Meet the team

Year Joined

2001

Food Heaven

Curry and real ale

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I’ve never had a successful job interview

Year Joined

2007

Food Heaven

Pierogi, Rolada z miesa mielonego z pieczarkami

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I joined the army just for a uniform, but a gun was too heavy so it did not work out

Year Joined

2013

Food Heaven

Sunday roast chicken dinner, with all the trimmings

Year Joined

2005

Food Heaven

Steak and chips

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I have been on stage at the Magic Circle in London

Year Joined

2017

Food Heaven

Hot curry - the hotter the better!

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I was a Gold Medal winner at the Amateur World Kickboxing Championships held in Tuscany, Italy (2014 and 2016).

Year Joined

2012

Food Heaven

Lasagne

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I served Stella McCartney at a pub where I used to work

Year Joined

2017

Food Heaven

Pancakes with bananas

Year Joined

2015

Food Heaven

Sunday roast

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I played for QPR Reserves when I was 17!

Year Joined

2018

Food Heaven

Any type of Mexican food

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I ‘survived’ a boat crash while working in the Maldives - I was stranded in the middle of the Indian Ocean for over an hour!

Year Joined

2014

Food Heaven

Chicken roast dinner with a glass of prosecco

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I played the double of Veruca Salt in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!

Year Joined

2001

Food Heaven

Tea cakes, crumpets, most bakery products, chocolate, biscuits, chocolate biscuits and duck - not altogether of course. If I had to pick one it would be pan-fried duck breast in papaya sauce, asparagus and dauphinoise potatoes with a nice (big) glass of Fleurie

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I used to be Stephen Redgrave's postman

Year Joined

2017

Food Heaven

Steak (rare to medium), chips and a pint

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As a West Ham fan, I was lucky enough to play at Upton Park three times (before it was demolished!)

Year Joined

2006

Food Heaven

Polish food

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I love motorbikes

Year Joined

2015

Food Heaven

Poached eggs with mashed avocado, on toast

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I was a published author at the age of 7!

Year Joined

2014

Food Heaven

It's all about Sunday, or 'Flavour Day' as we call it. As a family we all get together and the children have input. Nothing better than watching their pleasure as you munch on their ‘creations’!

CV Secret

I appeared on Tyne Tees television’s Look North programme dressed as a strawberry! (This was for a yoghurt promotion!)

Year Joined

2018

Food Heaven

A meaty BBQ with beers in the sun.

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I backpacked across Australia after graduating university, and found work on a 40,000-head cattle ranch in the Outback.

Year Joined

2019

Food Heaven

Ginger chicken udon noodles & crispy squid from Wagamama. Plus anything with chocolate!

CV Secret

I once cooked curry, rice & beans with Levi Roots.

Year Joined

2017

Food Heaven

This is super tough because I just LOVE food, so picking one thing is impossible! However if I had to pick a meal to have for the rest of my life I would chose breakfast for its versatility; savoury & sweet and all the yummy things that go with it! And served with a champagne cocktail & good coffee.

CV Secret

As a sponsor of the Tour de France in 2016, I got to ride/drive along the caravan procession (a really fun road trip) before the race began, waving like the Queen out of the window.

Year Joined

2016

Food Heaven

Traditional Romanian beef stew

Year Joined

2014

Food Heaven

Chateaubriand and a bottle of red wine

CV Secret

I once drove a monster truck in the Millennium Stadium

Year Joined

1990

Food Heaven

Fish and chips

Year Joined

2001

Food Heaven

Italian

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I once slipped and fell in the swimming pool when I was coaching to the delight of the parents watching

Year Joined

2011

Food Heaven

A roast

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I like fishing in my spare time

Year Joined

1994

Food Heaven

Cheesy mash

Year Joined

1960

Food Heaven

Products sold by RH Amar

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I claim to be one of the few members of the food industry ever to have appeared on stage with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. Whilst I was an undergraduate, the Royal Opera arrived in Oxford with a production of AIDA to be performed at the New Theatre. There was a ‘flu epidemic, and many of their 'extras' were unwell. They advertised for tall young men to fill some of the roles, and so I appeared in the first half as 14th Soldier. So impressive was my performance that in the second half I was promoted to the key role of 3rd Torchbearer. I was paid fifteen shillings (75p), but never invited back!

Year Joined

2001

Food Heaven

Roast with all the trimmings

CV Secret

I keep and breed reptiles - mostly snakes!

Year Joined

2006

Food Heaven

Chocolate and crisps

CV Secret

I’ve never had a CV! But I love singing and I get embarrassed if anyone hears me

Year Joined

2013

Food Heaven

Bananas

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At various times in my life, I've been mistaken for Ali G, Borat, Louis Theroux and David Baddiel - but only dressed up as one of them!

Year Joined

2016

Food Heaven

Fish, avocado, tomatoes, cheese, peanut butter and pizza – but maybe not all together!

CV Secret

I can't think of anything...

Year Joined

2017

Food Heaven

Chinese food

Year Joined

2012

Food Heaven

Steak and a few beers

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I once appeared on a TV chat show about “Handsome Men”

Year Joined

2003

Food Heaven

Curry and a cold beer

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I was an extra in a few episodes of a TV series in the 1980s called Drummonds

Year Joined

2004

Food Heaven

Chocolate fudge cake

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I have Johnny Depp’s autograph after seeing him walking down Rye High Street

Year Joined

2018

Food Heaven

Lamb Jalfrezi with fresh chilli peppers

Year Joined

2004

Food Heaven

Rib Eye steak

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As a youngster I achieved Gold & Silver Medals in Ballroom & Latin American Dancing

Year Joined

2013

Food Heaven

Lobster Thermidor

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I was a 2012 Olympic Gamesmaker

Year Joined

2012

Food Heaven

Stilton cheese

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I’ve spent 7 years in Sea Cadets

Year Joined

2007

Food Heaven

Champagne Cocktail and Kettle Chips

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I swam with sharks in the Caribbean - and the guide allocated to us for the children had to hold my hand, not theirs!

Year Joined

2002

Food Heaven

Lobster Thermidor

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I spoke Swahili before English!

Year Joined

2014

Food Heaven

A proper Cornish Pasty and chocolate!

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When I worked as a Motor Insurance Claims Handler I handled claims for Jay Kay from Jamiroquai and Thierry Henry.

Year Joined

2013

Food Heaven

Cottage Pie

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I completed the London Marathon but finished behind an 80-year-old man

Year Joined

1995

Food Heaven

Scallops followed by sirloin steak and triple-fried chips, along with a bottle of claret

CV Secret

At the height of the Cold War in the 60s I crossed The Berlin Wall at Checkpoint Charley during an evening demonstration in the West to go for a walk and a beer - a very scary occasion! A week later President Kennedy gave his famous “Ich bin ein Berliner“ speech in the same Square in which I had listened to the Berlin Mayor

Year Joined

2014

Food Heaven

Has to be my favourite 2 egg dish with snow peas and crispy pork belly and keong yong at HK Diner in London’s Chinatown

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I worked for the South African Breweries and would receive 48 bottles of beer a month as a perk – but I never enjoyed one as I am a teetotaller. My brother, father and friends enjoyed them all!

Year Joined

Food Heaven

CV Secret

Year Joined

2016

Food Heaven

Pigs in blankets and homemade double cheese burgers, with a pint of lager

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I used to play guitar at music school, but they made us choose a second instrument and I chose piano. I didn’t really like it, so I quit and never graduated.

Year Joined

1995

Food Heaven

Fish

Year Joined

2012

Food Heaven

Tiger prawns

CV Secret

I appeared as a guest chef three times on a TV breakfast programme in South Africa called 'The Toastie Show'

Year Joined

2016

Food Heaven

Steak and chips, followed by sticky toffee pudding and custard

CV Secret

I was shot on my first day at university, but no lasting damage!

Year Joined

2013

Food Heaven

Chinese king prawns in chilli sauce with vermicelli noodles, BBQ ribs, spaghetti carbonara and my Dad’s tomato soup

Year Joined

2006

Food Heaven

Kebabs

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I used to play American Football

Year Joined

2018

Food Heaven

Pappardelle al ragù di cinghiale

CV Secret

I was offered YTS football contracts at Bournemouth and Charlton, having previously played for Norwich City from U15-17

Year Joined

2010

Food Heaven

Meatballs and a glass of red wine

CV Secret

I was an unpaid extra in the Rocky V film

Year Joined

2001

Food Heaven

As many scones as I can manage with mounds of clotted cream and huge dollops of strawberry jam

CV Secret

Many years ago I dressed as a washerwoman for a fancy dress party, wearing a small skirt and fishnet tights. While driving the police pulled me and two other cars over. The other two drivers quickly got out of their cars, while I had to put on the high heel shoes I’d borrowed and totter towards them. They couldn't believe the vision of loveliness heading their way! The other two drivers were booked for speeding whereas the policeman pinched me on the bum and said "Don’t do it again, darlin'" and burst out in fits of laughter and sent me on my way. I’m now rather more selective when choosing fancy dress outfits

Year Joined

1989

Food Heaven

Roast dinner, doner kebabs, fry ups

CV Secret

I support the best team in the world, Man Utd. And my 1st job was making seatbelts - very boring!

Year Joined

2010

Food Heaven

A giant antipasti

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I was once cooked for by the Hairy Bikers!

Year Joined

2012

Food Heaven

Roast Beef, marinated in red wine and mushrooms

CV Secret

In my previous life I was… said too much…

Year Joined

2003

Food Heaven

Steak and kidney pie

CV Secret

I'm far too honest to have any secrets

Year Joined

1982

Food Heaven

Chocolate

CV Secret

I never graduated from university and I can't ride a bike

Year Joined

2003

Food Heaven

Thai Massaman curry and a crisp white wine to wash it down

CV Secret

One hobby is amateur dramatics and I’ve appeared in numerous pantomimes over the years. Oh no you haven’t… Oh yes I have!

Year Joined

2001

Food Heaven

Steak and chips

CV Secret

I'm a trained cocktail barman

Year Joined

2000

Food Heaven

Chilli con carne

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I went to the Champions league final in 2005 in Istanbul Turkey, missed my plane home and spent the entire next day at the airport before being able to get a flight home (and it wasn’t my fault)

Year Joined

2013

Food Heaven

Fillet steak, chips and a pint of London Pride

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In my teenage years, I was a Goth travelling around the country watching bands like The Sisters of Mercy, The Cult, and Fields of the Nephilim

Year Joined

2013

Food Heaven

Fillet steak - rare!

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I like to think of myself as adventurous and was recently a passenger in a helicopter trip over Iceland with a pilot better known for working on the movie sets of Tomb Raider and the Bond films as a stunt pilot. Needless to say it was certainly adventurous!

Year Joined

2015

Food Heaven

Chicken roast dinner

CV Secret

I have ridden the Isle of Man TT course on a 1962 Lambretta

Year Joined

2000

Food Heaven

Homemade crème brûlée – served on a wooden table in a farmhouse kitchen with open windows giving views over rolling countryside on a late summer's evening with fresh cream and a flagon of cider.

CV Secret

I worked as a stuntman and film extra for a few weeks, alas the film never made the big time and neither did I…

Year Joined

2006

Food Heaven

Roast dinner followed by apple crumble

CV Secret

I was once photographed in the local newspaper dressed as a space capsule

Year Joined

2015

Food Heaven

Mum’s Christmas Dinner

CV Secret

I used to work with Nigel Mansell