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John Torode

John Torode

Australian-British celebrity chef

Oct 14, 2026

10:10
mean, we used to rub butter in if we burnt ourselves.
10:13
Yes, to do all that sort of thing.
10:15
I learnt that you never whistle in the kitchen.
10:17
Don't whistle in the kitchen.
10:18
And I was sort of washing, because when I was doing my apprenticeship, I had to wash the dishes and I had a kitchen porter on a Saturday night and I was there whistling away one day and this massive pot fell on my head.
10:27
And then I looked over and there was the chef with the broomstick and he said, I told you not to whistle in the kitchen.
10:31
He taught things like, you know, you learn very, very quickly not to pick up a pan without a tea towel because the first time you hear that... and your hand freezes like that as you're trying to do it and you plunge it into ice and then you're doing service.

8 MINS LATER

18:13
Talk about that.
41:56
Why did you decide to do that and to tie a big ball and chain to your leg? like the FAA does, puts down there.
42:05
Okay.
42:06
As a pilot, you take a solemn oath to bitch and moan about the FAA every chance you get.
42:12
But I'm saying some nice things here about them, not because I am now dependent on their goodwill, which I am, but because this, the following story is true.
42:21
For 15 years, pilots would ask the FAA, hey, can I put this in my airplane? And the answer was always, of course not.
42:29
You might look at it.
42:31
And And it's not certified.

30 MINS LATER

72:22
And you had to wear a space suit to walk in.

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