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Eve Rowlands

'Fire doesn't care which social class you are, where you're from, who you are': The Welsh celebrity chef who's made his name making epic feasts over an open flame

Caernarfon-born chef Chris 'Flamebaster' Roberts is a man of many talents. Since discovering his love for whipping up a feast over fire, his cookery career has seen him run a food festival, pop-ups and kitchen takeovers, travel the world with his fire cooking, present two of his own food travel shows (on BBC and S4C with a new series in the works), star in a Celebrity special and Welsh version of Gogglebox - Gogglebocs - and, best of all, bring people together via good food. All while doing a day job of being a carer for adults with disabilities and being a father of three young kids. I'm exhausted just writing it.

Chris, who is bilingual, has always had a keen interest in food - his website explains how when his friends were watching Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles as kids, he'd watch food-travel shows and chefs like Keith Floyd, Rick Stein and Two Fat Ladies - and was surrounded by "amazing home cooks" made up of his north Walian mam, dad, two grandmothers and uncle.

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