JLS star turns restaurant worker to learn about the venison trade

Boyband star Jonathan Benjamin Gill — better known as JB in chart-toppers JLS — has revealed how he worked for free in a London restaurant to try to become one of the capital’s top venison suppliers.

The 26-year-old singer spent an evening at the acclaimed Duck & Waffle in the Heron Tower at Bishopsgate last week, learning the ropes with executive chef Daniel Doherty.

JLS are about to embark on a farewell tour but JB is already planning a new career raising deer at the farm in Kent he bought with his dancer girlfriend Chloe Tangney.

He said: “It’s very easy as a celebrity to throw money at a project and then move away after a couple of years but this is something I’m really passionate about.

“I want to do this properly. I want people to realise you don’t have to be of a certain class or have a lot of money to eat venison — it’s delicious and very accessible.”

The singer met Mr Doherty at the Taste of London food event earlier this year and the pair teamed up again at the Duck & Waffle last week. The chef said: “It took real guts to walk into the kitchen and work with the guys and get stuck in.”