John Torode and Lisa Faulkner, the culinary couple who met on Celebrity MasterChef, are truly at home in their kitchen. It's where they thrive, whether cooking up a storm for guests or exploring new flavours. "It's my favourite place to be.
I feel really happy in the kitchen," John says, while Lisa adds, "It's kind of our calm place, isn't it? We spend our whole time in our kitchen." Ever since they sparked their romance after meeting when Lisa won series five of Celebrity MasterChef in 2010, and their subsequent wedding in 2019, the duo's mutual love for cooking has been the heart of their relationship.This very morning, ahead of our chat, they've been in the midst of baking together. "We cook together pretty much all the time.
We were just making a garlic focaccia. But we're always cooking something or John's doing one thing, I'm cooking another.The kitchen gets used by both of us all the time," Lisa fondly reflects.
And reminiscing about the first occasion they cooked for each other paints a wholesome picture. While John playfully suggests that there wasn't one moment when Lisa cooked for him, Lisa elaborates with a chuckle, recalling the precise dish she prepared, the Mirror reports. "I actually remember.
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