Beloved TV chef Colin Fassnidge has joined the cast of Better Homes and Gardens for 2024. 

The My Kitchen Rules judge will replace outgoing chef and presenter ‘Fast Ed’ Halmagyi, who departed the Channel Seven lifestyle program after 20 years in 2023. 

‘Working on Better Homes and Gardens really feels like coming home. I’ve been friends with Johanna ever since I started at Channel 7, and the rest of the cast and I get on like a house on fire,’ Fassnidge said in a statement on Sunday. 

‘I can’t wait to get out on the road and travel around this beautiful country, cooking with some of the best and freshest produce in the world,’ he said.

The Dublin-born presenter promised to bring his ‘passion, humour and cheeky Irish flair’ to the series as he shows viewers how to create ‘simple, quick and affordable recipes that everyone can make and enjoy at home’.

Beloved TV chef Colin Fassnidge (right) has joined the cast of Better Homes and Gardens for 2024. (Pictured with host Johanna Griggs)

Speaking to 7LIFE, Fassnidge admitted that filling Fast Ed’s shoes would be a challenge. 

‘It’s a little bit scary, but it’s a good challenge and a lot of fun as well. This show means a lot of things to a lot of people,’ he said. 

Fassnidge also revealed he has known Better Homes And Gardens host Johanna Griggs for some time, having met her on his first ever season of My Kitchen Rules in 2013. 

‘Working on Better Homes and Gardens really feels like coming home. I’ve been friends with Johanna ever since I started at Channel 7, and the rest of the cast and I get on like a house on fire,’ Fassnidge said in a statement on Sunday. (Pictured with the cast of Better Homes and Gardens) 

The Dublin-born presenter promised to bring his ‘passion, humour and cheeky Irish flair’ to the series as he shows viewers how to create ‘simple, quick and affordable recipes that everyone can make and enjoy at home’ 

‘She came around to my house and did a little cooking segment there,’ he said, adding that the pair catch up ‘all the time’.

‘I know most of the cast members, we run into each other around the traps all the time. So it’s not like I’m coming in out of the blue — but still, [the cast] were very welcoming.’

Fassnidge will continue to co-host My Kitchen Rules with Manu Feildel in 2024.

Better Homes and Gardens will return to screens 7pm February 2 on Channel 7 and 7plus.  

The My Kitchen Rules judge will replace outgoing chef and presenter ‘Fast Ed’ Halmagyi (pictured), who departed the Channel Seven lifestyle program after 20 years in 2023 

Fassnidge will continue to co-host My Kitchen Rules with Manu Feildel (left) in 2024