John Torode says he's offered to teach 'MasterChef fan' Prince William how to cook

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John Torode appeared on Monday's episode of ITV chat show, This Morning, to talk about his recent MBE.TV chef John, 57, was made an MBE by the Prince of Wales, 40, at Buckingham Palace earlier this year.

John said of the achievement: "Honestly, it was one of the most exciting days of my life, it was so cool!" Talking about the conversation he had with "MasterChef fan" Prince William, he revealed: "We'd met before as I had cooked for him once before when he was playing polo. "Then he said to me he wanted to learn to cook, I said: 'That's fine, you've got my number now - just give me a ring anytime you like, and I'll teach you, that's fine!' "He was concerned I wasn't on MasterChef, as he had been watching the Professionals, which I don't do. "But he said Catherine would be very pleased that I am still doing MasterChef!" To which host Holly Willoughby exclaimed: "That's so cool!" At the time, John said after having the honour bestowed on him: "I've been given this MBE for my contributions to food, TV and charity work and I feel very privileged.

It’s a real honour and I feel great about it." John has wrote several cookbooks and appeared on ITV's This Morning in the late 1990s before becoming a MasterChef judge in 2005. "The Prince of Wales was absolutely lovely.

I’ve cooked for him before, many years ago, but I had never got the chance to actually speak to him," he said at the time. "The good thing is he’s a MasterChef fan.