Alan Titchmarsh eats same breakfast every day and slams 'insipid' avocado on toast

Gardener and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh has revealed his daily breakfast routine and his disdain for one particular food. The 74-year-old, famed for his horticultural expertise and who grows his own produce at home, prefers a simple £2.50 cereal such as Shreddies or Weetabix to start his day.

He expressed his distaste for 'fancier' meals like avocado on toast in Gardeners' World magazine. Titchmarsh stated: "It seems there is a great movement towards smashed avocado on sourdough bread. I can't think of anything more insipid to force down my neck at the crack of dawn."

He further elaborated on the environmental implications of consuming avocados, reports the Mirror. The foodstuff, a popular favourite of thousands of young people across the globe, is typically grown in Mexico and Central America and difficult to cultivate in the cold UK climate.

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Titchmarsh said: "I cannot reconcile myself to eating avocados and contributing to the enormous carbon footprint involved in shipping them across the ocean to my breakfast table, not to mention the wholesale destruction of the rainforest to create such plantations."

In a previous interview with the Telegraph, he mentioned the chickens he keeps at home. Titchmarsh shared: "My reward is a fresh egg for breakfast every day, should I so wish, except from October to January when they go off lay."

This latest revelation comes after it was recently revealed that the gardening expert's outfits were censored on Korean TV. The beloved BBC series Garden Secrets, featuring the author's soothing presence and horticultural know-how, has found an unlikely fanbase on Korean Central Television (KCTV) in North Korea. Despite his popularity, there was a snag with his attire; jeans have been banned in the country since the early '90s, seen as an emblem of American imperialism.

In a 2010 episode first broadcast in the UK, which has been shown multiple times on KCTV since 2022, he is seen tending to the gardens of the 17th-century Hatfield House. While his checked shirt and rolled-up sleeves passed muster, his jeans did not. They were blurred out on screen, yet it was still evident that he was donning denim.

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Former leader Kim Jong Il had declared jeans "absolutely verboten and people should not wear them under any circumstances," as reported by NK News. His successor, Kim Jong-un, has also cautioned against the infiltration of "bourgeois culture" and "anti-socialist behaviour".

Alan himself expressed astonishment at his show being broadcast in such a remote location, commenting: "I never imagined that my programmes would reach North Korea, but hopefully the calming nature of British gardening will be well received there."