Baritone belly-man Matt “I-hide-my-chins-with-a-tea-towel” Preston may have slightly piqued the Firm Spy’s interest in this year’s edition of Masterchef. But nothing, not even a Lander & Rogers chest-waxing featuring Masterchef contestant Peter Kritikides, has come within a lightly-seared cow’s rump of evoking our interest in the show like the allegation that former Clayton Utz lawyer, contestant Claire WInton Burn, had a secret love affair with a MARRIED former colleague.

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In mid-June we quoted The Daily Telegraph which reported:

[Claire] is in a relationship with a work colleague at … Clayton Utz … the colleague left his wife and three children for Claire just after the birth of his third child [we have since been informed that the man has only one child]. A recent interview Claire gave to New Idea set a cat among the pigeons at the law firm when Claire named the man as her “partner”, something which also shocked the ex who is struggling at home alone with a baby and two other young ones.

Despite knowing the identity of the alleged male in question, the Firm Spy originally declined to name him. We were concerned that doing so would cause undue stress to the single mother dealing with the marital breakdown allegedly brought on by Masterchef’s Claire Winton Burn, while at once mothering an infant. Nincompoop Highly esteemed paparazzo Jamie Fawcett - who hilariously refers to himself as “an accreditated [sic] journalist” - had an issue with our logic regarding the naming of the cuckold. We think he may have been involved (but we are speculating) in snapping the photos of the gentleman that appear in this week’s edition of Woman’s Day beside the following edited extract of an accompanying article revealing the man’s identity:

Making a rare public appearance outside the Masterchef kitchen, contestant Claire Winton Burn showed off more than just a first look at her lawyer beau Trevor Thomas - she also flaunted a new sparkler on her engagement finger… While Claire has refused to discuss allegations that she was a factor in the break-up of Trevor’s marriage… it seems her relationship is heating up as quickly as the cooking competitiion. Claire’s dazzling new rock suggests the pair have taken the next step - and there’s speculation she will soon be planning a very special menu… for her wedding guests. “If anything, it’s made us stronger,” Claire says of the rumours about her relationship and adds that marriage and babies aren’t out of the question, “One day it’d be lovely to do all those types of things.”

Indeed it would be lovely Claire, but don’t count your chickens before they hatch. Cook them, but don’t fertilise count them!

New Idea reported:

The former work colleagues at Clayton Utz law firm began dating after Trevor, 36, separated from his wife XXXXXX in December 2008, when his only child XXXXX was 22 months old.

It appears that several months before Clayton Utz’s Trevor Thomas allegedly decided to leave his wife and newborn for Claire, he had the temerity to assert “The value is whatever I say it is”. He also dubiously gave the following advice to students considering undertaking a graduate degree at the Melbourne University Law School:

The course obviously involves a great deal of work and commitment and, while it might sound trite, it is the type of degree where the more you put into it, the more you get out of it. Consequently, one really needs to make the appropriate amount of time available to devote to study.

Work, commitment, devotion, values; gee Trev, it sounds an awful lot like … A MARRIAGE!

Best of luck with the next one!

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