MasterChef’s Jonathan Daddia is prepared for anything in the kitchen. And when it comes to romance, the aspiring chef is equally well organised.
In between shooting scenes for the TV cooking competition, Jonathan crammed in a walk down the aisle that had been thrown into doubt by his success in the kitchen … and a honeymoon!
“At the end of the first week of top 50 we had a weekend off, so I snuck away and got married,” says Jonathan, 33, of his wedding to Mandy, 28. “But I was rushed off for filming the next day.
“Then when I made it through to the top 24, it looked like we’d lose our honeymoon. Luckily, we had another quick break and – following a lot of pleading with travel agents and resort owners – I managed to shift our honeymoon to the Maldives into that tiny gap!”
Jonathan originally won Mandy’s heart with a six-course dinner including champagne and oysters, tuna sashimi, beef fillet with herb crust, and créme brûlée with twisted almond biscuits.