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This reads as a defense of the show’s tone and audience. John Torode points to a format that aims to feel open rather than exclusive, something viewers can admire without feeling shut out by taste or status. It lands when a program wants to be ambitious but still approachable, especially in cooking, where confidence can sometimes look like gatekeeping.
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About John Torode
Australian and British chef and television presenter
John Douglas Torode is an Australian and British chef, restaurateur and television presenter. Born in Australia, he moved to the United Kingdom in the 1990s and became a familiar face on British food television, especially as a presenter of MasterChef from 2005 to 2025. He began work with the Conran Group's restaurants after arriving in the UK, later running restaurants of his own, including Luxe and Smiths of Smithfield. He has also written several cookbooks, among them Sydney to Seoul, My Kind of Food and John and Lisa's Kitchen with his wife, Lisa Faulkner. In 2022, he was appointed MBE for services to food and charity.
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