Erol

I was more addicted to the microwave, sticking with ready meals and stuff like that. It was very expensive. You know, you get one little meal and you see how small they are and you eat that meal and you're still hungry. So I've got to make a choice. I would pay the bills or starve yourself. I always wanted to know about this cooking.

I've always watched like food shows, but obviously with my dyslexia, I had problems reading the ingredients or understanding the ingredients. And so I thought, let me take a chance and, um, try and do these recipes. I had little short videos that showed you what to do.

Well, you had a mentor on there who was running the course, so you always knew that you got someone to reach out to if you felt stuck. So when I made my first spaghetti sauce and stuff with the carrots and... all the herbs and spices and oils. I was like, oh my goodness me, I made this? So I was enjoying myself.

Every time I came on the group and I showed a picture of my meals, I was like, yeah, this one tickled my taste buds. This is the one.

When I was just testing the food out on my partner, how it cooked and stuff, she was like, oh wow, this is like restaurant food. You're cooking like a restaurant.

Yeah, it does. It does. I feel more comfortable in the kitchen and you start doing your own thing and you think, ah.

I would go for the masala, chickpea masala. I'm sold. I like a little bit of spice, you know.