MasterChef's John Torode explains distance from Gregg behind scenes 'We don't hang out'

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MasterChef, although the pair have known eachother since the early 90s. John has spoken to Express.co.uk about his relationship with Greg and the distance between them.John revealed that the pair actually met in 1993 when Gregg was John's fruit and vegetable supplier at Sydney Street restaurant.Due to this prior relationship, their chemistry on MasterChef came naturally and has stayed strong for nearly two decades.Speaking about their relationship behind the scenes, John told Express.co.uk: "We have an amazing relationship whereby we sort of chat to each other by text but we don’t really hang out together."One of the great things about working with somebody like that as you do have a different lives is we've got a different opinion on everything, you know, and we do have different opinions on everything."We have different opinions on what we like to how we like how we dress, cars, music, definitely on music."And you know, we also have different opinions on food.

And, I think that really helps with what we do and how we do that and the world we are involved in."So yeah, it’s a great, interesting relationship."Express.co.uk asked John if there are any standout memories he has had with Gregg on MasterChef.He joked: "I remember once that I hadn’t been paying attention to what was going on and usually I watched the contestants but something had kept my mind busy."So I ate this dish and Gregg just smiled at me in full realisation."What I had just put in my mouth was the most ghastly thing that could have ever happened."It was a piece of liver that had been soaked in milk."It was just the most awful thing, it tasted like something a deer would have found in the woods.