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SCHICKSALE - In der Tv-Show MasterChef: Das Kochen hilft Barry Faulkner durch die harte Zeit von drei Herzoperationen seines kleinen Sohnes Jackson
Baz Faulkner with his wife Suzy and son Jackson at home for Christmas in December 2018 - one week after his second surgery (PA REAL LIFE/Collect) *** MasterChef quarter finalist learned to cook as
therapy when baby son endured three heart
operations
By James Butler, PA Real Life
When Barry Faulkner bowed out of the MasterChef quarter finals last Thursday he was
already every inch a winner.
For Baz, 39, of Redhill, Surrey, found his gastronomic flair when he started cooking to
cope with the near insurmountable stress of watching his little boy, Jackson, endure three
major operations before the age of three for an extremely rare heart conditio n.
Now the recruitment consultant and his wife, Suzy, 40, a tourist board executive, are
celebrating a triple whammy, as two-year-old Jackson is doing well, they are expecting a
baby girl in May and Baz cooked up a storm on the popular TV show.
He said: "I did the show for Jackson. I don't ever want him to feel that just because he
has a heart condition or disability in some way that he can't achieve whatever he wants to
achieve.
"I love MasterChef, so I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring - and I hope that one day he
is as proud of me as I am of him, every day.
"Jackson's started to take an active interest in the kitchen now. I have him preparing
carrots and we bake cakes together and make pasta and bread.
"I've even put his own little play kitchen in his bedroom, where he's always banging toy
pots and pans together. He's a future foodie - he absolutely loves it."
Microwaving an M&S spaghetti Bolognese was the limit of Baz's culinary skill when
Jackson was born in July 2018 at East Surrey Hospital.
Sadly, the new parents' joy soon turned to terror when, just hours later, the tiny baby was
rushed to intensive care experiencing heart problems, which were later diagnosed as
Shone's Complex.
Characterised by various heart defects on the left-hand side, according to the British
Heart Foundation (BHF),
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