1. The real reason why Manu missed out on being a MasterChef judge.
It turns out My Kitchen Rules judge Manu Feildel was very close to landing a job on MasterChef.
During Tuesday night's episode of Anh's Brush With Fame, the 47-year-old explained that there was just "one little issue" that stopped him from scoring the gig. And that was his French accent.
"I got the call the next day and they said to me, 'Manu, we really... Frankly, you've got to understand that you were that close'," he told Anh.
"'We really love you. We really think that you've got a great character. But there's one little issue that we can't go past - your French accent...'"