Personal Life
He was married to Deborah Puttnam, the daughter of movie producer David Puttnam, and has two daughters. The couple divorced in 2004. His current girlfriend is British aristocrat Lady Jane Wellesley, a daughter of the 8th Duke of Wellington. His interests include scuba diving (in which he is a PADI-qualified Divemaster), tennis, chess, fishing and music. He is also a fan of the Boston Red Sox. He is a member of a few private members' clubs, including Brooks's, the Hurlingham Club and the Chelsea Arts Club.
His Mid-Atlantic accent reflects his Boston origins as well as the many years he has spent in the UK. It sounds strange to many Britons and Americans. It is often the subject of parody, including in ads for his own sauces, where home cooks imitate his speech as they use sauces that are promoted as having a "distinctive voice."
He was parodied by Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer in The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer in a Masterchef sketch. His accent was also extensively imitated by Rob Brydon in the BBC 2 series, The Trip.
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