A MASTERCHEF finalist has left fans stunned after admitting to meeting her husband while he was her teacher. Hope Batchelor, 31, appeared on this year's season of MasterChef UK and made it all the way to the final three before being voted out. 2 The MasterChef finalist left fans stunned with her romance story Credit: .
tiktok@toastwithhope 2 Hope landed a place in the quarter finals Since then she has gone on to create a following on social media sharing recipes - but it's not her brownies causing a stir online. While celebrating a friend's wedding she looked back on her own relationship and how it all began - back in school. Hope revealed she and her husband, Lawrence, have a 12-year age gap adding: "So the reason there's a bit of an age gap between Lawrence and I is because I met him whilst he was my teacher.
"Don't worry it's not an illegal situation, he was 30 I was 19, I was in college, it's a legal situation." READ MORE REAL LIFE STORIES SMALL FEAT My husband’s so small people assume he’s my child & he’s not man enough for me MIND THE GAP I started dating my man when I was 18 and he was 44..
. I like my men older While it might have been legal, the college weren't happy with the news and Lawrence lost his job. Her partner was working at a Fashion College Hope attended and she admitted, 'It was pretty simple, I fancied Lawrence, and I said to my friends I think I'm going to marry this guy.
' As her graphic design teacher Lawrence would help out with some of Hope's pro.
