Feel embarrassed about my cooking

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I don't know why, I shouldn't. I just wonder if my partner and I aren't compatible in this aspect..
I can make the staples, curries, Bolognese, I can make my own pizza bases. Lasagne, stir fries etc. And I'm good at baking.
I can make this, however sometimes I also just like to put a pizza in the oven, beans on toast, have a McDonald's or whatever, not every day though.
My partner hates anything like McDonald's, oven pizzas and so on. He's massively into seafood and fish which I'm not at all, I don't mind squid but that's it, and cod.
He's a good cook and makes all sort of obscure, Michelin-worthy dishes from various cultures, which is great.
Sometimes I worry we're incompatible or I'm just inadequate.
He told me before that most of his friends are really passionate about cooking. I do like cooking, but I wouldn't say it's my main passion. I suppose he wouldn't be with me if he didn't want to but I do feel inadequate in this area.

You sound the same as my dh and I. What tends to happen here is I do the week night cooking-stuff I can batch cook in advance as needed, such as bolognese, curry, lasagne, or quick stuff such as stir fry, risotto, things you can bang in the oven, and he does the fiddly fancier stuff at the weekends. He also hated take away but with four kids between us Friday nights are very often that.

My husband cycles 100 miles for fun.
I can beat him over 100m at any swim stroke though.

Neither of us care (other than to think the other’s achievement is pretty cool).

If he’s putting you down - leave him.
If you’re putting yourself down - work on that and stop.

Sounds like you're the perfect combo. You've got your everyday cooking skills nailed so everyone is fed with filling, tasty nutritious food.

And he can treat you to something special when he has hours to spend in the kitchen.