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'MKR' judge Pete Evans turns down US job offer

Published Monday, May 16 2011, 05:14 BST | By Rebecca Davies | Add comment

Pete Evans has revealed that he recently turned down a television job in the US.

The Australian celebrity chef, who is a judge on reality TV show My Kitchen Rules, said that he was forced to "decline" the food presenting role because the filming schedule "clashed" with his My Kitchen Rules commitments.

Evans told The Daily Telegraph: "I did have a hosting role for a new TV series over in America but I had to decline as the schedule clashed with the new series of MKR."

MasterChef judge Gary Mehigan recently blasted Evans's series and accused it of being a copied version of their show, saying: "My Kitchen Rules is quite obviously a blatant rip-off. The set looks similar to ours and the phrases are the same."

Food critic and fellow judge Matt Preston added: "I hear that [My Kitchen Rules judge] Manu [Feildel] has borrowed my speech just in case he wins a Logie this year."

Feildel is currently taking part in the 2011 series of Dancing with the Stars alongside Home and Away actor Dan Ewing, Aussie socialite Brynne Edelsten and singer Damien Leith.

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