Meet Neil
Neil Forster lives almost entirely on takeaways
Despite professing a desire to be a chef as a younger man, Neil never learnt the essential skills to be able to make a meal in the kitchen. Prior to meeting Lorraine, his most popular place to eat was the local fish and chip shop.
When Neil first cooked for Lorraine, his omelette quickly became scrambled eggs, and his partner Jonathan thinks this is because Neil doesn't like paying attention to detail!
Neil says he is too impatient and won't follow a recipe, or simply gets bored and never completes a meal, often leaving things undercooked or raw. His children say he often just chucks everything together in a pot and calls it casserole.
Meet Neil
Neil Forster often gets bored with cooking, and things don’t turn out how he expected.
But after only one day, Lorraine was able to teach Neil to follow the recipe, and that complicated-looking food needn't be fussy or take a long time to prepare.
After the series, Neil had learnt not to rush things and was even able to plan a full meal, cooking everything from scratch. He created a chicken risotto with roast chicken, even boiling down bones to make the stock. Now if that's not following a recipe then nothing is!
