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Image: John Barrowman and Nigel Slater

John Barrowman

Cookery writer Nigel Slater met actor John Barrowman for a retrospective of his life through favourite recipes.


John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness

Nigel Slater met Torchwood star John Barrowman for this jaunt through the menus of memory lane. Normally seen playing the strong-willed Captain Jack, John was reduced to tears when his parents baked him one of his favourite childhood cakes and told him how much they loved him.

John's sister shared a foodie moment from his youth and he reminisced about an occasion spent scoffing caviar with Dame Shirley Bassey. Actress and West End colleague, Suranne Jones, joined Nigel and John to talk about their time spent treading the boards and challenged John to cook her his oft talked about 'bin chicken', which literally requires fried chicken to be eaten over a dustbin.

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