John Torode
John Douglas Torode was born in Melbourne, Victoria and is an Australian celebrity chef. After first appearing on television on ITV1’s This Morning, he started presenting a revamped MasterChef on BBC One in 2005. He …
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Donal Skehan
Donal is an Irish television personality/presenter, food writer/cook and photographer. Born in Dublin he grew up surrounded and inspired by a family of passionate food lovers who have worked in the food industry for over …
Lawrence Keogh
An accomplished Head Chef Lawrence has created, opened and operated the kitchens in some of London’s most prestigious restaurants in recent years. He has cooked for a number of dignitaries and royals, including the Queen Mother, …
Sabrina Ghayour
Sabrina Ghayour is a British-Iranian Chef, food writer and author. Named as one of the ‘Rising Stars of 2014’ by The Observer newspaper, Sabrina is a self-taught cook and food writer who hosts the hugely …
Michel Roux Jr
Michel Roux Jr was born in 1960 in Pembury, Kent, where his father Albert Roux worked as a private chef for the Cazalet family. His earliest food memories are the smells of the Fairlawne kitchen …
Nigel Slater
The author of a collection of bestselling books and presenter of nine BBC television series, Nigel has been the food columnist for The Observer for twenty-three years. Nigel Slater recipes His books include the classics ‘Appetite’ …
Rick Stein
Rick Stein OBE is an English chef, restaurateur, cookery book author and television presenter. He has written over 20 cookery books, an autobiography and made over 30 cookery programmes. He has also cooked for The Queen …
Matt Tebbutt
Matt presents Food Unwrapped on Channel 4. Series eight of this award-winning food show is now in production. Matt, along with Jimmy Doherty and Kate Quilton, present the food and science series that travels the …
Lorraine Pascale
Lorraine Pascale trained at the prestigious Leith’s school of food and wine. She then went on to graduate with a first class honours degree/summa cum laude in Culinary Arts Management at London’s University of West …
Tom Kerridge
Originally from the West Country, his early career started in country house hotels and restaurants in Gloucestershire. He moved to London in his early twenties, where he worked with well-known chefs such as Phillip Britton, …
James Martin
At 16, James Martin went to Scarborough Technical College to begin his formal training. While there, he was student of the year for three years running. His work was noticed by Antony Worrall Thompson, who …
Stephen Terry
Stephen is chef patron of The Hardwick. An experienced and long established chef, he came to wider public prominence in 2008 on BBC2’s The Great British Menu. He has worked for Michel Roux Jnr at Le …
Tom Aikens
At 26, Tom became the youngest British chef ever to be awarded two Michelin stars. He is one of the UK’s most acclaimed and inspirational British chefs whose career has taken him to David Cavalier’s …
Christian Edwardson
Christian has a degree in theology and philosophy from Edinburgh University and learned his cooking trade from Pierre Koffman. He now oversees all food for the group as executive chef at Bonnie Gull Seafood Shack …
Tomer Amedi
Tomer Amedi was born and raised in Jerusalem. With Moroccan and Kurdish parents, food was always a big part of his life. He originally planned to study music until he realised that cooking was his …
Vivek Singh
After ignoring his father’s advice to become an engineer, Vivek has built a career for himself as a chef – working in his native India before moving to England in 2001 and establishing three of …
Eleonora Galasso
Food writer, blogger and teacher. Eleonore was forbidden from entering her great-grandmother’s kitchen at an early age but she persevered. Trained at the Ateneo Italiano della Cucina in Rome and completed a Master’s degree in …