Brooklyn Beckham embraces his love of cooking – something he says he owes to his father.
In a new interview for a British newspaper TimeBrooklyn shared how he learned to cook from his father, retired soccer star David Beckham, while poking fun at the cooking skills of some of his loved ones.
“My dad was always the one cooking in the house, my mum not so much,” he explained of David, 48, and mum, designer Victoria Beckham, 49. “I just loved hanging out with him in the kitchen, I loved the smell of the food .”
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Brooklyn has been sharing cooking content on social media for several years and also hosted the 2021-2022 Facebook Watch series. Cooking with Brooklyn. In it, Brooklyn teamed up with professional chefs or celebrities to create unique culinary dishes.
The 24-year-old said that now the next generation of Beckhams (he and his siblings – brothers Romeo, 21 and Cruz, 18, and sister Harper, 12) get together to cook. “We never say it’s like a competition, even though we hang out a little bit — that’s just what brothers do. All of us in the kitchen. Just listening to music, cooking together, it’s fun,” Brooklyn said. “Best.”
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One person who doesn’t share Brooklyn’s love of cooking is his wife, Nicola Peltz Beckham. When asked by Time does the actress (29) know how to cook, he teased: “Not to save her life!”
Brooklyn told the outlet that he has never taken a cooking class, but has spent time watching online MasterClass offerings with chefs. He also noted the connections he made through it Cooking with Brooklyn: “I was lucky enough to do videos and hang out with all these different types of chefs, learning different things, e.g. [the renowned U.S. baker] Nancy Silverton, who is one of my favorite cooks. She’s a really cool person.”
Brooklyn (left) and David Beckham.
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Some of his Brooklyn cooking content has earned him criticism, but he takes the internet’s hate no problem.
“I always wish them well, the haters,” he said in the interview. “I’m just doing what I love, staying healthy, staying happy, and that’s it. There’s always going to be people trying to pull you down.”
Victoria and David have just taken a peek at their own cooking and eating habits, with the former Spice Girl taking to Instagram on Saturday to reveal that the pair do green juice every day. The mixture includes spinach, apple, pear, broccoli, cucumber, celery, lemon, ginger and lime.
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