Sonny Bill Williams makes a VERY unexpected career change as he launches a new series of videos - and it's unlike anything he has done before

Former cross-code footy superstar Sonny Bill Williams has unveiled a career change that is guaranteed to turn heads.

Williams, 38, and his wife Alana have become food critics - and have posted two recent videos on their new TikTok channel, showing they mean business.

In the first clip, which has amassed more than 245,000 views, the two-time World Cup winner with the All Blacks shows off his cooking skills in the kitchen.

The Auckland-born athlete - who features in an apron while shirtless - begins creating an 'Alana Williams steak sandwich by SBW', in response to playful suggestions from his wife and close friends that he can't cook.

The sandwich features halal ribeye meat and beef rashers, as Williams doesn't eat bacon due to his Muslim beliefs.

Next up was a trip to Dapto's Hotdogs at Punchbowl in Sydney's south-west, where the happy couple reviewed a number of items on the menu.

They included a grilled chicken burger, a cheesy hot dog and the restaurant's signature item, the 'Big Mick'.

Their 'foodiesinsydney' TikTok channel promises viewers they will be 'bringing you the best halal restaurants in Sydney', referring to food that has been prepared so it meets requirements outlined in the Quran. 

Williams retired from professional sport in 2021, following a decorated career across three sports - rugby league, rugby union and boxing.

Aside from his success with the All Blacks, he also won two NRL titles - with the Bulldogs in 2004 and Roosters in 2013 - and finished with an impressive career record of 9-1 in the ring.

He has also courted controversy off the field for some of his outspoken views in recent years.

In April, veteran radio host Ray Hadley hit Williams with a blistering spray after the ex-footy star shared a post by rape-accused social media influencer Andrew Tate in the wake of the alleged stabbing of a Sydney bishop.

Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was preaching at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley in Sydney's west when a 16-year-old boy dressed in black walked up to the altar and allegedly stabbed him multiple times.

Footage of the alleged attack quickly circulated on social media, with Williams sharing it from Tate's X account as the influencer linked the stabbing to comments Bishop Emmanuel had supposedly made about the Israel-Gaza war.

2GB morning host Hadley unleashed on the former NRL and All Blacks star turned Channel Nine footy commentator, saying he has a 'brain the size of a cumquat' before lashing out at his stupidity for sharing the post.

'I don't know how this bloke has continued to be employed by the network that employs me,' Hadley began.

'This is his lack of knowledge of world affairs, let alone what's happening in western Sydney.

'So he thinks [Andrew] Tate is right in describing the bishop as anti-Zionist ... Be handy one day, Sonny Bill, if you got someone to pick up the paper and read it to you.'

And in October last year, Hadley branded the devout Muslim a 'lunatic' for supporting Hamas's attack on Israel.