By Charlie Coë For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 04:03 GMT, 27 March 2019 | Updated: 04:03 GMT, 27 March 2019
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They are the lovable My Kitchen Rules duo whose macadamia cookies took supermarkets across Australia by storm earlier this week.
But amid their success, Lyn Ellbourne has taken a more sombre tone while discussing how she and school teacher Sal Caputo came to be on the show.
It was only when one of Lyn's close friends Jen died that she decided to apply, the 60-year-old told New Idea.
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Cooking up a storm: They are the lovable My Kitchen Rules duo whose macadamia cookies took supermarkets across Australia by storm earlier this week
'The year before last I applied to go on with a friend,' she said.
'It was one of those nights when we were reminiscing and because we all loved
