Love, food and TV

Kim and Pashi make South African TV history on My Kitchen Rules SA! The spicy lovebirds got engaged after beating top home cooks Maj and Joleen in a tough semi-final cook-off

My Kitchen Rules SA has been the talk of the town because of Kim and Pashi’s soon-to-be-engaged relationship status. During the show’s semi-final episode, the two made history on TV. Not only did they earn a spot in the series finale, they also became the first contestants on a South African reality cooking competition to get engaged with the cameras rolling.

After the newly-engaged couple, who face country girls Rox and Spoen in next Sunday’s grand finale, had beaten Maj and Joleen by a narrow two-point margin, Pashi proudly professed his love for Kim.

“It’s been an unbelievable journey, I have met my soul mate. You have changed my life in so many ways. You are honestly the strongest woman I know. I’m going to need a partner to win this competition, but also a strong partner in life, to start a family,” Kim said.

“It was an epic end to an epic semi-final,” says M-Net’s Head of Publicity, Lani Lombard.

The semi-final was a showdown between the two top teams in their respective groups after the Instant Restaurant phase. In contrast to the one-sided first semi-final between Rox and Spoen and Donald and Luyanda, the second one could have gone either way. Kim and Pashi and Maj and Joleen had every element of their menus carefully planned and organised.