Former England cricketer Matthew Hoggard has forged a completely new career running a barbecue school.
The 67-Test bowler was integral in England’s epic 2005 Ashes victory in a superb career that spanned nearly two decades.
But ‘Hoggy’ has swapped his cricket whites for an apron and now runs a cookery school and grill shop.
Chatting with Alan Brazil and Ray Parlour on talkSPORT Breakfast, Hoggard spoke about his new campaign with Australian wine brand. Andrew Peace.
“I’m massively into my barbecues obviously,” said Hoggard.
“I run a barbecue school, Hoggy’s Grill school.
“We’ve teamed up with Andrew Peace, which forgive him, is a Australian.
“But he makes delicious wine, we all know there is great wine in Australia.
“He’s come over and we’ve done some research on barbecues.”
The former Test cricket turn celebrity chef explained the stress of barbecuing and what typically goes wrong.
“We’re rushed to supermarkets,” said Hoggard.
“We spend so much money on three different starters, three different mains course.
“We’re really stressed out, we have blacked chicken on the outside, raw in the middle.
AFPEngland won the 2005 series 2-1 to win back The Ashes after 16 years[/caption]“We’ve burnt out sausages, we’ve burnt our burgers. We have stressful times.
“We’ve teamed up for a great menu, where for 30 quid you can feed a family of four with a delicious bottle of Andrew Peace wine.”
Hoggard represented England for eight years and played in all five Tests in the iconic 2005 Ashes series.
He dismissed the very best Australia had to offer, taking 16 wickets and achieving a best score of 4/97 at the final game at The Oval.
However, it was his batting performance at Trent Bridge in 2005 that turned him and Ashley Giles into unlikely heroes.
Hoggard now runs a bbq schoolEngland needed 129 to win the fourth Test and take a 2-1 lead in the series, but the Aussie reduced them to 116-7.
Giles and Hoggard came to cease and successfully secured the final 13 runs needed taking take England up in the series, with ‘Hoggy’ even hitting a four off a full toss.
Hoggard retired from cricket in 2013 after captaining Leicestershire since 2010, having spent 13 years before that playing for Yorkshire.
The former bowler said England’s performance against the West Indies at Edgbaston yesterday was ‘awesome’.
Harry Brook ODI captaincy got off to dream start with 238-run victory in the first one day international.
The series continues on Sunday 1st June with the second ODI at Sophia Garden, Cardiff.
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