Gemma Collins reveals her rarely-seen brother has bagged a spot on a major TV show – and won
GEMMA Collins revealed that her rarely-seen brother bagged a spot on a major TV competition show.
The former Towie star has an older brother named Russell Collins who is also a director of their father’s company.
Gemma, 42, took to social media to gush about her brother’s new achievement.
He went on the Channel 4 cooking show Come Dine With Me, where he made waves as he served Massaman Curry made from the pea protein with coconut rice.
Although the dish was a vegan curry, he impressed the fellow diners in making them think it was chicken.
Int he short video the former I’m A Celebrity star posted, he explained: “This is plant based soy pea chicken. I think one of these pieces are clucking!”
The clip showed the personality at work in the kitchen as he fried off the pieces to make a paste with herbs, spices and nuts which he added to coconut milk.
“Hopefully they’ll think, that chicken’s beautiful, it’s really stewed in the flavours.
“It’s got that right texture, that right taste and you know I’ll blow them dead at the end.”
Posting a clip of the show on her social media, she wished her brother well in his victory.
She captioned the video: “Congratulations to my brother who won @c4comedinewithme @channel4 absolutely smashed it .”
The star hinted that her brother has big plans for the future and has recruited her manager into helping him launch his career.
She added: “He’s open to offers for vegan cooking books and shows email mark@tm-media.co.uk#welldone #comedinewithme.”