\n Away from the studio setup, though, they were given an unexpected glimpse into life off\u2011camera for Mr Martin.\n<\/p>\n
\n The episode was filmed at Mr Martin\u2019s own home, and Mr Mellor recalled being struck straight away by how impressive the setting was, calling it a \u201clovely place\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n Instead of a typical waiting area, the pair found themselves in what the production team jokingly referred to as the green room.\n<\/p>\n
\n James Martin\n<\/p>\n
\n Rather than a plain backstage space, it held a pool table, an arcade machine, guitars, memorabilia, and an eye\u2011catching collection of cars, including a couple of Ferraris and an old Bentley.\n<\/p>\n
\n One Ferrari in particular stood out.\n<\/p>\n
\n According to Mr Mellor, the chef bought it for around \u00a3500,000, and it is now worth well millions of pounds.\n<\/p>\n
\n The scale of the collection left both actors surprised, with Mr Mellor admitting he had only expected to see a TV chef, not a motoring enthusiast with a knack for investments.\n<\/p>\n
\n Little, known for roles including Death In Paradise, described Mr Martin as \u201ca great man\u201d, while Mr Mellor called him \u201ca really top guy\u201d during an episode of their podcast, The Two Pints.\n<\/p>\n
\n They both stressed that, despite the expensive surroundings, he never came across as boastful.\n<\/p>\n
\n 2006 – TV chef James Martin meets shoppers in Parliament Street, in the annual Food and Drink Festgival, during filming for a new show. Pic: Mike Tipping\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Little explained that the North Yorkshire chef only showed them around because they were clearly interested, and did so in a relaxed, unassuming way.\n<\/p>\n
\n The pair also shared that Mr Martin spoke candidly about how he built his career.\n<\/p>\n
\n He told them he arrived in London in the early 2000s with just \u00a320 in his pocket and gradually worked his way up, backing himself, taking risks and investing carefully over the years.\n<\/p>\n
\n By the end of the visit, Mr Mellor said he had \u201cloads of time\u201d for Mr Martin, praising him as good company and recalling that they all enjoyed some wine together.\n<\/p>\n
\n James Martin\u2019s Saturday Morning continues to air weekly at 9.30am on ITV and is also available on ITVX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The chef, who was born and raised in Malton, made his name on the likes of Ready Steady…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-648853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}