When John Torode and Lisa Faulkner say their happy married life starts in the bedroom, they don’t mean what you think...
The couple, who are back hosting ITV ’s Weekend Kitchen this Saturday, will celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary this year – and their secret is a properly made bed.
Asked what makes their marriage work, John, 57, says: “A really well-made bed. You spend lots of time in it! Honestly, the bedroom – having that sanctuary of a place to go to, I think that’s really important.
“And nice towels...Looking after yourself is as important as looking after each other.”
But the pair are always happy to leap out of bed for more TV work – though they would draw the line at joining the Bushtucker Trials on I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.
MasterChef judge John says: “With what I do for my job, I’ve probably eaten worse things.”
“Anything is possible, but I don’t think I could ever do it – although I’d be very happy to host it, I think we’d be great at that.”
John met Lisa when she took part in Celebrity MasterChef in 2010, and the couple got married in October 2019 at Aynhoe Park in Banbury, Oxfordshire, where their guests included stars Amanda Holden and Tamzin Outhwaite.
Former Brookside and Holby City star Lisa was previously married to EastEnders actor Chris Coghill, 47, with whom she shares a daughter.
John has two children with his ex-wife Jessica and two older sons from a previous relationship.
As the couple get set for their eighth series of Weekend Kitchen, Lisa says she has no wish to quit acting despite having carved out a niche on daytime TV.
And fortunately John is always on hand to help her learn her lines – though it could be said he is perhaps a bit too thorough...
Actress Lisa, 51, says: “I mean it’s very kind that he’ll run through it, but if you’re doing an audition, you just run through the lines that you need to learn.
“He’d read each stage direction between the lines to set the scene and I’d be like, ‘Yeah, I just need to know the lines!’
“But it’s nice that I can do that with him.“I do still love acting and I still go for meetings and auditions and I’d love to do more of it.”
* John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen returns this Saturday at 11.35am on ITV1 and ITVX
