George Calombaris prohibits his son from eating Maccas
- Leah Cohen
- Jul 18, 2015
- 1 min read

Good Food released an article revealing the Masterchef judge bans his four-year-old son James from indulging in McDonalds.
Instead, James gets a healthy packed lunch from home when he cracks an invite to birthday parties at the fast-food joint… Lucky him!
Ok, Calombaris may have lost a bunch of weight lately, thanks partly to his fermented kombucha diet and his 180 degree turn in his food philosophy, but does this mean he has to prohibit his son from eating a little bit of Maccas from time to time like a normal kid?
We all know what happens to growing children when certain foods are hid from them, they’ll find them in the pantry sooner or later and end up with a food issue.
If I were Calombaris, I’d rather send him a chip-stuffed souvlaki from his Jimmy Grants chain instead. That will get the other kids thinking twice about their Fillet-O-Fish.
Sending James to Maccas birthday parties with a salad sandwich will do absolutely no good for his mental health or social life because we all know what kids are like, they will never live this moment down for the rest of poor James’ life!
Can you imagine his friends’ speech at his 21st?
Calombaris, just let James eat a chicken nugget for his best friend’s birthday and when he comes home, give him some tonic kombucha to wash it down with and everything will be ok.
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