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HOST
GRANT
DENYER
Host Grant Denyer admits
he is not a foodie but is
honoured to be hosting IRON
CHEF AUSTRALIA being
inspired by great food and
talented chefs.
Grant joined Channel 7 in 2003 and has never
looked back. Australian audiences really got
to know Grant as Sunrise’s Weather Man,
taking the ‘Sunrise Weather Wagon’ around
the country for more than two years, going
from town to town, spending most of his time
on the road and away from home. He first
gave up the “Sunrise Weather Wagon” in 2006.
In the same year Grant embraced the
challenge of taking part in Seven’s “Dancing
with the Stars” and strutted his stuff to a
dazzling victory, taking out boxing champ
Kostya Tszyu. He then went on to host “It
Takes Two” and “Australia’s Got Talent”.
With many hours of live TV experience, 2007
saw Grant in a new role with “Sunrise” with
“Dare Denyer”. Viewers set his challenges every
week, which has seen him jump off the tallest
building in New Zealand, to wearing a “Mankini”
down at Bathurst on live national TV. Whatever
the challenge, Grant never backed down.
But he’s not just a presenter or host.
for racing go-karts. He then progressed to
Utes, and real cars, driving a FORD V8 in the
V8 Supercar Fujitsu series. He also raced
Mini Coopers, as part of Australia’s Mini
Championships.
2008 saw Grant leading the field in the Mini
Championships and he had his first win in
his V8 Supercar at Sandown races in June
2008. It was set to be the best year of his
racing career, but instead it became the
worst. In September 2008, Grant shattered
his L1 vertebrae in a Monster Truck accident.
Everything about the jump was textbook,
except the landing, which left him in intensive
care for more than two weeks. Grant’s racing,
presenting and hosting career was put on
hold whilst he recovered.
His return to television was for Seven’s
“Carols in the Domain” on December 20,
2008. He then went on to once again host
Seven’s “Australia’s Got Talent”, reported
for Seven’s “Sunday Night” and hosted
“Destroyed in Seconds” for the Network.
He also returned to a racing career having
great success for 2009 finishing in 4th place
in the V8 Fujitsu series and 4th place in the V8
Minis championship.
This year has already been a big year for
Grant. He hung up his racing gloves to return
to his old roots as the loveable weatherman
on Sunrise. There’s no weather wagon this
year, just planes, posti bikes and kombi vans!!
He also returned to his hosting duties for the
popular series of “Australia’s Got Talent” and
managed to get married as well!
Living out every male fantasy, Grant always
dreamt of being a race car driver. He started
driving cars at the age of seven around the
family farm in NSW. Due to legal issues of
racing cars under the age of 10, he settled
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