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Come Dine With Me winner reveals he won the show despite ‘being drunk all week’ and opens up on heated row behind the scenes

Come Dine With Me winner reveals he won the show despite ‘being drunk all week’ and opens up on heated row behind the scenes

Come Dine With Me winner Garry Macdonald spilled the beans on his experience on the Channel 4 show – revealing he won despite ‘being drunk all week’.

The reality star, 35, took home the prize after impressing with his lavish Ibiza Beach Club themed menu – with his co-star Saoirse praising his delicious cauliflower steak.

Yet, Garry candidly admitted he wasn’t sure how he seasoned the tasty meal since he was already ‘two bottles of Prosecco deep in’ at that point.

‘You know what’s funny, so many people have asked me for the menu for it and the recipe for the cauliflower steak. But I was two bottles of Prosecco in and I don’t even remember how to make it,’ he told The Sun.

‘I was banging all these ingredients on the cauliflower and I remember the producer asking ‘Are you quite finished?’, and I said ‘I’m gonna see what else I’ve got in my cupboard.’

‘I just kind of created something with flavours that I have no idea – I would love to know myself how I made it, because so many people have asked me for the recipe and I can’t remember how to make it.’

Come Dine With Me winner Garry Macdonald spilled the beans on his experience in the Channel 4's show - revealing he won despite 'being drunk all week'

Come Dine With Me winner Garry Macdonald spilled the beans on his experience in the Channel 4’s show – revealing he won despite ‘being drunk all week’

The reality star, 35, took home the prize after impressing with his lavish Ibiza Beach Club themed menu - with his co-star Saoirse praising his delicious cauliflower steak

The reality star, 35, took home the prize after impressing with his lavish Ibiza Beach Club themed menu – with his co-star Saoirse praising his delicious cauliflower steak

Garry also discussed producers’ attempt to stop contestant from drinking, although it ended up being quite unsuccessful, admitting himself was ‘kind of drunk all week’.

The TV personality added most nights before starters – they would ‘all have a good drink’.

Garry gave an insightful look into the show’s behind-the-scenes drama, which saw frequent heated rows and one in particular which ended up with a co-star having a bloody nose.  

He told how fish van owner Bernadette and project manager Lauren, which had a history of rivalry throughout the entire series, had an explosive argument on how to properly cook a sea bᴀss steak.

The catering manager from Glasgow added the atmosphere on his dinner party’s night was so tense ‘you could cut it with a knife’.

Things worsen when Garry was being interviewed in his kitchen until he saw a co-star bleeding from her nose, and another one crying – stressing people don’t see this side of the show.

Despite the heated drama, Garry managed to create a wonderful dinner party and dedicated his glorious win to his beloved sister Helen.

In January, Come Dine With Me returned to screens for its 20-year anniversary this week. 

'You know what's funny, so many people have asked me for the menu for it and the recipe for the cauliflower steak. But I was two bottles of Prosecco in and I don't even remember how to make it,' he told The Sun

‘You know what’s funny, so many people have asked me for the menu for it and the recipe for the cauliflower steak. But I was two bottles of Prosecco in and I don’t even remember how to make it,’ he told The Sun

Despite the heated drama, Garry managed to create a wonderful dinner party and dedicated his glorious win to his beloved sister Helen (pictured together)

Despite the heated drama, Garry managed to create a wonderful dinner party and dedicated his glorious win to his beloved sister Helen (pictured together)

Read More Come Dine With Me viewers rage ‘what an awful show this has become!’ as new series kicks off article image

But viewers were left raging at the ‘awful show’ and branded the group of new hosts ‘attention-seeking.’

In a bid to win the £1,000 prize money, Rebecca welcomed TikTok star Josh, farmer Mark, wellness retreat guru Nikki, and employee benefit collector Kate into her home. 

Just minutes into the show fans slammed the cast a bunch of ‘attention seeking whoppers’ and claimed they were just after their ’15 minutes of fame.’

They wrote on X: ‘Only caught Come Dine with Me whilst pᴀssing through, but this new series looks hideous’; 

‘Who let that tiktoker on the show omg’; ‘What an awful show this has become. I’m out’; ‘Meet Ticktoker Josh ffs’

Others added: ‘Giving this a go even though I haven’t liked it in ages. Too many attention seeking whoppers’; ‘Hopefully an astroid will hit this week’;  

‘I’m not holding out much hope, as recent series have been decidedly weird’; ‘Everyone seems to want to make the most of their 15 minutes of fame’;

Some disagreed adding: ‘Come Dine With Me is so funny. It’s my dream to be on this show fr’; ‘FINALLY!!! New Come Dine With Me super excited!!’ 

In January, Come Dine With Me returned to screens for its 20-year anniversary this week  (Josh pictured)

In January, Come Dine With Me returned to screens for its 20-year anniversary this week  (Josh pictured)

But viewers were left raging at the 'awful show' and branded the group of new hosts 'attention-seeking'

But viewers were left raging at the ‘awful show’ and branded the group of new hosts ‘attention-seeking’

Elsewhere, a dad who became known as the ‘whisk man’ after going viral from a Come Dine With Me appearance is recognised all over the world but has also been physically ᴀssaulted because of the notoriety.

Wedding DJ Kev Riley became a meme when his dinner party trick on the Channel 4 show became an internet sensation in 2013.

The 44-year-old self-confessed cooking novice has since been recognised by foreign waiters abroad, was plastered on a flag during a Coldplay Glastonbury performance and is also stopped in the street daily.

Kev, who uses the clip viewed millions of times online to promote his DJ events, says the whisk moment changed his life forever.

He told MailOnline: ‘It’s just been incredible. It still is, even after all of these years I am getting fame for it. It doesn’t go away. It keeps going viral.’

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