To celebrate the start of the British Strawberry season, and his ongoing passion for the Best of British produce, John has joined forces with Jubilee - Britain's most premium variety of Strawberries and developed a bespoke Savour the Flavour Strawberry Guide, providing you with secret tips on how to get the most out of your punnet!

About John Torode

A hugely popular and influential figure on the UK culinary circuit, John Torode is best known as the straight-talking co-presenter and judge of BBC's MasterChef and for his well-established restaurant at the heart of London's meat market - Smiths of Smithfield. Australian by birth, John is credited as one of the main players in introducing Australasian food to the UK in the mid-1990s. In 1992 he joined the Conran Group, starting out at Pont de La Tour before becoming Sous Chef at Quaglino's. In 1995, John became Head Chef for the launch of Mezzo in Soho; at the time one of Europe's largest restaurants.

He opened Smiths of Smithfield in 2000. The four-floor Grade-II listed restaurant, private dining room and café, located in the heart of Smithfield Market, continues to be a roaring success and a firm fixture on both the restaurant and bar scenes. John's latest venture: another multi-storey operation, The Luxe opened at Spitalfields Market in September 2009.

John is passionate about sourcing the Best Of British produce and as a well-known food writer, regularly contributes to Olive, BBC Good Food and Red magazine and has supplied numerous articles for the Guardian, Mail and Observer newspapers.

John became a familiar face to TV audiences back in 1996 as the resident chef on ITV1's This Morning with Richard and Judy; a role in which he continued for four years. Since 2004 John has paired up with Gregg Wallace, handing out feedback, criticism and support to hundreds of hopefuls aiming to be crowned MasterChef (or indeed Celebrity MasterChef).

He is a frequent panellist on The Wright Stuff for Five, a regular guest chef and host on Saturday Kitchen for BBC1, has appeared as an expert panellist on The Apprentice: You're Fired for BBC2 and a popular guest on shows such as Richard & Judy, The One Show, Loose Women, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and BBC Breakfast, as well as numerous radio programmes. He has also read Bedtime Stories on the CBeebies channel and appeared in a special children's edition of MasterChef for Children in Need.

Visit John's own website at johntorode.com