Our Kitchen Rules (Sam's TV Series)

**Judges:** .
***Current Series Judges:***
Sam Wilkes Sr. (Season 11-)
Jake (Season 11-)
Alex Stevens (Season 1 - 3, 11; finals only Season 12-)
***Former Judges/Mentors:***
Lyn Drummond (Season 3-6, 8-9 as series judge, Season 10 as mentor) (on-site challenges and Elimination House)
***Blind Tasting Panel:***
Robert (Season 8 - 9)
Alex Stevens (Season 8 - 9)
Jason (Season 8 - 9)
Jake (Season 8 - 9, 11)
Sam Wilkes Holahan † (Season 8 in 2018 Elimination House)
***Past Judges:***
Sam Wilkes Jr. † (Season 8 - 10)
Sam Wilkes Holahan † (Season 3 - 8)
Jason (Season 6 - 8)
 **Opening Theme:** Tik Tok - Kesha (2010 - 2012)
Best Night - Justice Crew (2013 - 2017)
Live Louder - Nathaniel (2018 - 2020)
 **Location:** Karumba, Queensland (Elimination House 2010 - 2011)
Normanton, Queensland (Elimination House 2012)
Innisfail, Queensland (Elimination House 2013 - 2014)
Brisbane, Queensland (Elimination House 2016 - 2019, 2024, House of Lyn 2020)
Gold Coast, Queensland (House of Jake 2020)
Various Areas in Australia (outside Elimination House except 2013)
 **TV Networks aired on:** *Sam's Seven Department (2010 - 2014)*
Sam's Seven (Season 1 - 5) (2010 - 2014)
*Austin Network (formerly Sam Wilkes Radio Network) (2016-)*
Sam Wilkes Radio TV (Season 6 - 7) (2016 - 2017)
Neon (Season 7) (2017)
 **Production Teams:** Sam's Seven Productions (2010 - 2014)
Sam Wilkes Radio Productions (2016 - 2017)
Neon Productions (2018 - 2020, 2023-)

***Our Kitchen Rules*** (often abbreviated as **OKR**) is a competitive cooking game show broadcast on Neon Entertainment since 2017. This show formerly broadcasted on the preceding channels Sam's Seven, Sam Wilkes Radio TV and Neon before they were rebranded under their new successor names.

Our Kitchen Rules was created by Austin Holahan, then named Sam Wilkes. This show is the oldest ongoing TV show that was on the channel Sam's Seven (later renamed to Sam Wilkes Radio TV then to Neon and then to Neon Entertainment).

Island Life Cameraman Sam Wilkes Sr. is currently a series judge in the series, having hosted the show since 2022. Prior to this, there have been various series judges since 2010. Robert & Alex hosted the show until their departures in 2012. Austin Holahan & Lynette Tyler (she was a contestant during the early half of the 2012 series before she was eliminated and returning as a replacement series judge) then co-hosted up until Tyler's departure in 2016 and Holahan's departure in 2018, with Holahan's music partner Jason coming in the 2016 and 2017 series with then cuisine critic Sam Wilkes Jr. taking over with the return of celebrity home cook of over 44 years and co-host Tyler (she agreed to return in late 2017 in time for season 8). The two series judges have been responsible for all challenges and judging across the series and as of 2018, the series introduced Jake who acts as a judge/mentor in the challenge and the elimination house. Colin was the judge/mentor in off-site and People's choice challenges before 2018. 2015 was the only year that OKR did not air on TV due to filming delays, significant problems with other projects and also because of personal reasons as well as a TV network buyout. A year later, an announcement was made in regards with the reason why OKR did not air a new season in 2015 with the judges promising a new season in 2016 to make up for 2015. Sam has since provided an explanation as to why OKR did not broadcast in 2015. In 2018, under Sam Wilkes Jr's new leadership, OKR will line up with the Australian MKR. This new OKR/MKR line up merge means that the contestants on MKR will also be part of OKR. Series Judges remain unaffected by this merge. As part of a new merger strategy, all blind tasting panel judges in season 8 except Jake have been replaced with the MKR blind tasting panel judges. These judges will join Jake in the 2019 OKR season. Lyn and Sam Wilkes Jr. continued as the series judges in 2019, along with Jake as a series judge during people's choice and off-site challenges.

From 2010 to 2017, the program has performed strongly in ratings, among the highest rated programs on television, with finals consistently being among the 10 highest rated programs of the year. However, during 2018, after Austin's departure, it wasn't as it seemed at first glance. Ratings had slumped down and by the end of 2018, ratings had slumped down to the Top 30. The production crew hoped ratings would rise back up in 2019. By 2019 however, ratings had notably declined and by 2020, Lyn's sudden departure was the final blow and ratings took an absolute nosedive. Ratings had slumped until the grand final. Sam Wilkes Jr. was becoming concerned about the future and had decided to also step down at the end of Season 10 to combat his fight against cancer. He later died in April 2020 from a non-cancer related incident.

The series has been renewed for an additional two series in 2019, one as a regular OKR series and the other as an *All-Stars* series - featuring contestants from past seasons returning to the competition supposedly for a second attempt. The All-Stars series was later altered to become Season 10 with five team contestants to return instead and the other five teams being brand new teams on the program for the first time, renaming the subtitle as "The Rivals: Fans vs. Faves".

As of April 2023, 11 seasons have aired with the 12th to broadcast later this year. In late 2020, Sam Wilkes Sr. has initially confirmed there won't be an eleventh season in 2021, but suggested the show may return in future. The reason is because there is no second co-host series judge and most of the production crew have parted ways.

In November 2021, he says the show is returning and in December, Alex agreed to return. In mid-2023, Wilkes Sr. agreed to return with Jake also deciding to return and co-host alongside Wilkes Sr. and Stevens reluctantly agreed to return as well, judging the finals.

From 2023, this will be the the series judge lineup:

Sam Wilkes Sr. - Series Judge

Jake - Judge (except finals)

Alex Stevens - Judge (finals)

## Explanation of no 2015 OKR episodes

In July 2018, Sam has answered the long awaiting question as to why there wasn't a 2015 season of OKR. He announced that the 2015 season was supposed to start recording in November 2014 but had to be on hold in December because of a holiday visit with extended family in Brisbane. Then the recording was again delayed to January 2015 but after a while, Lyn was planning to move back down to Brisbane, so recording stopped halfway through February 2015 to plan moving down to Brisbane and at this time, they were mirroring MKR, thus why Our Kitchen Rules did not air in 2015. Even if OKR began recording in the later half of 2015, the TV stations were being bought out by Sam Wilkes Radio Network in May, with the final transactions confirmed by 30 June 2015.

## Judging Panels

* **Series Judge** – Sam Wilkes Jr. appeared 2018 - 2020 in the show. He has been responsible for all challenges and judging across the series. Sam Wilkes Jr. died April 2020 but suggested a replacement shortly before his death.
* **Jake (Judge)** – Making his first appearance as a series judge with Lynette Tyler in season 8, Jake joined the blind tasting panel for Sudden Death cook-offs. In seasons 8 and 9, Jake and Lyn had rotated roles for judging. Jake was present with Austin (with Sam Wilkes Jr. in season 9 after Austin resigned) for People's Choice and off-site challenges, while Lynette was involved in Headquarters challenges and later Instant Restaurants. Jake was also featured for the first time in an Instant Restaurant round in the same season. He was the remaining exclusive blind tasting panel judge on Our Kitchen Rules as the remaining judges are from the M<R panel. He returned on a one year contract in November 2021.
* **Lynette (Judge)** - Making her first appearance as a contestant with series judges Sam Wilkes and Alex Stevens. She was eliminated halfway in the competition due to lack of interest. Later returned as a series judge to replace Alex and continued to do so until 2016 before returning in 2018. As Lyn is part of the second generation lineup, she exited Our Kitchen Rules on 3 March 2020, a month before her contract expired from a major stroke.
* **Blind Tasting Panel** – During Sudden Death cook-off eliminations, the blind tasting panel are asked to score and judge the competing teams' meals. This panel now consists of Liz, Guy, Karen (from MKR) and Jake (exclusively from OKR) as of 2019. From season 1 to 3, the panel had knowledge of which teams were cooking. From season 4 to 9, as a blind tasting panel, they do not know who the competing teams were until scoring. Everyone in the Blind Tasting Panel except Jake were not featured in Season 10.
* **Guest Judges** – Season 7 introduced new special guest judges who appeared in specific challenges alongside the main series panel.

### Judging Panel (2010 - 2011)

*Robert: Series Judge*

***Alex: Series Judge***

### Judging Panel (2012)

Austin Holahan: Series Judge

***Alex: Series Judge***

### Judging Panel (2012 - 2014, 2016)

Austin Holahan: Series Judge

Lynette Tyler: Series Judge

### Judging Panel (2016 - 2017)

Austin Holahan: Series Judge

Jason^: Temporary series Judge (2016), Series Judge (2017)

### Judging Panel (2018)

Austin Holahan †: Group 2 Judge (Round 1 instant restaurant), Series Judge

Jason: Group 2 Judge (Round 1 instant restaurant), Rotation Judge

**Jake: Group 1 Judge (Round 1 instant restaurant), Series Judge (People's Choice and off-site challenges)**

Lyn Drummond: Group 1 Judge (Instant Restaurant), Series Judge (Headquarters Challenges)

Sam Wilkes Jr. †: Series Judge (2018)

Names in italic are original judges and names in bold text are current judges.

### Judging Panel (2019)

Sam Wilkes Jr. †: Series Judge

Lyn Drummond: Series Judge (Headquarters Challenges and Instant Restaurant)

**Jake: Series Judge (People's Choice and off-site challenges)**

### Judging Panel (2020)

Sam Wilkes Jr. †: Series Judge

Lyn Drummond: Judge (House of Jake), Mentor (House of Lyn) (until 3 March 2020)

**Jake: Judge (House of Lyn), Mentor (House of Jake)**

### Judging Panel (2022)

**Sam Wilkes Sr.: Series Judge**

***Alex Stevens: Judge (Group 1 instant restaurant, semi and grand finals)***

**Jake: Judge (Group 2 instant restaurant, top 10 and top 8)**

### Judging Panel (2023-)

**Sam Wilkes Sr.: Series Judge**

**Jake: Series Judge**

***Alex Stevens: Judge (finals)***

#### Blind Tasting Panel (2018)

During Sudden Death cook-off eliminations, the blind tasting panel are asked to score and judge the competing teams' meals. This panel in 2018 consists of the past judges of Our Kitchen Rules. The panel judges are: Robert, Jason and Jake. Austin Holahan was also a blind tasting panel up until the season finale when he became a one-off series judge for an episode. Alex Stevens was part of the blind tasting panel for the season finale as a fill-in for Sam Wilkes Jr. who was absent. After the finale, Robert, Alex, Jason and Sam (now Austin) all left the show. Jake also left but later announced he will return to be part of the new merged blind tasting panel.

Robert: Blind Tasting Panel

Alex: Blind Tasting Panel

Sam Wilkes Holahan (now Austin Holahan): Blind Tasting Panel

Jake: Blind Tasting Panel

Jason: Blind Tasting Panel

#### Blind Tasting Panel (Future)

In 2019, the MKR Blind Tasting Panel will merge with the OKR Blind Tasting Panel, which only has Jake as the remaining OKR Blind Tasting Panel judge.

### Judges Departure:

#### Robert

In 2011, he announced he would leave to continue a career as a chef. Later returned in 2018 as Blind Tasting Panel judge.

#### Alex

In 2012, he announced he would leave for personal family reasons. Later returned in the 2018 finale. In December 2021, he confirmed to return as series alongside Wilkes Sr. in the 2022 season. He will only stay for group 1 instant restaurants as well as the semi and grand finals as Jake will replace him in the other challenges.

#### Lyn Drummond

Lynette was approached and asked to fill-in as Series Judge in 2012 which she accepted. She was later a permanent replacement judge in late 2012, becoming the first female series judge in Our Kitchen Rules. In 2016, while testing a dish by one of the teams, Lynette Tyler had left the property and had resigned as judge the same night. Despite Sam's pleas to stay and be a co-judge with him, she still resigned. In April 2017, Lynette announced that she will return as Judge in 2018, in time for Season 8 of Our Kitchen Rules. She has signed up for a 2 year agreement as series judge in late 2017, which expired at the end of 2019. In July 2018, Jake confirmed that Lyn will be series judge during Instant Restaurant and Headquarters Challenges. In October 2019, Sam announced that she confirmed to continue as series judge for another year but in November, it was confirmed that she will join Jake as a mentor, leaving Sam Wilkes Jr. as the remaining series judge. In March 2020, she was withdrawn from Our Kitchen Rules and will not return in 2021. As her house won against Jake following the Ultimate Instant Restaurant, she will select the new series judge with Sam Wilkes Jr. later this year. Lyn Drummond and Sam Wilkes Jr. will not return in 2021.

#### Sam Wilkes Holahan †

Sam Wilkes Holahan began as Judge in 2012 and was a contestant in a 2013 school version while continuing with judging in 2012 - 2014, 2016 - 2018. Sam Wilkes Holahan has announced that he will still be happy to remain as judge until the show's cancellation after Lyn's departure in 2016. Although Sam had said he will be continuing as judge on the show, he announced in December 2017 that in 2018, he will pursue a career with PAW Patrol and dropped out of all his shows. Recording of the 8th season began in November 2017, this was because the production team were well aware of Holahan's departure and therefore began recording OKR at that time. Sam was revealed as the Judge of Group 2 contestants along with Jason. On 18th April 2018, the recording on 30th December 2017 reveals the OKR scandal of the century which started off with a fight that ended with excusing a team from the dining table and from the show, this being the first time that a team was eliminated instantly on the show. Shortly after the scandal ended, Sam Wilkes Holahan needed to be excused for a moment, so he left to go outside but never returned. Sam (Austin) was replaced by his son who is named Sam Wilkes Jr. (Austin was also named Sam Wilkes with the Holahan surname attached to it). He then later returned as a blind tasting panel judge and then was with Lyn Drummond one last time to announce the 2018 OKR champions before permanently leaving the show under Sam's leadership and leaving for the final time. His departure was because of his health decline and his new job position in the United States, which forced him to move overseas. Although Sam Wilkes Holahan made a return in the 23rd episode of the ninth season, he announced that Our Kitchen Rules that he will no longer return to Our Kitchen Rules due to a serious health decline after falling over in his mansion in February 2019. He later died in August 2019.

#### Jason

Due to undisclosed reasons, Jason has resigned until further notice. He was in the blind tasting panel before resigning because of Lynette's return. Later in 2018, Jason has confirmed that he will no longer return to Our Kitchen Rules. Sam Wilkes Holahan announced in the 23rd episode of the ninth season that Jason will not return to Our Kitchen Rules citing personal concerns.

#### Jake

In 2017, Jake was approached and asked to replace Colin in Our Kitchen Rules as Lyn disliked Colin. Jake then joined Our Kitchen Rules a few days before recording took place. Finishing the 2018 recordings, Jake had resigned after the 2018 series had finished recording in March 2018 and in July, Jake has confirmed he will return in 2019 as a blind tasting panel judge and as a rotation judge taking over Lyn's role during People's choice and off-site challenges. Jake was originally added in to Our Kitchen Rules to replace Colin. Jake left in November 2020 but signed up for one year in 2022 as he announced before. Despite modest ratings, he left in August 2022 but suggested he may return in future.

#### Sam Wilkes Jr. †

Originally a replacement for Sam Wilkes Holahan, Sam Wilkes Jr. made an appearance on April 22, 2018, having footage recorded on March 3, 2018. Sam Wilkes Jr. has signed up for a two year contract that expires at the end of 2020. Sam Wilkes Jr. had announced that he was diagnosed with cancer and will depart after Season 10 to get proper cancer treatment. Sam Wilkes Jr. will select a new series judge with Lyn to replace him and then he and Lyn will not return in 2021. He later died and was never heard from again.

#### Original Lineup (2010 - 2012)

Robert & Alex were the original judges of Our Kitchen Rules. In December 2011, Sam announced that he will join Our Kitchen Rules as judge, replacing Robert who later announced his departure to continue a cooking career with a restaurant. Austin was recognized as one of the longest serving series judges in Our Kitchen Rules in 2017 and was later introduced in to the OKR Hall of Fame as a long-serving series judge in late 2019. In February 2012, Alex announced his departure from Our Kitchen Rules for family reasons. After Lyn was eliminated from OKR in 2012, Sam approached her and asked her to join the show as judge. She revealed years later that she only applied to join Our Kitchen Rules in 2012 to become a series judge with then Sam Wilkes (now Austin Holahan).

#### Replacement Lineup 1 (2013 - 2016)

In 2013, Sam and Lyn were permanent judges of OKR. However, in late January 2013, Sam was a contestant of OKR for his hospitality class. Him and his partner were runner-ups of the competition. In July 2013, Sam announced that he would return as judge. In 2014, Sam returned as judge with his judge partner Lyn Drummond. In 2015, there was no new episodes of OKR due to complicating reasons and had mirrored My Kitchen Rules in that time. In November 2015, Sam and Lyn has said that there will be a new season in 2016. However, in March 2016, Lyn left OKR halfway through recording and resigned as judge but was eventually persuaded in April 2017 to return in the 2018 season. Sam then assigned Jason as a temporary judge until further notice in 2016.

#### Replacement Lineup 2 (2016 - 2017)

In October 2016, Jason was announced as the new judge of OKR. He took over the position as judge for the remainder of 2016 and in 2017.

#### Reverted Lineup and mentor replacement (2017 - 2018)

In April 2017, Lyn announced that she will return as a series judge in 2018. She returned back in 2018 as a series in the first instant restaurant round with Jake. Sam Wilkes Holahan was appointed with Jason in the second group of the Instant Restaurant. Sam was later revealed to all 16 teams at the end of Instant Restaurant upon the merger of both groups.

It has been decided for Season 8, that both groups were to continue as per normal, however after the Instant Restaurant, both groups merged. Judges, however, will be having regular rotation. Sam has announced that he will be the main judge while the other judges will rotate for each episode. Lyn and Sam will be the first judges, before Sam judges with Jake and Jason, respectively. However, the plan had been adjusted the next day and by March 2018, Jake was the series judge during off-site challenges and People's choice. Throughout recording in November and December 2017, Sam was still part of the show. Sam Wilkes Holahan's 2018 series highlight was the Ice Cream challenge as he had knowledge about different sorts of Ice Cream. After a scandal which was recorded on the night of 30 December 2017, Sam Wilkes Holahan resigned and recording was then put on hold until March 2018 when Sam's son Sam Wilkes Jr. joined judge Lyn Drummond. Later that month, a new judge, appointed in such a quick timeframe, was known as Sam Wilkes Jr., the son of longest-serving OKR judge and has decided to become the new judge after Sam Wilkes Holahan's departure. The oldest added judge was now handed to Lyn Drummond who rejoined the show as judge later in March 2012 after she was eliminated earlier that month. Austin later revealed that Jake took over for the remainder of the night after the departure. Sam Wilkes Jr. was then first revealed on 22 April 2018, which was the recording from March 3, 2018.

#### 3rd Generation Lineup (2018 - 2020)

Sam Wilkes Holahan had announced that the reason behind his departure was for Paw Patrol. Despite this, Sam Wilkes Holahan returned as a blind tasting panel judge and then in the finale was a series judge for one final time with Lyn Drummond and announced that the Season 8 finale will be his last and his son will continue as judge from 2019. After the recording was finished, Sam farewelled all former and current OKR judges for keeping the show alive all this time since he began his job as judge in January 2012. The OKR crew welcomed Sam Wilkes Jr. in to Our Kitchen Rules, taking over as a replacement of Sam Wilkes Holahan. The current lineup would return for the 10th Anniversary of Our Kitchen Rules. Austin confirmed that he may return for the 10th anniversary since he is the creator of this show. He has later announced that he will not be part of the regular series and is considering joining an all-star series of the show. The original judges and blind tasting panel have not confirmed if they'll return for the 10th anniversary season up until January, when they have confirmed that they will not return for the 10th anniversary for a variety of reasons, mainly personal. For the 10th anniversary, most of the past series judges except Sam Wilkes Holahan have appeared on Our Kitchen Rules for the finale. Sam Wilkes Holahan was reported to be too frail to attend due to his very poor health after recovering from his surgery in 2016. The final episode was in tribute to the creator of Our Kitchen Rules. Sam & Lyn are also the holder of the 10th anniversary Our Kitchen Rules cookbook. Sam said that he purchased the book because his dad and Lyn's (judges from 2012 to 2018 and since 2012, respectively) judging dishes are featured as well as the instant restaurant dishes from Season 9 when Sam & Lyn were judges in the 2019 season. In 2020, Lynette will move on as a mentor with Jake while Sam will continue as series judge. As a result of this, Jake and Lyn will be rotating as judges and mentors in each episode. House of Lyn dishes will be judged by Sam & Jake while House of Jake dishes will be judged by Sam & Lyn. In March, Manu was temporarily appointed to replace Lyn. Sam also had shocking news about himself, announcing that he had cancer and that both he and Lyn are to be replaced in 2021 with new judges, if there was to be another season. Jake said that he will continue until his contract is up. After Lyn's house won the 2020 rivals challenge, Lyn, along with Sam are to select two new series judges to replace them. Lyn has secured the series judge position from 2012 until 2016 and since 2018. Sam Wilkes Jr. had taken the series judge position since 2018, after Austin's departure. Jake left in August 2022, marking the end of the third generation lineup. However, he had decided to join Wilkes Sr. as a co-host from 2023 onwards.

#### Mix Lineup (2022-2023)

Sam Wilkes Sr. was confirmed the new series judge. In December 2021, original Our Kitchen Rules series judge Alex Stevens announced he will return as a series judge alongside Sam Wilkes Sr., making Alex the only former series judge to do so. In August 2022, Jake had left the cooking show but suggested he may return in the future. In April 2023, he revealed he is a co-host with Wilkes Sr. for season 12.

## Criticism

Season 5 was criticised by angry viewers who decided to boycott the season 5 finale as the runner-up team "bullied other teams". Season 9 was put under criticism because of Lyn's strategic scoring towards Team 1, giving them a boosted advantage while Sam scored both teams fair, this put ratings in decline. Further strategic scoring in season 10 continued when one of the teams from Jake's house strategically scored against Lyn's house. In response, Lyn decided to strategically score against the team during the third elimination cook-off. Several teams have been strategic scoring as well particularly from one team in House of Lyn and one team from House of Jake. Ratings declined further as a result of all this. Strategic scoring continued since the 2022 revival. This was revealed by judging teams in several instant restaurant episodes.

## Sam as Contestant (2013)

In 2013, even though Sam Wilkes Holahan was officially a judge, he was a contestant on a school variant of Our Kitchen Rules with his partner, Caitlin. These two made it to the grand final but didn't win the championship, sadly.

## Logos

Our Kitchen Rules had gone through a series of different logos.

## History of OKR Judges

***Original Generation (2010 - 2012):***

Robert: 1 February 2010 - 13 April 2011; 2 May 2018 - 6 May 2018

Alex: 1 February 2010 - 29 February 2012; 6 May 2018

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***The original generation lineup ended 29 February 2012 after Alex's departure.***

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***2nd Generation (2012 - 2020):***

Sam Wilkes Holahan: 30 January 2012 - 18 April 2018, 2 May 2018 - 6 May 2018 (died August 2019)

Lyn: 1 March 2012 - 16 March 2016; 29 January 2018 - 28 April 2019 (series judge)

2 February 2020 - 2 March 2020 (judge/mentor)

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***The second generation lineup ended 3 March 2020 after Lyn's departure caused by a stroke. The second generation had been the longest lasting generation of Our Kitchen Rules from 2020 to 2024.***

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***3rd Generation (2016-):***

Jason: 21 March 2016 - 6 May 2018

Sam Wilkes Jr.: 18 April 2018 - 24 March 2020 (died April 2020)

Jake: 29 January 2018 - 28 April 2019, 16 August 2022- (series judge)

2 February 2020 - 24 March 2020 (judge/mentor)

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***The third generation lineup will end as soon as Jake departs.***

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***4th Generation (2022-):***

Sam Wilkes Sr.: 7 August 2022-

Alex\*: 7 August 2022 - 15 August 2022 (series judge) 2023- (finals judge)

\*Alex was a series judge in the original lineup. He returned to form the 4th generation with Sam Wilkes Sr. in 2022.

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***The 4th generation lineup is the current lineup on Our Kitchen Rules.***

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***Others:***

Colin: 2013 - 2017 (mentor/secondary judge)

## TV Stations Broadcasted

Sam's Seven (2010 - 2014)

Sam Wilkes Radio TV (2016 - 2017)

Neon Entertainment (2018 - 2020, 2022-)

## Sponsorships

Coles was an sponsor for Our Kitchen Rules but after an incident on 26 February 2019, Coles was delisted from both Proud Partner and Sponsorships at the end of 2019. In addition, Sam Wilkes Jr. has announced that Coles is on a 3 month ban as a result of the incident. This ban expired on 26 May 2019 but Coles was still delisted from Proud Partner and Sponsorships.

Throughout 2010 to 2019, Coles was a proud partner and sponsor but after an incident with them and Wilkes Jr., they were consequently delisted from proud partners and sponsorship at the end of the year with Woolworths taking the baton as the new proud partner, replacing Coles. In 2023, Coles returned to replace Woolworths as a Proud Partner and sponsor (mostly due to Wilkes Sr.'s strategic personal preferences), overturning Sam Wilkes Jr.'s unpleasant experience with Coles in 2019. Spotlight silently becomes a proud partner alongside Coles in Our Kitchen Rules in 2023. Woolworths again will replace Coles as the proud partner with Spotlight in 2024.

As of 2023, IGA is the main shopping hub for Our Kitchen Rules while Coles returns as Proud Partner and sponsor with Spotlight, however in 2024, IGA will no longer be the main shopping hub as it will be handed over to Woolworths due to MKR switching proud partners to Woolworths in 2023, with OKR following suit.

The locations where Our Kitchen Rules headquarters episodes were filmed?

Karumba: 2010 - 2011

Normanton: 2012

Mourilyan: 2013 - 2014

Kurrimine Beach: 2014

Brisbane: 2016 - 2020 (House of Lyn in 2020), 2024-

Gold Coast: 2020 (House of Jake)

Russell Island: 2022 - 2023