-- Cook along with your favourite TV chefs in Dishing It Up 7:30pm Thursdays from 29 September on SBS and SBS Food. All episodes streaming free on SBS On Demand. For recipes and more head to . ---
Tell us about yourselves
Anna: I'm a former corporate recruiter turned housewife and mum of two boys. Growing up, I watched my mum and nonna cook and hold the kitchen hostage, but I didn't truly appreciate my southern Italian heritage until I left home.
Matthew: I am a family guy at heart with a love of food. As a child and still today, it is the foundation that brings my family together. Nothing beats sitting around the table with them, enjoying a home-cooked meal and sharing crazy stories from the day.
What is one fun fact about yourself?
Anna: I'm a child star and first appeared on television at age four on Romper Room with Miss Helena. I was also on SBS Food's first series of The Chefs Line.
How did you end up being on a reality cooking series?
Anna: Matthew and I got bored during the COVID lockdown, so we did an Instagram live stream where I taught him to make Italian meatballs.
It was a disaster, but a lot of people found it entertaining so I applied with the hope that we'd entertain SBS viewers too.
What do you like or dislike about cooking?
Anna: Cooking is not only about food; it's about bringing people together and creating memories over a table. Some of my best memories and laughs are at the table eating with family and friends.
I also like the way certain smells trigger childhood memories and make me feel like I'm back home as a kid.
Food and cooking are the glue for bringing people together. However, I definitely enjoy eating more than cooking or cleaning up.
Matthew: Food and cooking are the glue for bringing people together. However, I definitely enjoy eating more than cooking or cleaning up.
What was your favourite moment from the series?
Anna Simon and Matthew Bozinovski cooking on Dishing It Up. Source: SBS Food
Anna: It's a blessing to do this show with my best friend. We are lucky that we can look back on these funny memories in years to come. Plus, it's ironic that Matthew doesn't cook and he's on a cooking show.
What was your funniest memory from the series?
Matthew: One time I tried to crack an egg and it ended up on the ceiling and walls of Anna's very white kitchen. This is further proof that I can't cook.
If you could have any celebrity chef cook for you, who would you choose?
Anna Simon and Matthew Bozinovski share a love of food. Source: SBS Food
Anna: Massimo Bottura. He was named one of the world's best chefs and I had the pleasure of meeting him a few years back. He was fun and flirty, and I'd never tried his food before.
Matthew: Matt Moran - I have been to every single one of his restaurants.
What is your desert island dish?
Anna: Slow-cooked osso buco ragu with homemade pappardelle and heaps of parmesan cheese. It reminds me of home and of my mum.
Matthew: My mum's stuffed capsicum - you need to try them. I could eat that dish every day.
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