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James Martin ‘angry’ over grandmother’s ‘suffering’ before death: ‘One of the most traumatic experiences of my life’

More than a decade after his grandmother's passing, James Martin recalled growing up eating her food and the influence it had on him

More than a decade after his grandmother Majorie’s passing, James Martin recalled growing up eating the food she cooked and the influence it had on his career. His earliest memories are of his home filling up with the “smell of cooking fat” as Majorie used “one of those old enamel gas cookers with red buttons” to grill bacon. James said: “Sadly, my grandfather died before I became known and soon afterwards, just as I was beginning to become more well-known, my grandmother was admitted to York Hospital, where she spent four months before passing away, 12 years ago now.”

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