Last year, high-flying chef Teage Ezard, 59, was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder with no known cure. With his symptoms progressing, he and his wife, Tina, 54, contemplate their future and celebrate their past.

Teage : I never thought I’d have an incurable disease, but it’s happened. It’s rare, it’s in the brain. I’ve done my best to prepare Tina for my demise. When I met her in my late 30s, I had the world at my feet. Now I’ve lost my purpose, potential, energy and independence and she’s the primary caregiver for me and our teenage son and daughter. She’s my rock.

My feelings for her now are just as intense as the first time I laid eyes on her at the Melbourne Grand Prix in 2003. I asked her out, she said no. I kept trying to woo her and, eventually, she said yes. I was livi

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