Actress and TV presenter Lisa tells us about her latest TV culinary adventure Down Under with husband John Torode
WORDS: SUE DANDO
● It was so great to get to go away together to a place that we didn’t know very much about.
And I have to say, I fell in love with western Australia and that side of the country. Australia is beautiful and just stunning.
● This was just a really wonderful trip and I was so surprised at how varied one area can be.
The beaches, countryside, forests, wildlife – every natural attraction you could imagine are within just a couple of hours of each other. It was incredible!
● We came away thinking, “I want to live here!” If it wasn’t so far away we’d be there all the time. It’s just so lovely. You could be in the Southern Forest south of Perth one moment and then within 40 minutes, you could be by the sea on a beautiful white sandy beach. It was awesome – really amazing!
● It was a road trip and we could have shared the driving, but I like to sit and take in the scenery! Throughout the trip I remember just looking out of the window and saying “Oh my God” a lot, at all the wonders we were witnessing. To explore so many new things together during this trip was what made it so exciting. We just got to see so many beautiful places, we were so lucky.
Yes, Chef!
John knows so much about food. He meets so many people from MasterChef or the places he’s visited. What he doesn’t know about food, he wants to learn. I think it makes you really good at what you do, a desire to keep evolvin
