Issue 51 Aurora Magazine October 2022

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super-hot chillies he sources the fruit from Carnarvon.
“Our sauces are made for the chilli head, but they still have the flavour and we also
make milder versions for the guys who are foodies, but if you can’t cook, whatever you
put our sauce on is going to add flavour and add a little heat to your meal.
“We have a sauce for every type of person but are mainly based around Asian flavours
and are all gluten free.”
Che says that while promoting his sauces was part incentive for taking part in MKR both
he and Dave were keen to show off their prowess.
“It would have been nice to go one step further, but to be honest it was more about us
two mates to see what we can do. Personally, I wanted to have some type of awareness
around SIDS and if I’d won my winnings would have been donated to that charity.
“It was fun, you don’t get to do things like this ever in a lifetime.”
The show also created a bond between the cooks in his group.
“We knew we had some weight on our shoulders doing this because we knew we had
to conduct ourselves in the right way otherwise we’d embarrass Albany but we didn’t
realise how much pride people would have for us. It was a very special thing.”
Che says MKR also did the right thing by Albany.
“A lot of footage was shown around Albany and Manu absolutely adored Albany and ate
at quite a few of the restaurants.”
Che says now it’s back to business as usual to keep developing Gods of Sauces across
Australia and hopefully to move into commercial premises.
“The plan for me is to keep increasing my skill set. But we’ll keep the doors open and
see what’s next.”
Gods of Sauces are available at various retailers around Albany.
www.godsofsauces.com.au
“They are like family, we’re that close we actually speak every day on WhatsApp and Dave
and I have learned a lot more about each other and we’ve had some really fun times and
been to parts of Australia we’ve never seen before and made new friends as well.
“MKR has done a lot for us to be honest.
“It’s definitely benefitted the business and we saw an increase in orders over the period
of it being on the TV and an increase in awareness across Australia as well. It has helped
this small business grow a bit and once it airs globally there’ll be more awareness
around the world.”
Che says MKR is also getting him recognised around Albany.
“It’s quite entertaining, my kids don’t like coming out with me anymore, but we’ve had
people asking for photographs and I’ve even had a couple of people ask for autographs,
I’ve no idea why.
“I was worried that people in Albany would think we only got to cook-off, but actually
Albany is proud of us, we’ve had so many messages and so many people stopping us
saying ‘you boys did awesome, you boys should have gone through to the next round’.
“For us that’s really touching.
BELOW: Che and Dave on the set of My Kitchen Rules 2022.
RIGHT: Che tackles one of his award winning sauces.
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