# "You will take this apart" (My Kitchen Rules)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-take-this-apart-my-kitchen-rules/784224>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 11, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-take-this-apart-my-kitchen-rules/784224 "2017-04-11T09:14:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![catweasel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@catweasel1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catweasel1)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-take-this-apart-my-kitchen-rules/784224/1 "2017-04-11T09:14:01Z")

</div>

I’ve seen the Australian “My Kitchen Rules” ad many times where the French judge says “You will take this apart” and I have no idea what it is supposed to mean. I think the episode will finally be on Easter Monday so hopefully then it will provide some context.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![StrangeBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@StrangeBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrangeBird)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-take-this-apart-my-kitchen-rules/784224/2 "2017-04-11T11:23:32Z")

</div>

Yeah, I was confused by this too - it doesn’t make sense without context.

Listening to a clip, it seems Manu says “You **would** take this apart”. Possibly he’s saying that if Josh were judging the dish, he would be far more critical than Manu is being?

I guess we’ll find out when the episode airs.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![catweasel1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@catweasel1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catweasel1)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-will-take-this-apart-my-kitchen-rules/784224/3 "2017-04-11T22:25:14Z")

</div>

Based on the corrected quote, I found this:  
[http://www.kiis1011.com.au/entertainment/entertainment-news/will-manu-s-scathing-attack-on-josh-cost-him-his-marriage](http://www.kiis1011.com.au/entertainment/entertainment-news/will-manu-s-scathing-attack-on-josh-cost-him-his-marriage)  
“You’ve got a big voice and you’re not scared to say what you think – well I’ve got to do the same with you."  
“If you were sitting here tonight you would take this apart!”

It sounds like you’re right about Josh.