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Jason Roberts

Jason Roberts

New Zealand-born celebrity chef, TV personality and cookbook author (Fresh, The Chew) and Salvation Army supporter.

Oct 7, 2026

24:10
Yep.
24:10
You grow up, you be the adult, you take responsibility, um, you run your restaurant, you run your business, whatever it is.
24:15
But at some point You've gotta be the kid again.
24:18
Yeah.
24:19
And we've filmed a few things together, and we hang out.
24:21
We're two big kids, and I love that we've found this, this, um, point in of our lives where we can really honor that.
24:28
Then I would s- I would say that was the moment where I sort of crossed the line to see if I could get away with saying JBF to Damien Pignolet, who was everyone was scared shitless of, because Damien would come into the rest- Me ...

19 MINS LATER

43:22
... children saying, "Oh, God, how boring."
BenHOST
13:51
It's a big deal.
13:54
And then the other opportunities came.
13:57
But what happened though was in that time my son was born and I I had separated from my wife, Soph at the time.
14:06
We're still separated.
14:08
Good mates though.
14:09
And I missed out on a lot of his growing up.
14:11
So I would come back every now and then.
BenHOST
17:54
Tell us a little bit about your son and I guess some of the lessons that have been really valuable for you that you've learned over the years as a father.

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