Early Life
Franklin was born in Sydney and from age 3 to 5 lived on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea and as a young adult spent eight years in the Royal Australian Navy. He is a chef and was one of seven chosen to cook for the Queen during her visit to Australia in the 1980s. After this Franklin quit the navy to take ten years off to travel Australia.
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