I’ve just caught up on Masterchef and Joe let slip an anecdote; he took Stacey to Brussels for her birthday as a surprise, but whilst queuing for the Eurostar they had to pass the gate for Paris and she was fuming, spent the whole trip annoyed that they weren’t going to France instead so he cooked coq au vin with heart shaped croutons dedicated to her to make it up to her:-
Is it just me or is she the most horrible, ungrateful, spoilt brat for that reaction!! He whisked her away tor a child free birthday surprise abroad and she moaned the entire time?!
In that same clip he said “I have four boys who will see me on here” and look, he has many, maaaaaaany shortcomings, but I thought acknowledging all four as his children was quite a sweet moment, as was dedicating a meal to her in two different episodes, there was a number of times he spoke of how she’s the best thing to have happened to him, and it came across as quite genuine, can’t believe I actually warmed to him
he still desperately needs a good scrub and professional hair dye though I’m not fully converted