Eliminated Masterchef contestant Dani Venn doesn’t just whip up exotic dishes in the kitchen, she manages to turn up the heat in exotic locations too.
As she competed for the title of Masterchef, Dani, 25, won the hearts of Australian viewers with her trademark smile and bubbly personality.
And it was these personality traits as well as her flair for foreign dishes which also won over the man of her dreams on the pristine beaches of Sri Lanka.
“It was coming up to my 21st birthday and I was travelling by myself around Sri Lanka, making a documentary for university,” Dani smiles. “I was like, ‘I don’t know anyone here and I am just going to have my own 21st party and invite people that I don’t know on the beach’.”
And luckily for the self-confessed risk-taker, a very special man decided to celebrate with her.
“I had made these little flyers about my birthday and I went up to him and said, ‘I am going to have some drinks at this bar, it is my 21st and it would be really cool if you could come’, and we just started chatting from there,” Dani recalls, flashing her trademark smile.
“And we have been together ever since then.”
Luckily for the lovebirds, New-Zealander Chris didn’t have to travel too far to be with Dani in Research, Victoria.
“We live together now and will hopefully buy a house soon,” Dani says.
And it’s no surprise that Chris has been her biggest support since she started her Masterchef journey.
“Of course he has missed me, but at the same time he is so supportive,” Dani gushes. “He is just the nicest person. He just wants me to be happy.”
As for the future, Dani knows exactly what she wants – and we have a sneaking suspicion she’ll achieve it.
“Hopefully I’ll own my own business,” she smiles. “And maybe I’ll be married in five years!”
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