Emmerdale star Dean Andrews has revealed he’s got a secret second career.
The Will Taylor actor, 58, has told how he is a qualified chef for his downtime from acting and keeps his hand in while preparing feasts at home.
He revealed to Notebook: “I’m a qualified chef, so I love cooking everything from lasagne to Chinese chicken, or sometimes we have something from the chippy.”
Dean previously told how he went to catering college as a back-up career from his time as a singer.
He told Inside Soap: “I started acting when I was 40, so I was quite late to it anyway.
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“I was a professional singer from the age of 17 to 25 years or so.
“I don’t think I’d still be doing that, though, as I did go back to catering college and qualified as a chef.”
Dean added: “I didn’t want to be the singer who was still on stage when he was 55, trying to be all young and sexy.
“So I went to catering college, qualified as a chef and I started to run the catering at the golf club at the time.
“If I hadn’t gone into acting, I think I’d be running a fish and chip shop.”
On-screen Dean has had a busy few years with his character Will becoming engaged to Kim Tate.
The former drug dealer arrived in the village two years ago searching for his daughter Dawn.
Instead he found his ex Harriet Finch – and stalked and terrorised her for her role in sending him to prison.
They eventually got together – but split after her affair with corrupt cop DI Malone was revealed.
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Dawn later killed Malone in self-defence but Will took the blame in Kim’s eyes.
Kim recently had the body removed and disposed of – ending the storyline for good.
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