Sunshine Coast sisters Bec and Nicole Giles have been crowned Australia’s Number One Food family in the second series of Family Food Fight on Nine.
Show host, acclaimed chef and restaurateur Matt Moran, announced the result tonight after a hard-fought battle, handing over the title, trophy and the coveted $100,000 prizemoney.
In the finale, the Giles sisters overcame the WA-based Tartaglia family, brothers-in-law Cory and Leon, to be crowned winners of the competition.
Both families were tasked with cooking delicious dishes inspired by three simple words from the judges: Unforgettable, Family and Gold. The Giles sisters impressed the judges with their creative finale-worthy menu, just edging out the gents’ similarly impressive efforts.
Their winning dishes consisted of a Burmese pork belly curry with sticky rice, pickled garlic and chilli, a pasta dish accompanied by bottarga and clams, and a chocolate Guinness cake for dessert, served with chocolate ganache, muscovado and malt ice cream.
The dessert was enough to clinch the win for the girls following a deadlock after the first two dishes. Bec and Nicole were crowned to the cheers of their loved ones and fellow competitors.
The Giles sisters went from strength to strength through the competition, taking inspiration from a world of cuisine including Vietnamese, Korean, Mexican, Italian and Chinese. After winning the first Game Changer challenge early on and surviving dessert chef Anna Polyviou’s incredible-yet-dreaded creations, the girls earmarked themselves as a family to watch.
After being intimidated when the competition began, the sisters came full circle to be over the moon at their win.
Bec said: “We are so overwhelmed and honoured to be crowned the winners and take home the prize. This amount of money has never been possible for us to even imagine, so we look forward to investing it in our future with food.”
Nicole said: “To the Tartaglia family, we couldn’t have asked for better blokes to cook beside. And to everyone else, thank you for making this whole experience one to remember. We love our new extended family.”
