Emma Evans appears on My Kitchen Rules on Sky Living HD

Emma Evans, chef, co-founder of The Secret Supper Clwb and founder of the Welsh Mums in Business Network, appeared on Sky Living’s competitive cookery show, My Kitchen Rules, which debuted in the UK on Thursday 23 January 2014.

My Kitchen Rules puts six teams of two against each other in a series of culinary challenges. Their efforts will be judged by celebrity chefs, Lorriane Pascale and Jason Atherton, and the winning team will walk away with £25,000.

Emma will cook with her food-loving hairdresser, Philip Mungean, with whom she established The Secret Supper Clwb to host small specialist dining events across South Wales.

Speaking of her experience in the competition, Emma said, “To be involved with My Kitchen Rules was fantastic. It taught me a lot more about cooking and gave me the chance to learn from some great people. This show will demonstrate that you don’t always need formal training to produce fine, restaurant-quality food.” 

Lorraine Pascale’s route to cookery was full of twist and turns. Starting off her career as a model for the world’s biggest fashion houses, she later stepped off the runway and into the classroom to find her true calling. Dabbling with a range of courses, from hypnotherapy to car mechanics, it was not until enrolling at leading culinary school Leiths that she discovered and nurtured her knack for baking.

Her career has continued to soar, with three successful cookery series, Baking Made Easy, Home Cooking Made Easy and Fresh, Fast and Easy as well as a Christmas special on BBC2, and further distributed internationally into 66 territories. These series have all been accompanied by bestselling recipe books, as well as her latest standalone release A Lighter Way to Bake.

Jason Atherton became the first British chef to work at Spain’s legendary elBulli restaurant in 1998. This invaluable experience laid the foundation for his unique style and fuelled his thirst for culinary knowledge.

Jason is a familiar face on cookery shows in the UK. As well as being a regular guest on Saturday Kitchen, he also won the third series of BBC2’s Great British Menu in June 2008. Jason returned to the series in 2009 and 2010 as a veteran judge.

Now in its fifth series in Australia, My Kitchen Rules has come to UK viewers on Sky Living HD at 9.00pm on Thursday evenings.

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Emma Evans – Backgrounder

Emma Evans is a Newport-based chef, co-founder of The Secret Supper Clwb and founder of the Welsh Mums in Business Network. A highly experienced hospitality professional, Emma has catered for HRH Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex and The Welsh Secretary of State.

Through the Secret Supper Clwb Emma hosts regular live cookery demonstrations at quirky venues in South Wales. Often featuring guest chefs, dinner and live music, these events explore themes such as cooking with unusual meats, matching food with wine and creating inspired sharing boards.

Monthly Supper Clwbs are also held throughout the year by Emma, the dates and locations can be found on the website www.emma-evans.com.

Emma’s success in the hospitality sector is driven by a passion for food which developed from long hours spent with her father in the kitchen of their family-owned hotel. As well as expert skills in cooking with families – including men and children – Emma holds a degree in Hotel Management from the University of Wales Institute. She has a background in sales, recruitment and event management and spent two years in Dubai. Emma describes her cooking style as rustic and bursting with flavour.

In 2008, Emma established the Welsh Mums in Business Network to give home-based self-employed women a forum to meet and develop business, support and networking opportunities.

From January 2014, Emma will represent Wales as a contestant on Sky Living’s competitive cooking show, My Kitchen Rules, which is judged by celebrity chefs, Lorraine Pascale and Jason Atherton.

In her spare time, Emma enjoys keeping fit at the gym. Her determination to keep fit as led her to run half marathons and 10k races, as well as training for her first Tough Mudder later this year. Emma also enjoys spending time with her family, watching her boys play football and rugby and going on walks and cycling.