As Marion Grasby furiously whips up another delicious dish in the MasterChef kitchen, the pretty brunette has clearly got her eye on the prize. But her ultimate life goal isn’t to win the coveted title – it’s to marry her boyfriend of four years.
“I’m waiting for him to come home with a ring – and if it’s a big enough diamond I’ll definitely say ‘yes’,” she giggles.
“I’m a traditional girl so I’m not going to ask him to marry me,” she adds pointedly.
But while he might appear slow off the mark, it seems that her boyfriend, Tim Althaus, 29, is pretty traditional too.
“When the time comes, I’ll have to get clearance from Marion’s father first,” he says. “I’m not telling you when that might be, though!”
The couple first found romance through their shared love of food.
After they were introduced by a mutual friend, Tim set to work impressing Marion by cooking a lavish meal for their first date. His enthusiasm for good food and wine inspired Marion to ditch her job as a successful journalist in Brisbane and move to Adelaide to study for a Masters of Gastronomy.
The pair now live together in South Australia’s beautiful McLaren Vale wine region.
To find out whether Marion’s move was worth it and read all about MasterChef contestant Aaron’s romance, see this week’s Woman’s Day, on sale May 24, 2010.
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