Cooking エース! Tennis 星／主役にする Johanna Konta 明らかにする／漏らすs she's been honing her culinary 技術s during lockdown - but says she's BANNED her photographer boyfriend from the kitchen

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British number one Johanna Konta should have been 戦う／戦いing it out at Wimbledon this summer, carrying the hopes of a nation on her shoulders.

But with the tournament cancelled 予定 to coronavirus - and Britain only just 現れるing from lockdown - she has been trying to perfect her other passion instead.

Konta has told how she is a keen amateur chef who has been cooking up her 嵐／襲撃する for her photographer boyfriend for the past three months.

The 29-year-old says she has been 扱う／治療するing him to roast dinners, pork belly and steaks with homemade sauces. And there have only been a couple of 災害s in 'Konta's Kitchen' - as it is now known.

地位，任命する tennis career? British number one Johanna Konta (pictured) should have been 戦う／戦いing it out at Wimbledon this summer, carrying the hopes of a nation on her shoulders

The British tennis 星／主役にする says she's had to 'kick out' boyfriend Jackson Wade from the kitche while she's cooking but says he enjoyed the fruits of her culinary 労働

'I have had things 飛行機で行く の上に the 天井 and の上に the cupboard doors - I have had some real 災害s but I try to take it in my stride,' she said in an interview.

'I was trying to make some cinnamon doughnuts [but] I overheated the oil so it cooked on the outside and was raw in the inside - I had a proper 炉心溶融 and had to go into my room and have a little cry because I was craving a doughnut so 不正に and I didn't have enough 成分s to try again. So I had a moment. I 港／避難所't tried to make those again since.'

Konta reached the 半分 決勝戦 at SW19 in 2017 and has also reached the last four of the Australian and French Opens. She 認める the 取り消し of Wimbledon had been 堅い and she had 設立する it hard to find the 動機づけ to train in her living room during lockdown.

But she has been hosting a podcast and 会合 最高の，を越す chefs 含むing Marcus Waring and Clare Smyth for the BBC, and said spending time in her kitchen at her flat in London had helped.?

Konta has told how she is a keen amateur chef who has been cooking up her 嵐／襲撃する for her photographer boyfriend for the past three months

Konta with her two dachshunds, Bono - 指名するd after the U2 frontman, and Gizmo, a new 新規加入 to the family who is just five months old

She lives there with boyfriend Jackson Wade, a photographer who took these pictures 排他的に for the Mail, and their two dachshunds, Bono - 指名するd after the U2 frontman, and Gizmo, a new 新規加入 to the family who is just five months old.

'When the 決定／判定勝ち（する） （機の）カム to 取り消す it - I think everyone was 推定する／予想するing the 取り消し, but that didn't make it any いっそう少なく sad,' she said.

'It was for a very good 原因（となる） so it is hard to argue with the logic but as professional 競技者 who trains to play on the big 行う／開催する／段階s...this 存在 my home 激突する, this is the biggest tournament I play in the year - I am very sad.

'Interestingly though I am just as busy now as I would have been if it hadn't been cancelled.

Konta 主張するs her goals have not changed にもかかわらず the coronavirus pandemic decimating the tennis calendar. Pictured: July 2019

'Cooking is a big passion of 地雷. I am starting a 事業／計画（する） called Konta's Kitchen - I am still fleshing out the particulars but 基本的に I love food, I love real food, I love cooking real food - I enjoy the 過程 of it.

'I have cooked a lot of recipes over the last the last three years, so I am 現実に putting together the ones I really like and the ones that I think work, so that will come in time 同様に.'

Konta, who appeared on Celebrity Bake Off earlier this year, also enjoys baking cakes and 定期的に cooks up （製品，工事材料の）一回分s of muffins for her team.

'I have always grown up in a 世帯 where everything is 承認する in moderation so I bake cakes and muffins and meringue,' she said.

'But I definitely cook more than I bake now - the need to cook is now 明白に much more 圧力（をかける）ing, we need to eat at home.

'As an 競技者 I have to 選ぶ my moments when I can really enjoy something and when I need to eat more for 燃料 but for sure there is definitely space - and I need it it my life - for something I enjoy so much.'

Johanna says her partner of three years, Jackson, has been enjoying her 'wonderful' food since the couple first got together?

She said Mr Wade had been 'kicked out of the kitchen'.

'He doesn't enjoy it as much as I do - he would cook out of necessity 反して I cook out of enjoyment. It is おもに my domain. I started cooking about the same we got together so he is lucky, he has been enjoying some wonderful meals for three years now.'

And she 認める she also fancied trying her 手渡す at 現在のing and was keen to follow in the footsteps of idol 告訴する Barker.

Konta joined the 退役軍人 presenter on the BBC's Wimbledon show this month.?

'現在のing is something I could imagine myself doing but like with the cooking and the podcast, I need more experience and that is what I am trying to get 権利 now to polish off and grow those 技術s - it will take time.'

Barker, now 62, was a former world number 3 with 15 （テニスなどの）シングルス 肩書を与えるs to her 指名する, before joining the BBC.

Konta now has her 注目する，もくろむ 始める，決める on Wimbledon 2021. 'It has been my goal to 勝利，勝つ ever since I was a little girl,' she said.