The Winterton country sisters Rox and Spoen Green from the little town of Winterton was announced the winners of the second season of My Kitchen Rules South Africa on Sunday evening on M-Net (DStv 101), scooping up the R1 million prize.
The farm girls Rox and Spoen Green clinched the title after beating the newly-engaged couple Kim and Pashi from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal in the second season finale of the series produced by Picture Tree.
The last two teams had to create a gourmet five-course meal for the eliminated couples, the judges resident judges David Higgs and J’Something and the guest judges including "spice prince" Reza Mohammad of The Food Network (DStv 175); editor of Pick n Pay's Fresh Living magazine Justine Drake who has her show Just Cooking on BBC Lifestyle (DStv 174); food stylist and Wedding Bashers judge Zola Nene; and the South African filmmaker and presenter and judge of Ultimate Braaimaster SA on e.tv, Justin Bonello.
In the second season finale the finalists had to create an appetiser, a soup, a pasta dish, a main meal and a dessert. Adding to the pressure of five courses, they were required to prepare 20 plates of each course for the grand finale – 100 plates in all.
The judges tasted their dishes blindly and the show's
other participants returned to My Kitchen Rules SA headquarters for the final episode.
Despite Kim and Pashi’s impressive
effort, Rox and Spoen’s dishes won over the show's judging squad, with their
combined score across the five courses giving them a clear edge.
The farm
sisters scored a total of 47 out of 60 points, beating Kim and Pashi by eight
points. “Yeah! I don’t even know what to do right now,” Spoen
said.
