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He was brought up in the Warwickshire village of Priors Marston and attended Trinity Catholic School in Leamington, before training at Stratford College. He graduated to the Grosvenor Hotel in Chester then moved on to London's Capital Hotel.
He started his TV career in 1991 with an appearance on Granada TV's This Morning before moving onto Ready Steady Cook and Can't Cook Won't Cook with guest appearances on shows such as Food and Drink and The Generation Game.
Tobin took part in a celebrity version of TV show Total Wipeout which aired on 18 September 2010.
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