John Torode was sacked from BBC’s MasterChef yesterday, the present he met his spouse Lisa Faulkner on in 2010 while they have been each married to totally different companions.
Former BBC TV persona John Torode as soon as ‘petrified’ his spouse Lisa Faulkner once they first met on Superstar MasterChef, earlier than lastly seducing her with a ‘cowardly’ letter two years later.
Lisa appeared on the celeb model of the BBC cooking present in 2010 when she met John – who has now been sacked from the programme following allegations of racism, which he strongly denies – and the pair have been married to different individuals on the time.
On the time, each Lisa and John have been in different marriages however fashioned a powerful friendship after Lisa blew him away together with her cooking abilities on MasterChef.
Actress Lisa was beforehand married to former EastEnders actor Chris Coghill, who performed Tony King within the cleaning soap from 2008 to 2009. Whereas John was married to Jessica, who was previously often known as Jessica Thomas, the pair had two youngsters collectively earlier than they parted methods in 2011.
Regardless of separating in 2011 their divorce wasn’t finalised till 2014, when their union was reportedly dissolved in a matter of seconds on the Excessive Court docket.
After they each cut up from their earlier companions and have been single, John requested Lisa out on a dinner date and the pair realised that they had nice chemistry and hit it off immediately throughout a shared dinner.
Ultimately they tied the knot, after John proposed on Christmas in 2018 and so they married in October 2019 in a lavish star-studded ceremony at Aynhoe Park, a sprawling seventeenth century property within the Northamptonshire countryside.
Beforehand talking about how they met, Lisa acknowledged: “He was a choose on a present I beloved and I used to be scared of him. He was sensible and gave us all ideas so that you did not wish to let him down.”
“All I might suppose was, ‘That sauce hasn’t labored’. I did not see something however meals for 3 months. After I received, we did The Good Meals Present and stuff. John and I at all times obtained on, however I by no means considered me and him,” she confessed.
Revealing how the pair ultimately obtained collectively, Lisa advised the Each day Mail in 2013 that their friendship modified after John wrote her a letter asking her out on a dinner date.
She shared: “John and I have been associates. Neither of us considered it as the rest till…”
“I do not understand how issues change, however one thing does. He requested me on a date. We went out for dinner. Then it was barely totally different. I am actually, actually comfortable. John and I are having such a pleasant time however we’re taking issues slowly. There are many different individuals to contemplate.”
John later went on to admit that his letter to Lisa was “cowardly,” however he did it as a result of it meant there can be no awkwardness for him if she rejected him because it would not be requested head to head.
He advised the Each day Mail: “I might separated from my spouse [Jessica] which was terrible, and I used to be reluctant to method Lisa head to head as I did not fancy the prospect of her saying no, so I wrote her a letter. If I might obtained no response, it would not matter. Cowardly? S***, yeah. I am as cowardly as they get.”
John beforehand shared the key to their comfortable marriage was a correctly made mattress. He acknowledged: “A very well-made mattress. You spend plenty of time in it! Truthfully, the bed room – having that sanctuary of a spot to go to, I believe that is actually necessary. And good towels… Taking care of your self is as necessary as taking care of one another.”
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