Friday April 29
ITV
Chef Gary Rhodes has posed nude to prove he is the dishiest chef in Hell's Kitchen.
The 45-year-old showed off a six-pack with nothing but a strategically placed blanket to protect his modesty for Housekeeping magazine.
He talked about the punishing workout schedule which keeps him in trim, saying: "As I've got older my body has become more important to me.
"I exercise six days a week in my gym at home. I'll do half an hour of exercise each morning before I leave for work - it sets me up for the day - and two hours at the weekend.
"But I'm still not satisfied with the way my body looks. I'm always worrying that I haven't got a six pack - it's the perfectionist in me." Gary also admitted he watches what he eats - skipping dessert and banning biscuits from the house.
The star of the ITV reality show was one of six celebrities who posed for the magazine to promote Male Health Awareness month.
Explaining why he agreed to take part, he said: "When I was 19, I almost died from a blood clot on my brain after I ran into the road on a boys' night out and was hit by a Transit van.
"Having come so close to death means I never take my health for granted."
Fellow chef Phil Vickery, husband of This Morning presenter Fern Britton, also stripped off.
Fern once posed nude herself and Vickery said: "I know I'm no Adonis - but that doesn't bother me. If my wife can take her clothes off at 44 then so can I."
The other celebrities taking part were poet and patron of the Prostate Cancer Charity Benjamin Zephaniah, former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash, tennis player turned GMTV presenter Andrew Castle and former footballer Jason Cundy.