Go girl: GIY’s Karen O’Donohoe on what fuels her day

WHEN Karen O’Donohoe tore her Achilles tendon last year it had an immediate effect on her choice of footwear and her identity. “I gave up my beloved Converse — it was like letting go of the last bit of my youth. I’ve now got some really cool, some more supportive Nike ones,” says the Grow, Eat, Cook presenter.

It seems doubly unfair that the accident happened during the first day of filming the new series when she was wearing a sensible pair of wellies — “I was running to get a cloth”.