MATTY McLEAN
Television presenter
An adventurous eater, keen cook and perennial joker, Breakfast weather presenter and A Current Affair reporter Matty McLean is someone we'd want to have dinner (and maybe a few drinks) with. We caught up with the Queenstown-raised Aucklander to find out what he likes to cook, which 90s icon he likes to sing along to in the kitchen and the one and only food he finds utterly offensive…
You have quite a few food photos on your Instagram with the hashtag #mattymakes. Tell me about that.
Matty: I'm not usually one for New Year's resolutions, but I love cooking and have all these cookbooks that just sit on my shelf. So, at the beginning of last year I set myself a challenge to cook one new meal a week from them. I shared them with my partner, Ryan, who rated the meals (#ryanrates) and gave feedback. We ended up making a bit of an Instagram blog out of it.
Who are some favourite cookbook authors?
Honestly, Sarah Tuck is huge. If you look at my Instagram so many of the meals I cook are. I just think Sarah’s so wonderful because she talks like a real person. ()
