A Manchester chip shop has been shortlisted among the 40 best chippies in the UK. And it could even be crowned the best in the land.
30.08.2022 - 16:01 / dailyrecord.co.uk
TV chef James Martin has shared the one key change to his diet that helped him lose an impressive three stone.
Fans have noticed the star looking slimmer in recent months - and he looked even more trim as he appeared at a food festival at the weekend.
Appearing at the Bolton Food and Drink Festival, the chef, 50, wowed fans with delicious recipe demonstrations - but his weight loss was achieved without any change to the food he eats or his exercise regime.
A pretty "simple" lifestyle change was all it took for James to shed the pounds, and it's something that others may be keen to try, Manchester Evening News reports.
When he was asked about his recent weight loss, James explained that it was drinking water instead of fizzy juice that helped him.
He said: "I think when Covid hit, everyone started to re-evaluate their lives and what can you do better, and I think it was just a different focus on life. I lost three stone, and for me the main thing was cutting out fizzy drinks and I now drink 2.5 litres of water every day.
"When you get to 50, when you get the phone call and hear some of your mates are not very well, or that some some of your mates have passed away, you just have a different outlook on life. You still have the same drive, but how you achieve that, you do things slightly differently.
"I don't really drink much alcohol, only about three or four units a month anyway, so I'm not much of a drinker - it was cutting out the fizzy drinks was the main thing for me. I think the problem when you're travelling from A to B all the time, you need that sugar hit, I don't drink tea or coffee, so fizzy drinks was the way I got it."
The celebrity chef also explained how he's not had to make any changes to the food he eats, or
A Manchester chip shop has been shortlisted among the 40 best chippies in the UK. And it could even be crowned the best in the land.
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