John Torode is returning to screens in Celebrity MasterChef on BBC One tonight (August 9).
The Australian judge and restaurateur joins co-host Gregg Wallace in the latest season of the much-loved cooking show.
However, viewers may not know that John has spent much of his life battling a secret skin condition.
MasterChef star John Torode’s secret skin condition
John, 56, previously suffered from skin condition eczema, which first started when he was young.
The condition causes patches of skin to become inflamed, itchy, cracked, and rough.
Opening up about his skin battle in 2009, John explained that the majority of his body was covered in eczema.
People who don’t suffer from eczema don’t realise how bad it really is.
He told the Daily Mail: “I’ve had eczema all my life. I used to get it from my wrists to my shoulders. I never had it on my face but I used to get it in my hair and from the top of my thighs all the way down the back of my legs.”
Sadly, the condition worsened for the star in his twenties as he opened up his first restaurant in Melbourne.
He added: “It was difficult working in the kitchens.
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