has been a regular on rival show MasterChef, said MKR would give her the chance to champion home cooks.

Manu Feildel and Nigella Lawson will star in the new look MKR. Picture: Supplied/Channel 7

“As a home cook rather than a chef, I felt instinctively that I’d be in my element,” she said.

“Of course, going to restaurants can be a treat but, for me, the true story of food is told through the cooking we do at home. So to have the chance to champion home cooks and be given the intimate privilege of being invited into people’s homes to eat their food fills me with gratitude and excitement in equal measure.”

Lawson said she knew Feildel through their mutual friend George Calombaris.

“I met Manu at George Calombaris’s wedding, so I know we’ll have a lot of fun together, and I think we balance each other well,” she said.

Lawson says she will be in her element on My Kitchen Rules. Picture: Supplied/Channel 7

“And although he’s a chef and I’m a home cook, the fact is we both just want to eat good food.

“I feel I’ve got a lot to learn from him, but just know we’ll have a lot of fun in the process.”

Lawson will travel around Australia with Feildel to dine in the homes of passionate home cooks who are competing for the title of MKR champion when the show starts filming in May.

The reboot of MKR will be similar to the refresh Seven gave The Voice in that the series will be shorter, sharper, fewer episodes and no filler.

“It’s always an honour to be invited into people’s homes, and especially so when you’re away from home, although, I should add that I always feel so warmly at home in Australia,” she said.

“For me, food is so much about connection, and sharing a table with others, especially after such a long time of its being impossible, feels particularly emotionally resonant.”

Lawson said her judging style would be supportive not snarky.

“I am just not someone who can be shouty,” she said.

“I feel my job is to encourage the cooks and share what I have learnt from a lifetime of home cooking. “I will be absolutely honest in both my praise and my criticism but I will aim to be respectful at all times.

“I also feel very strongly that part of my judging style has to include helping cooks with the psychological struggles, not just the culinary ones.”