John Torode

I don't like to eat in front of people.

— John Torode

I want people to throw on a hat, head out into the outback and see the real Australia. You can do it…

— John Torode

I can't understand why anyone would want to reduce vinegar.

— John Torode

The weekend is all about teaching the children life skills and getting them out in all weathers.

— John Torode

My father did lots of things. He had an orange-juice factory. He did real estate. He did commercial selling. He was always…

— John Torode

Let's be honest, we all love a roast, but Sunday lunch could be a huge plate of salade nicoise; it could be…

— John Torode

There are three types of palate. There's the palate that can't taste anything, there's the normal palate, and there's the Super Palate.…

— John Torode

Few people think about the Top End of Australia as a travel destination.

— John Torode

Tomatoes and mozzarella work very well together because the milk is rich in summer when the grass is very very green, and…

— John Torode

MasterChef's' about real people and for real people. It's aspirational and inspirational. There's nothing snobbish about it.

— John Torode

It's hard to get your head around the scale of Australia.

— John Torode

Street stalls, be they in Korea, Thailand or anywhere else in Asia, in a covered market or simply on a street corner…

— John Torode

In our family a whole ham on the bone would be bought three days before Christmas, and then stored in a pillow…

— John Torode

How could you live without chips? I could do without bread easily.

— John Torode

I'm a culture person when I'm working, so my downtime is beach time: sand, surf and a barbecue.

— John Torode

Yes, I am a judge on 'MasterChef,' where I taste thousands of dishes, and yes I am a trained chef which has…

— John Torode

It seems that the more we travel, the more we want flavour and variation in our food - and the bolder it…

— John Torode

My food hero would be someone like Elizabeth David, because I think what she did for Britain was amazing. Also David Thompson,…

— John Torode

On Christmas morning breakfast is always thick slices of ham, thick white toast, butter and pepper - oh and a glass of…

— John Torode

Cooking is what I do professionally and it is my way of life, but it is also the way I relax. It…

— John Torode

I don't worry about the camera adding pounds, I am who I am.

— John Torode

Restaurant kitchens are highly pressurised environments, with lots of young men, and that means one thing: testosterone. It's not brutal - it's…

— John Torode

I always gauge the deliciousness of the food in markets by the number of 'people eating and waiting - the more the…

— John Torode

For the children it will always be a lemonade float at the Christmas table as a special treat.

— John Torode

Beaches are really important to me, and I love Sennen Cove and Perranporth Beach.

— John Torode