Celebrity chef Colin Fassnidge has taken to social media to show off a ‘hidden talent’.
The 51-year-old food guru shared throwback images of himself as a young rocker.
One picture captioned ‘1994’, shows him on stage playing drums in a band with his trademark curly dark locks hidden beneath a baseball cap.
Meanwhile, Colin shared a second picture in which the future reality star is easily recognisable as the My Kitchen Rules favourite.
In the decades old snap, captioned ‘The Rock Garden’, Colin can be seen biting his lip in concentration as he plays along with bandmates.
And just to show he hasn’t lost any of his musical gifts, the Irishman also posted a new clip of himself in the Instagram story.
Celebrity chef Colin Fassnidge has shared a ‘hidden talent’ with fans. (Pictured)
The 51-year-old food guru shared throwback images of himself as a young rocker. (Pictured)
Filmed in black and white, Colin, wearing a tight T-shirt and shorts, can be seen banging away on a lavish drum kit with out any musical backing.
It comes after Colin’s MKR buddy Manu Feildel, 50, opened up on his old feud with his co-star, admitting that it’s now all water under the bridge.
Appearing on Jess Rowe’s Big Talk Show podcast, the French chef said the war of words began when Colin was less-than-impressed with a meal he received while dining at his Bilson’s Restaurant in Sydney.
After relocating from France to Australia in 1999, and cutting his teeth in several Aussie restaurants, Manu opened the kitchen as head chef at the now defunct Sydney restaurant.
Manu told host Jess that Colin was quick to voice his displeasure about his dining experience on X, formerly known as Twitter.
‘He came to Bilson’s restaurant and he wasn’t happy with his meal and we were awarded two hats at the time.,’ Manu said.
‘I think he said something like I was a clown and i should go back to France and hang my jacket and learn how to cook.’
Manu added that it was Colin who continued to throw fuel on the social media fire as he loves to ‘poke the bear’.
The Irishman also posted a new clip of himself in the Instagram story. (Pictured)
A youthful Colin playing the drums in a rock band (Pictured)
‘We never met each other, we just knew [of] each other,’ Manu said.
‘He loved the social media war. He’s addicted to it. That’s his life, he just loves to poke the bear.’
Manu admitted when he was informed Colin would be joining the cast of My Kitchen Rules, he was dumbfounded.
But it appears that producers knew exactly what they were doing, betting that the tension created between the pair off-screen would translate into ratings gold.
‘That was the beginning of a fight. I think it was a one way fight where he kept on going at me,’ Manu said.
‘One day the production of MKR decided to bring a third judge in and it was announced that it was going to be Colin Fassnidge.’
‘I said to the producers, “are you kidding me? The guy hates my guts,” and they said “we know”.’
Wanting to make the best of things, Manu said when Colin arrived for his first day of shooting, he welcomed the Irish-born chef with open arms.
Colin also shared this clip of himself playing the drums without musical backing
‘I was always so comfortable in my shoes already I’d been there for about eight years,’ he said.
‘When he walked in I welcomed him at the door. I said, “welcome to MKR.” I said I found this very difficult at the beginning and that “if you need anything from me do not hesitate to call”.’
Manu’s words proved to be just the thing to broker a peace deal between the pair, with Colin eventually apologising for his past behaviour.
‘After the end of that year of production, he knocked on my door after the grand final and he went, “I would like to apologise for being an a**ehole” and we became good mates since,’ the celebrity chef said.
Colin joined the MKR team in 2013 as a judge in the Kitchen HQ cook off and final rounds.
In 2020, he became a main series judge alongside Manu and Pete Evans before returning in 2022 in his former MKR role alongside Curtis Stone and Gary Mehigan.
Following controversial Pete Evans’ departure, Colin again became a main judge and co-host for the 2023 season of the popular reality show.
In a new episode of Charlie Albone’s podcast That’s How We Grow, the pair reflected on how they managed to build a friendship from the ashes.
‘Let’s cut to the chase, we didn’t on. I may have called him… something on Twitter, I called him a… beep…’ Colin said.
‘Then Ricky, who made MKR, rang and I said, “I don’t want to be a TV chef, I want to be a real chef”.’
Manu added that Colin saw TV chefs as ‘w**kers’ and that the pair ‘weren’t friends’ when they first worked together.
The pair revealed they got off on the ‘wrong foot’ after Colin took aim at Manu before the show.
‘The salty secret is Colin and I started on the wrong foot. Because when I started TV, most chefs in the industry thought I’d sold my soul,’ Manu said.
Colin added: ‘I said he’s sold out.’
Explaining the criticism, Manu said: ‘They said I was no longer a chef, I was a TV celebrity.’
