Early Life
Torode was born in Australia and was brought up in Maitland, New South Wales by his grandmother after his mother died when John was four. His father was frequently away from home because of work. He attended school in his home town of Maitland. He said that the food in his childhood was fairly normal, and roast chicken remains one of his favourite dishes because of the connection to his childhood, although his favourite meal as a child was crumbed lamb cutlets. He has said that one of the first books he enjoyed at school was To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. He was taught to cook by his grandmother.
Read more about this topic: John Torode
Famous quotes related to early life:
“... goodness is of a modest nature, easily discouraged, and when much elbowed in early life by unabashed vices, is apt to retire into extreme privacy, so that it is more easily believed in by those who construct a selfish old gentleman theoretically, than by those who form the narrower judgments based on his personal acquaintance.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)