Love Island star sparks romance rumours weeks after split from villa girlfriend
In April, Lochan announced his split from Whitney Adebayo two years after meeting her on the ITV2 reality dating show.
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Now he has gotten close to Brianna Balram, who starred in the Netflix reality series, Too Hot to Handle.
The pair posed closely in a post on Instagram where they revealed they had cooked together during Brianna's recent visit to London.
Brianna and Lochan smiled happily to the camera while standing in a kitchen, and as she held up a plate of food in the two photos.
"2 worlds 🇬🇧🇺🇸 [Great Britain and United States] + 2 foodies and 1 recipe. Can you guess what me and your fav chef @lochan_nowacki cooked up while I was in London?' Brianna captioned the post.
Fans of the pair rushed to the comments to speculate whether the pair were a couple or not.
"If they are dating he'll be the luckiest guy coz bree is one of the most beautiful girls ever," wrote one person.
"They look good together," commented another.
But another person was not convinced, writing: "Where in the caption does it suggest they are dating? It just looks to me they partnered up to make a dish... or am I missing something?"
Lochan himself described their meetup as a "collab" on his Instagram Stories and told fans to "keep ya eyes peeled" for the upcoming video of their cooking session.
The former Love Islander is a self-confessed foodie who regularly posts mouth-watering recipes and rates London's restaurants on his social media platforms.
Just weeks after his split form Whitney, Lochan was spotted cozying up to influencer Nguyen Yeats-Brown, after meeting at a celebrity tennis tournament.
In the short video, they appeared to have great chemistry and at one point Nguyen put her head on the former Islander's shoulder.
Shortly after their breakup, by her split from Lochan.
Speaking on her podcast, she said: "Some people don't wanna compromise."
Love Island 2025 full lineup
Harry Cooksley: A 30-year-old footballer with charm to spare.
Shakira Khan: A 22-year-old Manchester-based model, ready to turn heads.
Megan Moore: A payroll specialist from Southampton, looking for someone tall and stylish.
Alima Gagigo: International business graduate with brains and ambition.
Tommy Bradley: A gym enthusiast with a big heart.
Helena Ford: A Londoner with celebrity connections, aiming to find someone funny or Northern.
Ben Holbrough: A model ready to make waves.
Dejon Noel-Williams: A personal trainer and semi-pro footballer, following in his footballer father's footsteps.
Aaron Buckett: A towering 6'5' personal trainer.
Conor Phillips: A 25-year-old Irish rugby pro.
Antonia Laites: Love Island's first bombshell revealed as sexy Las Vegas pool party waitress.
Yasmin Pettet: The 24-year-old bombshell hails from London and works as a commercial banking executive.
Emily Moran: Bombshell Welsh brunette from the same town as Love Island 2024 alumni Nicole Samuel.
Harrison Solomon: Pro footballer and model entering Love Island 2025 as a bombshell.
Giorgio Russo: The 30-year-old will be spending his summer in the sun, potentially his sister Alessia's successful tournament at the Euros in Switzerland.
Yaz Broom: Professional DJ from Manchester who appeared on X Factor 2016 in girl group Four of Diamonds.
Andrada Pop: Miss Bikini Ireland 2019 winner who hails from Dublin and works as a nail technician and personal trainer.
Emma Munro: Harry Cooksley's ex who entered as a bombshell and works as a hydrogeologist.
Departures:
Kyle Ashman: Axed after an arrest over a machete attack emerged. He was released with no further action taken and denies any wrongdoing.
Sophie Lee: A model and motivational speaker who has overcome adversity after suffering life-changing burns in an accident.
Blu Chegini: A boxer with striking model looks, seeking love in the villa.
Malisha Jordan: A teaching assistant from Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, who entered Love Island 2025 as a bombshell.
Shea Mannings: Works as a scaffolder day-to-day and plays semi-pro football on the side.
Caprice Alexandra: The 26-year-old bombshell owns a nursery in Romford.
Poppy Harrison: The bombshell broke up with her boyfriend after finding out she would be in the villa
Will Means: The fourth fittest farmer in the UK according to Farmers' Weekly in 2023 entered the villa as a bombshell
Megan Clarke: An Irish actress part of the OG line-up.
Remell Mullins: Boasts over 18million likes and 500k followers on TikTok thanks to his sizzling body transformation videos.
Alima Gagigo: 23-year-old personal banker from Glasgow who fancies herself as a 'good flirt'.
"Because my last relationship...." Whitney then trailed off before announcing she was "getting into it".
She then explained that when he would "come over" he told her how much she had "changed".
Whitney recalled how he said: "I've seen how much you've changed, and you're becoming like the woman that we always spoke about you becoming.
"And I'm just not willing to do that."
Josh, Whitney's friend who stood in for podcast co-host Lizzy, then said how he feels that some men "don't like seeing the other partner grow".
Whitney then admitted: "I was bamboozled. This is the person that you told me you wanted."
She then spoke to listeners and said how she hadn't "changed for a man" but instead changed how she spoke to him.
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