Past and present Breakfast stars reunited to celebrate the engagement of new host Nadine Chalmers-Ross on Friday night, skipping out on TVNZ's official launch party for My Kitchen Rules NZ.
The party was organised by the presenter's romantic fiance, film and television producer Dan Higgins. Six months earlier, hehad popped the question, having first created an intimate ' proposal zone' at their home, complete with fairy lights, flowers, candles and a love seat.
This time he went one better organizing a party filled with the couple's friends and family on the rooftop of Chancery Towers at the Chancery in Auckland's CBD.
Chalmers-Ross, 29, told Spy: "We had a lovely night celebrating our engagement with family and friends. It was a fantastic party organised entirely by my fiance. He did such a brilliant job, I think I'd better marry him!"
Higgins was pretty chuffed with his bride-to-be, who looked elegant in a forest green, dress by Australian designer Shona Joy.
With Higgins organizing the event, the pressure of navigating which famous TVNZ stars to invite was taken off Chalmers-Ross. Among colleagues to make the party, were
star Toni Street was there alongside her best friend Renee Wright, posting a photo of herself and the old Breakfast crew to Facebook.
Wallace, whose Facebook profile picture still sentimentally features Street, Christie and himself, took things one step further, Photoshopping in absent friends, including former Breakfast producer Alex Hazlehurst, who hit headlines this year after she wrote about the difficulties of life in London.
Meanwhile, down at Baduzzi in Wynyard Quarter, fellow TVNZers marked the launch of My Kitchen Rules NZ at a sumptuous cocktail event, complete with magnums of Moet and Chandon.
Image 1 of 26: Emma Fenton, Mike Edward and Siobhan Page from Filthy Rich attend the My Kitchen Rules NZ, season 2 launch at Baduzzi Restaurant, Auckland. Photo / Norrie Montgomery
