Rob Rinder 'more nervous' meeting new BBC co-host than appearing in High Court
Rob Rinder, known for his stern courtroom demeanour, confessed to feeling "super nervous" upon meeting Monica Galetti, his co-host for the new series of Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond The Lobby.
The 45 year old former barrister, who replaced Giles Coren in the fifth season of the popular BBC programme, will join Monica in delving into the behind-the-scenes operations of some of the world's most extraordinary hotels, working closely with the staff.
Rob, an avid fan of the show, spoke warmly of his "instant connection" with Monica, which he said blossomed into something "really lovely" as they prepared to film the series.
Meeting Monica, according to Rinder, is like encountering someone truly unique. He expressed his admiration for her, saying: "(I felt) a sense of delicious, bewildered awe of somebody that has achieved so much and yet remains so deeply and profoundly humble and engaged.
"I've been in front of High Court judges and dealt with extremely sensitive cases involving international issues relating to money laundering, various tribunals, as you can imagine some of them with far-reaching and potentially catastrophic consequences, but that is nothing until you walk into a room with Monica Galetti and one of the things they might ask you to do is to make tea and serve it to her. That's a hand-shaking moment."
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Monica Galett with new co-host Rob Rinder (PA Media)Judge Rinder has nothing but praise for former MasterChef judge Monica, describing her as a "rare breed" possessing both charisma and kindness. He gushed: "She's got an effortlessness that some people have...she instantly put me at my ease, and we just had this conversation and sometimes you get that delicious alchemy where, for reasons which are impossible to describe, you just end up connecting and that seemed to happen here."
Opened up on his filming with Monica for the first time, at the luxurious five-star Glenapp Castle in Scotland, he said: "Within minutes, almost like watching some sort of brand of magic, Monica had put together the most exquisite display for the hotel I think the florist had ever seen."
Rob revealed he received a good luck message ahead of his hosting debut from British journalist Giles, who had co-hosted the BBC Two programme with Monica since its 2017 launch.
He said: "He was lovely to me...He was just a total mensch. He just wished me luck and said, 'I hope you have a wonderful time'. I always take people based upon my experiences and for him to have done that I think represented something super kind and I will take that with me."
He went on to praise former hosting team Giles and Monica, adding: "Giles was so superb at it and his beautiful chemistry with Monica as well, but for me what I loved was the things that I think television can do at its very best, gives you all of that wonderful, delicious escapism into a world imagined in perhaps rainy England, that you might not have the gift or privilege to see."
Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond The Lobby is set to air on August 6 at 8pm on BBC Two and iPlayer.
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