Amar Latif forgets he’s blind while he’s cooking.
The 45-year-old TV star has been inspired to cook amid the coronavirus lockdown after appearing on ‘Celebrity MasterChef’, and Amar hasn’t allowed blindness to blunt his enthusiasm.
He shared: "During lockdown, I’ve been busy making incredible meals. I forget I’m blind when I’m doing it."
In fact, Amar has admitted to surprising himself in the kitchen.
He told the Sunday Mirror newspaper: "Even I had a preconception I wouldn’t be able to do much. But I got my head down and worked really hard."
Amar is also pleased he’s been able to impress – and reassure – his mum in the kitchen, following his stint on ‘MasterChef’.
He said: "Now my mother trusts me in there. Before, if she saw me pull out a knife to cut onions, she’d take it off me.
"I made her a spicy scrambled egg. She watched so calmly as I whipped out my knife and took it in her stride. That’s special."
Amar was diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition at four.
And after becoming blind at 18, he fell into depression for months.
The TV star recalled: "Suddenly, the world was closed. I didn’t think I was able to do anything. Then I realised I was stuck at a dead end and I had to start climbing."
However, Amar was helped through the situation by his family, who were hugely supportive of him.
He shared: "I said to Dad, ‘What’s the point of me going to uni if I can’t see?’ He said, ‘Take it step by step and we’ll worry about that when we get there.’"