Laura Mason and I met through the Guardian Soulmates dating site and went on to get married. The only thing we seemed to have in common was that neither of us had owned a television for more than 15 years. At the time Laura was writing Good Old-Fashioned Pies and Stews, so I was recruited as a taster and received the full benefit of much of her culinary creativity and skill.
At the time she was having her kitchen refurbished. The plumber had let her down, so I stepped in to fit her new sink and taps – and fortunately she was impressed.
