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EXCLUSIVE Meet Britain's hottest chef: JULIUS ROBERTS, 31, is an object of lust on social media and has been called 'pure sex'. SOPHIA MONEY-COUTTS visits his farm to talk mating..

. By Sophia Money-coutts For You Magazine Published: 12:01 BST, 25 May 2024 | Updated: 12:16 BST, 25 May 2024 e-mail View comments Cow parsley and buttercups wave in the morning breeze, the sun beats down on the lush green meadow, a cockerel crows nearby and, as the hottest young chef on the internet and I make our way towards his greenhouse, Julius Roberts is talking about castration. Sheep castration, to be clear.



‘You use a little elastic band when they’re young so it doesn’t hurt. Castration’s quite a skill, you don’t want to mess it up.’ He learned his technique, he adds, from YouTube .

Even if you’re not one of his many followers on Instagram (885,000) or TikTok (six million likes), you’ve likely heard of Julius Roberts, the part-chef, part-farmer, part-swoonworthy 31-year-old man who’s striding ahead of me through his South Dorset farm. Alternatively, his yellow cookbook may be familiar. Since coming out last September, The Farm Table has hit the bestseller lists, been released across much of Europe with plans for Asia next, and he’s recently returned from a press tour in the US.

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necklace, miansai, net-a-porter.com He has also made a TV series for Channel 5 and is looking forward to the next and is followed by the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow , Cour.

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