Woman UK – 22 July 2019

He’sgotthebiggest

heartandhe’sso

sensitive,andhe

comesacrossquite

outthereand

brashandharshon

MasterChef, buthe’snotlikethatatall.

He’sa sensitive,lovely,flower.

J:You’regoingtomakeme

cry!I thinkthere’sa

generositywithLisa.There’s

alwaysa smileingoodorbad.

There’ssomethingaboutthe

fact ourstarshavealigned,

ourenergieshave

cometoget her,

andwe’re very fortunate.

isa,wereyouscared

f Johnwhenyou

idMasterChef?

wasterrified.I

inkI probably

aid about 16 words

Celebrity

JohnTorodeandLisaFaulkner

openuptoWomanabouttheir

relationship and wedding plans

M

uchlikesomeMasterChef

contestants’desserts,John

Torodehasa toughexterior,

butonceyougettoknowhim

he’sallgooeyatthecentre.

AndactressLisaFaulkner,47,knows

thatbetterthananyone,havingwonover

53-year-oldJohn’sheartafterappearing

onCelebrit yMasterChefin2010.

Despitenotstartingtodateuntilfour

yearslater,thepairarenowengagedand

evenhavetheirownshowtogetheron

I T V,John&Lisa’sWeekendKitchen.

Here,theloved-upcouple,with five

childrenbetweenthem,open

upabouttheirrelationship

on and off-screen.

HiLisaandJohn!

How’sthewedding

planninggoing?

John:Iwishwe

hadtimetodoit.

Lisa:Ye a h ,w e ’ v e

gottodoit.Wekeep

sayingwe’regoing

toandthenendup

getting on with work.

Lisa,wereyouexpecting

JohntoproposeatChristmas?

L:I’dnoidea!Hesurprisedme.

J:Iwasclever.I didLisa’spresentand

theproposalinoneasI’ma cheapskate.

L:Yeah!HegotyogapantsandI got

a wedding ring! So who did the best?

Whatdoyouloveabouteachother?

L:IloveloadsaboutJohn,butI thinkhe’s

one of the most generous-hearted people.

‘HE’SA

SENSITIVE

FLOWER’

Johnwithhisfellow

MasterChef judge Gregg

WORDS: HAYLEY MINN. PHOTOS: BBC, INSTAGRAM: @JOHNTORODECOOKS, ITV

[tothem]thewholeseries.I wasliterally

terrifiedofthepairofthem.Anytime

theyaskedmea question,my

handswouldsweatandI’d

think, ‘Just send me home.’

Howhavebothofyoufound

theexperienceofworking

togetheronyourshow

WeekendKitchen?

J:Webloodyloveit,it’sace.It’sbrilliant,

wegettoworktogether,seeeachother.

L:Sometimesweforgetthatthe show

isactuallywork,it’slovely.

J:Whenyoulovesomethinglikefood,

andyou’rewithsomeoneyoureally

love, it’s pretty easy, isn’t it?

John,howdoespresentingwithLisa

differfromworking with Gregg Wallace

onMasterChef?

Well,Lisahasbeautifulhairandshe

smellsreallynice,andshe’sincredibly

attractive,andI livewithher.I love

Greggthough,we’veworkedtogether

for 15 yearssowe’vegota great

partnershipandworkingrelationship,

butit’sa verydifferentthingaltogether.

Tobehonest,I havea verynicetime

presentingwithLisaandI havea very

nice time presenting with Gregg.

✱John& Lisa’sWeekendKitchenis

shown on Sundays at 9.25am on ITV

FIRST METÕ

‘I was terrified of

John when we

LisawonCelebrity

MasterChef in 2010