Chef Arnau Paris and his partner are expecting twins

BarcelonaChef Arnau París, one of the faces of the program Kitchens The TV3 presenter will become a father of twins with his partner, fellow chef Rais Esteve. They announced the news a few days ago with a funny video on Instagram accompanied by the caption: "We've been following our best recipe for 21 weeks. And yes, twins are on the way."

In the video, the couple can be seen in front of an oven as if they were preparing a recipe. They are both looking at books about pregnancy. "It says here that we should set it to 36 degrees for two months," says Paris. Then Esteve replies, "But maybe it's eight [months], since there are two of us." The video ends with them toasting with mugs and closing the oven. Besides the video, the couple has posted a carousel of photos which, among other things, shows the ultrasound of the twins and how Esteve's belly is growing. The news has been celebrated by the couple's friends and followers, such as master chocolatier Lluc Crusellas and chef Ada Parellada. "I already feel like an aunt!" says chef Maria Nicolau in the comment she left on the post.

Arnau Paris and Rais Esteve met in 2021 in MasterChefwhen he was a contestant and she worked as a culinary consultant. However, their relationship didn't begin until two years after the competition, which Paris won. "He ignored me for two years, even though I tried," she said. It featured the ARA in a recent magazineIn fact, in the book that Paris published in 2025, On a low heat (Column), Esteve wrote that initially his current partner repelled him because she was somewhat cocky. "Today it still comes up in conversation. I tell her: 'Imagine if what we're experiencing now had been described to you four years ago,' and she always says she wouldn't believe it. It's true that I was creating a very television-oriented, very histrionic, and very over-the-top product, and that has had to be toned down as well. My moments of peace," he argued in the interview with AHORA.