The Truth About Our Love

Adriano Zumbo and Girlfriend Nelly Riggio Talk Relationships

- Jenny Brown

Sitting in a car outside McDonald’s, waiting for a plane, TV cooking favourites Adriano Zumbo and Nelly  Riggio were both in a jam.

It was Christmas Eve and the tongue-tied pastry legend was struggling to tell his gorgeous girlfriend he loved her. And for once, bubbly Nelly, who shot to fame on My Kitchen Rules, was similarly lost for words.

‘I felt like I was 16 again,’ grins dessert icon, guest MasterChef judge, businessman and author Adriano, 35, who also happens to be Nelly’s boss. ‘We were both trying to tell each other something, but I didn’t know whether to say it or not. It was like being a kid.’

Today, life is sweet for the lovebirds, who met when Nelly, 26, was interviewed for a job with Zumbo’s dessert catering empire last July.