Seven rejects claim journos denied access to My Kitchen Rules

A network banning a journo from a launch because of bad press? Perish the thought.

News Corp reports three journos -two from Bauer Media and one from News Corp itself- have been “banned” from attending the Sydney launch of My Kitchen Rules.

The suggestion is that Pete Evans has had input into the guest list approval for the Sydney event at Colin Fassnidge’s 4 Fourteen restaurant, snubbing 3 journos for Paleo-related yarns.

“Pete does not make any decisions in regards to who is given access to MKR ... that is a decision made by the publicity department,” a Seven spokeswoman said. “And we would never refuse access to anyone because obviously we are grateful of all publicity.”

Of course there is a per-head-cost for dinner events so there will always be limitations, regardless of show or network. Networks will sometimes launch events with nibbles (which is unfathomable for a food show) or schedule away from evenings to avoid an alcohol bill.

Yes it’s first world problems.

I haven’t seen this guest list but snubbing journos does happen from time to time (including for yours truly) where someone is unhappy with your recent copy.

For the record, I have been invited to the MKR Melbourne launch, as I was last year.