MasterChef’s Gregg Wallace says his kids are his biggest cooking critics
MASTERCHEF'S Gregg Wallace has revealed his kids stand in judgement of his cooking - after a series of drunken culinary blunders.
Gregg, 56, ruined a soup and a stew and left his older children chewing on a clump of herbs.
Gregg said: "Do you know what a bouquet garni is? It's a bunch of herbs you wrap around together. I once left that in a lamb stew and my kids ended up with a mouthful of it each. That was bad.
"I also once made a French onion soup while drunk and it ended up as a big bowl of sludge. The croutons were alright but the soup was absolutely terrible - they wouldn't eat it.
"My daughter's a vegetarian and she cooks, my son does very good roast potatoes and chips. But the kids will critique my efforts."
The TV frontman has two grown-up children, Tom and Libby, plus two-year-old son Sid. He also spoke about his tips for getting children to eat healthy food.
Gregg told: "With a toddler don't let it become a drama, if they won't eat something don't force it. As soon as they're old enough, if you want them to have a healthy relationship with food, you as a parent must have a healthy attitude towards food.
"If you don't cook, if you get takeaways all the time and you are buying ready meals - what lessons are you passing down? What are you telling your children? What skill sets are you passing on to your kids?
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"I understand that mums and dads don't cook but if you don't then please learn. Get you children involved in the cooking process as soon as possible. Make it a fun space.
"With vegetables, take them shopping with you and let them choose one and cook it every week.
"You will be breeding such an incredible young cook." Gregg was talking to Dave Berry on his Dadpod podcast.