A recipe for health - by our TV chefs! How the nation's celebrity cooks drink, smoke and overindulge outside the kitchen

Would you buy a used carrot from any of this lot?

In stark contrast to the immaculate Mary Berry and Delia Smith, these paunchy, badly dressed reprobates have been telling the nation what to eat for much of their adult lives — but do they practise what they preach?

It would appear not. They also appear to smoke so much it’s amazing their tastebuds are still in working order. Here is our roundup of cookery’s Worzel Gummidge wannabees.

Marco Pierre White: The self-styled godfather of cooking spices up his Artful-Dodger-joins-the Mujahideen outfit with a side order of Guinness and fags

Gregg Wallace: Here in his roly-poly guise, the now slender Masterchef host tucks into his dinner

John Torode: A fount of food knowledge, his main tips while Masterchef is off air are at the end of a cigarette Masterchef

Paul Hollywood: Off-screen the king of patisserie porn looks like he still has a bun in his oven

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall: After pics like this the post hippie lookalike has trimmed and slimmed

Antony Worrall Thompson and Mark Hix: Five a day - is that fruit or cigars? - for the man once called the 'squashed Bee Gee' (left) and restaurateur Mark Hix

John Burton Race: What a drag! The controversial TV cook smokes this cigarette with a vengance

Antonio Carluccio: It's not just the pastry that's puffed as the Italian chef strikes a light

Simon Hopkinson: A tad crumpled, the founder of London's Bibendum enjoys a snifter