MasterChef star's beautiful beach wedding
Former MasterChef contestant Hayden Quinn has officially tied the knot with his model fiancé Jax Raynor in a beautiful beach wedding.
The couple took to Instagram to share their wedding photos in Nantucket, US, which is an up-market holiday destination off the coast of Massachusetts.
"Mr & Mrs Quinn 🤍" they captioned the photos.
The first photo showed the couple sharing their first kiss, followed by a photo of them smiling happily while holding hands as the sky turned pink.
The final photo showed the newlyweds waving to family and friends as they walked down the aisle.
Their wedding was “pearl-themed” as it was inspired by their childhood, where they group up by the beach.
Jax, who is a model and US native, grew up by Nantucket’s Galley Beach, while Hayden spent most of his childhood on Sydney’s northern beaches, before his first appearance on MasterChef in 2011.
“The Galley was the only place I wanted to get married,” Jax told Vogue magazine.
“We both wanted everything to feel classic and effortless, and the Galley is such a stunning venue that we only needed to enhance its already beautiful decor.”
Friends and fans took to the comments to share the joy.
"Awww gorgeous congratulations you two xx," wrote former MasterChef contestant Rose Adam.
"Congratulations to you both ❤️❤️" wrote cook and Bumplings Perth owner Brendan Pang.
"Congrats legends," Australian surfer Mick Fanning wrote.
"Yes!!! Huge congrats to you both 😍," wrote one fan.
"Awesome!!! Mazal Tov, Congrats and all that jazz. ♡" wrote another.
The couple first met on New Year’s Eve in 2016 and fell in love at first sight.
“Hayden was in New York on holiday with friends and I was living in the city at the time. Our meeting was very by chance, all orchestrated by a close friend of ours," Jax recalled their romance.
“We spent the next five days together, and by the end, we both knew that this was it. I packed up my life in New York and moved to Australia on February 1, only 32 days after we first met.
“We had been together for about six years when Hayden proposed. We had been talking about getting married since the night we met so we both knew it was something we both wanted.”
Images: Instagram