article_snippet.sent: While Simon, who lives in Oldham,  learns about his cooking from reading and watching programmes, his sharpens his skills by practicing on his four children - Liam, 20, Alex, 18, Cameron, 16, and Charlotte, seven.
article_snippet.sent: But Simon gave up Simon dream because Simon and Simon wife, who Simon separated from two years ago, had a child very young.
article_snippet.sent: The couple met while working at McDonalds and when Simon was just 19, The couple had The couple first child - Liam.
article_snippet.sent: Simon children are over the moon that His children father is now following their father though and His children watched the Masterchef final on TV together last Friday, when His children learnt for the first time that their father had won - because it had to be kept a secret until the programme aired.
article_snippet.sent: their father said: 'When His children watched it together, it was the first time that His children found out I had won