Dani Venn doesn’t look like this anymore! MasterChef star seems worlds away from early fame
Dani Venn has become a household thanks to MasterChef.
And the star looks unworldly when she first appeared on Channel 10’s iconic cooking show.
Dani rose to fame as a fresh-faced chef with raven locks and bangs.
These days, the 37-year-old has longer, shoulder-length locks and seems to prefer a more natural makeup style.
Speak against Yahoo lifestyle on Saturday, Dani talked about her time at MasterChef many years ago, and why she sang for the show.
Dani Venn has become a household thanks to MasterChef. And the star looks unworldly when she first appeared on Channel 10’s iconic cooking show. Pictured 2011
These days, the 37-year-old has longer, shoulder-length locks and seems to prefer a more natural makeup style. Now pictured
“I went through what I like to call my quarter-life crisis,” she said.
“I think I was 25 when I signed up and I was obsessed with food, cooking all weekend and spending all my free money on cookbooks,” she added.
Dani said she saw the success of MasterChef and said she loved the show and the idea of being challenged.
Dani has had many ups and downs during her time in the spotlight, including falling victim to scammers in 2018.
The star lost $250,000 selling her Melbourne home in Smiths Gully, leading her to move back with her mother.
Speaking to A Current Affair, a tearful Dani said in a trembling voice, “This is our savings here, we have two little kids, one four and a half months old and one three and a half months old. year-old — you just can’t do this to people.”
“I went through what I like to call my quarter-life crisis,” she said. “I think I was 25 when I signed up and I was obsessed with food, cooking all weekend and spending all my free money on cookbooks,” she added.
The pair were using a new Property Exchange Australia (PEXA) electronic property transfer system when they were scammed.
They had hoped to buy a new home on the Mornington Peninsula, but that dream is now in jeopardy.
“We have not been able to settle on the site. We are in danger of losing our $80,000 down payment and the new house,” Dani told the Sydney Morning Herald.
“We are also being charged $500 a day interest on a notice of default until we can come up with the money,” she said.
Dani’s bank, Commonwealth, was able to freeze $138,000, but the hackers stole the other $112,000.
The star later got the money back and was overjoyed with tears.
Dani was a victim of a scam in 2018, which led to the theft of $250,000, which was later recovered. pictured
Appearing on the 2011 season of MasterChef, Dani was a controversial contestant with a big personality.
She told PopSugar at the time, “I honestly just wanted to be myself, give it all of my personality, which has divided people. Some people can’t stand the fact that I’m quite a big personality. On camera I am completely myself.’
She now manages The Wholehearted Cook’s website and Instagram account, which has 27,000 followers.
She told PopSugar at the time, “I honestly just wanted to be myself, give it all of my personality, which has divided people. Some people can’t stand the fact that I’m quite a big personality. On camera I am completely myself.’ In the photo: 2022