It’s the secret MKR romance rumour that set viewers alight with speculation.
Melbourne hospitality worker Nick made no secret of his affection for Perth contestant Rach during the competition.
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Now the show has come to a close, winners Radha and Prabha have weighed in on where Nick and Rach are now.
At the first Instant Restaurant, Nick had said he was open to finding love, and that Rach - who was competing with her friend Tommy - was “definitely my type”.
As NSW identical twin sisters Radha and Prabha celebrated their victory, they subtly addressed the hot gossip of whether Nick and Rach may be together.
“Rach still keeps in touch with Nick... but we haven’t heard anything yet,” they tell 7Life.
“But one thing is for sure - they’ve come out very, very good friends, and we can put a ‘dot dot dot’ on the end of that and see how it plays out.”
It comes after Nick told 7Life “We’ll see, we’ll see”, refusing to confirm or deny the relationship.
‘Twindians’ take crown
Nick joined up with Christian in a bid for the MKR crown and the $100,000 prize money, with the Melbourne hospitality workers among the season’s favourites - but also one of the most polarising teams.
Radha and Prabha pipped them to the post as winners of the show at the end of Tuesday night’s grand finale, “watching the win with the nation” on TV.
The sisters took the crown with a score of 27 out of 30 in a fiercely fought battle, with only two points separating them from Nick and Christian.
“We were on the edge of our seats,” Radha says.
“As fans (of the show), we were like, ‘Oh my god this is a great grand final’, but then we remembered, ‘Oh my god, it’s actually us on there’.”
![Nick and Rach reunite at the MKR quarter finals.](https://images.7news.com.au/publication/C-12100688/80fa792fe03932bad4fae8bfe0ee5027a82f3abd.png?imwidth=650&impolicy=sevennews_v2)
![MKR winners Radha and Prabha with Manu Feildel, Nigella Lawson and Colin Fassnidge.](https://images.7news.com.au/publication/C-12100688/50332f935dd2f9edee7d06d5a884872b14626e31.jpg?imwidth=650&impolicy=sevennews_v2)
Throughout the episode, the sisters’ mother had called out instructions to them from the balcony.
Her suggestions led judge Colin Fassnidge to step in at one stage to comment that there were three people cooking in the kitchen.
“It was an honour and privilege to show her what we could do,” the twins said of their mother’s presence.
“But the pressure was immense and if we made one mistake she had the perfect vantage point to see what we were doing.
“Mum is quite vocal and I know all mums are.”
![Radha and Prabha’s mother dishes out advice during the MKR grand final.](https://images.7news.com.au/publication/C-12100688/9e083c80825c7bf290b76466c8ca714800d79b87-16x9-x1y0w1045h588.png?imwidth=650&impolicy=sevennews_v2)
Prabha also clarified that Nick and Christian had their mums there cheering them on and yelling out advice.
Along with cooking for their mum, the sisters made it clear that they were dedicating their MKR journey to their late father and grandparents, hoping to highlight the foods that they cook at home.
![Colin spoke to Radha and Prabha’s mother after she continued to hand out instructions.](https://images.7news.com.au/publication/C-12100688/f0a6173bc8ca51f91f8121473fe387c18187b879-16x9-x0y2w1050h591.png?imwidth=650&impolicy=sevennews_v2)
“For us in our culture, cooking means love,” Prabha says.
“Representing our entire family through food on a national platform like this is such a big achievement in itself and we’re just so humbled that we had the opportunity to do that.
“There were lots of family recipes that were put on to the plate.”
At times, the pressure of the competition seemed insurmountable for at least one of the pair.
Guest judge Nigella Lawson went to comfort Radha during the stress of the final cook, as the contestant ‘froze’ for what seemed like several minutes during a time of peak stress.
![MKR’s identical twin sisters Radha and Prabha.](https://images.7news.com.au/publication/C-12100688/ed8086e6edb2b879835106ac4a1039242293f53d.png?imwidth=650&impolicy=sevennews_v2)
“Nigella was super sweet,” Radha says.
“When I was having a bit of a moment, she came rushing over.
“She said that life goes on, everything is a lot bigger than this, and helped put things into perspective.
“She definitely saw my wheels starting to fall off and she came in and just gave me just a bit of encouragement, you know, like human to human.
“That was really beautiful and very touching.”
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