Oh yes. You are seeing this right. Don’t look for a neck-based seam – we’ve squinted hard and there isn’t one. Rhodes has gone all beef-cake on the world, before casting aside his modesty and posing, stripped to the abs and pumping some serious iron, for that bible to the overweight and image-obsessed; Men’s Health magazine
Exclusively, and in direct conflict with the sculpted hunk of man-muscle posing here, Caterer once had a peak at the pre-inflated Rhodes. Back in 1993 an impromptu uncladding at the tail end of a kitchen session revealed a torso more akin to a hairy-topped teaspoon than anything you’d want protecting you should Grossman have kicked off on the Masterchef set.
But, according to Men’s Health, the 47 year-old is up at 4.30am every morning crunching weights and tucking into the sort of punishing regime long-serving jail-birds and Travis Bickle-style nascent psychopaths embark upon.
"I've never taken any illegal substance or smoked a cigarette in my life – this is my drug,” he says. “It's an addiction – no question. I'll still be doing it when I'm 55. It makes me feel good. It makes me feel positive.
What’s more, he’s also got a little bit of advice for young chefs:
“Before I started working out every day like this, I was just an employee in somebody's restaurant. Now I'm running eight myself."
So there it is. Want a restaurant? Then lose some weight tubby.
Far be it from us at Caterer Towers to pass judgment on all of this. So instead here is a medley of opinions extracted from the Daily Mail website, which ran the story on page 21 this morning.
Does nothing for me I'm afraid - in fact, I find that kind of bulky look on men very unattractive. He looks a bit like one of the Krays in that first picture - yuk!-
Helana, London
His physique might be great but he still has that ugly mug on top of his shoulders. This man is not appealing in the least. When he did that Celebrity cooking programme, he had a really unpleasant personality.
- Sim, London, England
I remember when he was on telly looking quite buff and he said the only reason why he did it was due to his sons being bigger than him and he felt he had to keep up with them. Keep it up Gary, you look good.
- R Green, Berkshire, UK
He's too pale, like dried feta cheese.
- Mark Keatinge, UK
