i met him years ago, before he was famous. me and a mate bought a sidecar from him at his mums house in barrow, he was just as nice and affable as he came across on the telly. about 3 or 4 years afterwards my mate rang me and said 'that guy we bought the sidecar from in barrow is on telly doing a cooking program......' rip, he was just one of lifes nice guys.