A head chef became so addicted to biscuits that he could not eat his own food, he said.
Andrew Forster, 27, from Consett in County Durham, lived off a diet of mainly digestives, Caramel Wafers and Blue Ribbons from when he was a toddler.
Despite his eating problems, he forged a career in cooking after school and went on to lead a busy kitchen at the Italian restaurant Sale Pepe in Shotley Bridge, Co Durham.