Walcha local Cathy Lisle and her daughter Anna have made waves in the Prime7 program My Kitchen Rules as the “gatecrashers”.
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Mrs Lisle, “Netherton” Walcha, described the experience filming the show as “absolutely fantastic”.
“I’ve learned so much – it was a great experience,” she told the Walcha News yesterday.
“Every day was nerve wracking. We didn’t know what was going to happen – it was really, really hard.”
Despite rather selective editing of the final product, Mrs Lisle said it was quite exciting watching herself and Anna on television. The Lisle’s home restaurant episode airs next Tuesday night and in the lead-up Mrs Lisle has been swamped by media.
“I did this for Anna to help her career in the food industry as she wants to do a lot more with food in the future,” Mrs Lisle said.
“We initially went on the show just to cook and never expected to make such great friends; the people have been absolutely wonderful.”
A former local Anna, 26, is based in Sydney and is involved in the industry as a food critic editing a website called Best Restaurants.
While Mrs Lisle, who works as a physiotherapist in town, couldn’t say too much about the actual filming, she said her fellow contestants and the judges Pete Evans and Manu Feildel seemed to like Walcha.
In the show MKR, teams from across the country set up instant restaurants in their own homes and put their cooking skills to the test.
The Lisles were thrown into the mix later in the competition as the “gatecrashers” adding a new dynamic to the show.
The Prime7 background information describes Mrs Lisle and Anna as a “sophisticated and opinionated mother and daughter duo” who believe “honesty is the best policy” when it comes to critiquing food.
Passing down their love of cooking through the generations, Cathy couldn’t be happier for her daughter Anna to lead the way in the kitchen, despite her being a bit bossy at times!
For Cathy, 55, and Anna, 26, cooking has always been in the family.
“My mum always cooked and still does,” says Cathy. “She’s 81 and she’s still coming up with new recipes. It’s just something we love doing. I’ve taught Anna all I know, but she’s taken cooking to the next level.”
Mrs Lisle and her husband David live a little way out of town on the sheep and beef producing property Netherton, which they run with their son Sam and his wife Kate.
