When actors leave Coronation Street they sometimes appear in other soaps. Some take to the theatre to tread the boards with their acting skills. Some join pantomime or reality TV. But Sean Wilson, who played Martin Platt, left Corrie to make cheese.
Not just any cheese, this is award-winning cheese.
And now Sean has signed up for a new Channel 5 show in which he will become a TV cook trying to recreate old recipes without modern gadgets.
Sean will embark on a culinary mission in a new TV show called The Great Northern Cookbook. He will travel to a string of northern towns to explore their gastronomic heritage and attempt to make age-old dishes using only the locals’ original methods.
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