The TV chef has been part of the judging panel of the spin-off series alongside Gregg Wallace and Marcus Wareing for 14 years. However, last ...
She continued: “I’m short at the restaurant, I mean straight after this I’m back in my kitchen. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “At the moment things are out of sync…
Chef Monica Galetti reveals the heartbreaking reason behind her MasterChef: The Professionals exit as 14-year-old nephew battles cancer.
I’m trying to spend time with my family, I have an ill nephew who I try to get back to see and filming was starting at the same time.’ It was just so special to be able to do that. She continued: ‘I’m short at the restaurant, I mean straight after this I’m back in my kitchen.
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It really opened my eyes and I wanted to go back and try it for a couple of years,” Galetti said. “He put me forward and I got the part. It was nerve-racking and I didn’t enjoy it at first. But he didn’t have the extra time to film it all so he suggested having someone else overseeing the preliminary rounds. Talking to the New Zealand Herald in 2011, Galetti said: “A lot of my friends were interested in tourism and travel so I applied for a hospitality diploma, for which you have to spend some time in the kitchen and some time in the front of house. TV chef Monica Galetti has said she has chosen to step back from her role as a judge on MasterChef: The Professionals for her own mental health after finding she “cannot manage the balance”.