Celebrity Chefs

Ainsley Harriott

Ainsley Harriott is the charismatic, larger than life presenter of BBC Two’s Ready Steady Cook.

Aldo Zilli

Aldo Zilli is chef patron of the Zilli Fish group and is one of Soho’s most flamboyant restaurateurs.

Antony Worrall Thompson

Antony Worrall Thompson is a restaurateur and one of the most familiar and popular TV chefs.

Brian Turner CBE

Brian Turner is one of Britain’s most successful and well-known chefs.

Frank Bordoni

Frank Bordoni has appeared on BBC 2’s flagship cookery show Saturday Kitchen alongside Anthony Worral Thompson.

Gordon Ramsay OBE

Part restaurant empire-builder, part celebrity, and part sublimely talented chef, Gordon Ramsay is a truly global star in the cooking world.

Graham Mitchell

Graham Mitchell has been writing and lecturing on wine for many years, with a long family history in the wine business; which explains his claims that he has wine in his blood.

James Martin

James has made a great impact since he began to appear on television in November ’96 and has rarely been off screen since.

James Tanner

Brought up in Kent with his three brothers, on leaving school, James studied hotel management and began a career as a professional chef.

Jamie Oliver

At 16, Jamie went to Westminster Catering College and then spent time in France, learning as much as he could, before coming back to London to work as head pastry chef for Antonio Carluccio at The Neal Street Restaurant.

Jean-Christophe Novelli

When Novelli was 19 he worked at a chain of restaurants, PLM St Jacques, which was owned by the Rothschild family.

Julie Arkell

A lifelong ambition to write about wine was realized in 1992 when two local newspapers asked her to write regular columns.

Kevin Woodford

Kevin᾿s relaxed style, immense skill and ability to communicate at all levels has worked well on The Reluctant Cook, Big Kevin Little Kevin, Ready Steady Cook and Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook.

Nigel Barden

Nigel Barden is the food and drink presenter for BBC London TV, Radioand Online.

Nigella Lawson

Since publishing her first cookery book, How to Eat, in 1998, Nigella has been teaching us about the pleasures of the table.

Oliver Rowe

Ollie Rowe’s professional career took off in 1997 when, having achieved a 2:1 degree from Southampton University in Drama and English, he started work at Moro restaurant in Exmouth Market, London.

Richard Myers

The Cajun Invasion... Pounding the streets of Godalming with a determined glint in his eye is American newcomer Chef Richard Myers.