A CHEF and a mental health nurse from Anglesey will both be starring in a TV health transformation series, which begins this week.

Gafyn Owen, from Tŷ Croes, and Twm Jones, from Llanerchymedd, have been selected to be among the five leaders of S4C’s popular “FFIT Cymru” series, which begins on April 5 at 9pm.

The health programme sees five leaders from across Wales seek to transform their health across eight weeks by following bespoke fitness and food plans.

This is with the help of personal trainer Rae Carpenter, psychologist Dr Ioan Rees and, new this year, food expert Beca Lyne-Pirkis.

The experts will share advice and work closely with the leaders on how to keep fit, how to care for mental health and wellbeing, and advise on how to ditch bad habits and in favour of new, healthy habits.

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Gafyn, aged 48, works as a chef in a busy pub, but finds it difficult to be organised with his diet and often resorts to convenient fast food.

He managed to lose weight during lockdown but failed to keep the weight off.

As an uncle to 25, Gafyn will have plenty of support as he takes on the challenge of being one of the leaders of FFIT Cymru 2022.

Twm, 59, who has three grandchildren, is the first grandfather to appear on FFIT Cymru.

He works as a mental health nurse three days a week and looks after his granddaughters two days a week with his wife.

Having previously played for Bethesda Rugby Club, Twm remains heavily involved in his role as a physio.

He hopes to improve his diet and fitness and inspire others by taking part in the series.

The other three leaders for this year's series are: Bethan Davies, 39, from Merthyr Tydfil; Ruth Roberts, 40, of Abercynon and Wendy Thomas, 58, of Aberystwyth.

Beca Lyne-Pirkis, former Great British Bake-Off semi-finalist, joins the FFIT Cymru team this year and will be creating some new tasty, nutritious recipes for the leaders.

These will be available to view and follow on the FFIT Cymru website, s4c.cymru/ffitcymru, as well as the new website and app, Cegin S4C.

Beca said: "As someone who is studying to be a dietician and has a keen interest in nutrition and cooking, the opportunity to be part of the team, create recipes and try to inspire the leaders with food, is fantastic.

“Our job is primarily to try and bring the balance back into the lives of our leaders.

"I just want to try and get our leaders to understand food a little better, and for them to see how putting so many good things in your body can help your health.

"I also want to inspire with different recipes and ideas, to bring that excitement back into cooking and eating."