Tom Allen is the ‘posh’ co-host of the brand new ITV1 show Cooking With The Stars alongside Emma Willis.
This English comedian, 37, is well known for his posh accent and penchant for the finer things in life.
But is he as posh as he sounds? We take a look at this funnyman’s family background and career…
1. Tom Allen is from humble beginnings
Tom may have an excellent vocabulary and upper class accent – but he is not from a posh family.
He grew up in Bromley, South London, to parents that were comfortable but certainly not well off.
Tom attended an all boys school – with the decidedly ‘unposh’ comedian Rob Beckett – but it wasn’t a private one.
Yet his parents weren’t alarmed by his outlandish personality. Instead they embraced it and saw the funny side.
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