Woman's Own

FROM BORING TO SOARING

Sitting down to breakfast, I eyed up the plate in front of me. Sausages, bacon, fried eggs, beans, mushrooms, hash browns and buttered toast… there was nothing better than a full English to start the day. The perks of being married to a chef!

I’d met Martin, then 43, in 2009, when he was the head chef at the hotel where I worked in Eastbourne.

‘WE HATED EXERCISE AND LOVED NIGHTS IN’

I’d been a single mum of three, working as a housekeeper, and the two of us hit it off over our biggest passion… food. Martin loved cooking, and I loved eating.

‘Let me cook for you,’ Martin had said. He made the best

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