OHMYGOSSIP — Gary Lineker will never release a celebrity cookbook, because he is only an “amateur” chef.
The ‘Match of the Day’ host would only foray into cooking broadcasting if he worked alongside “proper chefs” – such as Nigella Lawson – and admits he has turned down opportunities to make a book of his favourite recipes, despite being a “good cook”.
The 61-year-old former footballer told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “If I ever did a cooking TV show it would only be with chefs. Where I could actually learn something with proper chefs. Nigella teaches Gary to Cook?’ Now there’s an idea.
“I’m a good cook. I’m getting better, but I’m not a chef and if I did a book or a cooking show I’d feel a fraud.”
The former Leicester City star says he gets suggestions to show off his foodie skills by fans on social media.
Gary said: “Somebody once asked me on a Tweet, ‘Why don’t you do a cooking show or a cookery book?’ and I said, ‘No, I’m not a chef.’ And, funnily enough, Nigella and another famous chef immediately liked my reply.
“I don’t think they were relieved that I wouldn’t be competition. I think they probably thought, ‘We don’t want another celebrity doing a cookery show.’
“All I am is a cook with five or six years experience since I started from scratch.”
The former Tottenham Hotspur player – who has four sons George, 30, Harry, 28, Tobias, 26 and Angus, 24 with his ex-wife Michelle Cockayne – ruled out entering politics, but he is “interested” in matters of state.
He said: “I’m interested in politics, but I’ve never wanted to be a politician. I’m interested in football, but I never wanted to go and do something on FIFA.”
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