The Baker (fanon biography)

John Woodward "Jody" Baker (born 2 February 1953) is an English chef, restaurateur, and television personality. Baker trained as a chef in London and began as an apprentice for chef B. Ellis Burgh, where he met his future partner and fellow cook Seymour Redling. While working for Burgh, he and Redling were scouted by television executive Agatha Judson and auditioned for a pilot of a baking show.

Early life
Baker was born on 2 February 1953 in Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, to Jochebed Pruitt-Walker (née Gittelman), and James Rory Baker. He was given the name Woodward in honour of his paternal uncle, John Graham Woodward OBE, a