Jamie Trevor Oliver MBE OSI is an English celebrity chef,former restaurateur and cookbook author. He is known for his casual approach to cuisine,which has led him to front numerous television shows and open many restaurants.
Liverpool John Moores University is a public research university in the city of Liverpool,England. The university can trace its origins to the Liverpool Mechanics' School of Arts,established in 1823. This later merged to become Liverpool Polytechnic. In 1992,following an Act of Parliament,the Liverpool Polytechnic became what is now Liverpool John Moores University. It is named after Sir John Moores,a local businessman and philanthropist,who donated to the university's precursor institutions.
Gordon James Ramsay is a British celebrity chef,restaurateur,television presenter,and writer. His restaurant group,Gordon Ramsay Restaurants,was founded in 1997 and has been awarded 17 Michelin stars overall and currently holds eight. His signature restaurant,Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea,London,has held three Michelin stars since 2001. After rising to fame on the British television miniseries Boiling Point in 1999,Ramsay became one of the best-known and most influential chefs in the world.
Raymond Blanc OBE is a French chef. Blanc is the chef at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons,a hotel-restaurant in Great Milton,Oxfordshire,England. The restaurant has two Michelin stars and scored 9/10 in the Good Food Guide. He is entirely self-taught,but has himself taught or employed other chefs including Heston Blumenthal,John Burton-Race,Michael Caines,Paul Liebrandt,and Marco Pierre White.
Jean-Christophe Novelli is a French chef,restauranteur and television personality.
James Martin is a British chef and television presenter,best known for his television work with the BBC and ITV.
John Douglas Torode is an Australian-British celebrity chef and TV presenter. He moved to the UK in the 1990s and began working at Conran Group's restaurants. After first appearing on television on ITV's This Morning,he started presenting a revamped MasterChef on BBC One in 2005. He is a restaurateur;former owner of the Luxe and a second restaurant,Smiths of Smithfield. He has also written a number of cookbooks,including writing some with fellow MasterChef presenter and judge,Gregg Wallace.
Michael Andrew Caines is an English chef born in Exeter,Devon.
Ching-He Huang (Chinese:黃瀞億;pinyin:Huáng Jìngyì;Wade–Giles:Huang2 Ching4-i4;,often known in English-language merely as Ching,is a Taiwanese-born British food writer and TV chef. She has appeared in a variety of television cooking programmes,and is the author of nine best-selling cookbooks. Ching is recognized as a foodie entrepreneur,having created her own food businesses. She has become known for Chinese cookery internationally through her TV programmes,books,noodle range,tableware range,and involvement in many campaigns and causes.
Angela Maria Hartnett is an English Michelin-starred chef. A protégée of Gordon Ramsay who became well known by her appearances on British television,she was Chef-Patron at Angela Hartnett at The Connaught in London. Currently,she is Chef-Patron for Murano in Mayfair,CaféMurano in St James's &Covent Garden and Cucina Angelina in Courchevel (France).
Allegra Sarah Bazzett McEvedy MBE is an English chef,broadcaster and writer.
Angela Malik,is an Indian and Scottish chef,entrepreneur and food consultant. A businesswoman who built a deli business and multi-site Asian cookery school,The Angela Malik School of Food and Wine,Malik originally trained at Leiths School of Food and Wine and gained chef experience at London restaurants Bibendum and Vong.
Rajinder Tony Singh Kusbia is a Scottish celebrity chef and restaurateur. He is best known for combining Scottish produce with an arty,eclectic and accessible style of cooking.
Clare Smyth is a Northern Irish chef. She is the Chef Patron of three Michelin starred Core by Clare Smyth which opened in 2017. Previously she was Chef Patron at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay from 2012 to 2016,won the Chef of the Year award in 2013,and achieved a perfect score in the 2015 edition of the Good Food Guide. Smyth has also appeared on television shows such as Masterchef and Saturday Kitchen. Smyth also notably catered at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's 2018 wedding.
Thomas Kerridge is an English chef. After initially appearing in several small television parts as a child actor,he decided to attend culinary school at the age of 18. He has since worked at a variety of British restaurants,including the Rhodes in the Square and Adlards.
Leon is a fast food chain based in the United Kingdom,established in 2004. The company had around 70 outlets when it was bought by EG Group in 2021. Since October 2023,most of EG Group's former UK and Ireland business,including Leon,has been owned by the supermarket chain Asda.
Romy Gill MBE is a British-Indian chef,food writer,author and broadcaster. She was the owner and head chef at Romy's Kitchen in Thornbury,South Gloucestershire. In 2016 she was appointed an MBE in the Queen's 90th birthday honours list. Romy has amassed a number of television and radio appearances,including presenting,co-presenting and judging roles. She regularly contributes to national and international publications,including The New York Times,The Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph.
Adam Peter Ritchie Handling is a British chef and restaurateur. He is the owner of the Adam Handling Restaurant Group which encompasses four food and drink venues across United Kingdom.
Fred Sirieix is a French maître d'hôtel best known for appearing on Channel 4's First Dates,and BBC Two's Million Pound Menu. Sirieix grew up in Limoges,France and trained to work in front of house in a Michelin-starred restaurant in France before working at La Tante Claire in London. Until 2019,he was the general manager of Michelin-starred restaurant Galvin at Windows at the London Hilton.
John Vincent MBE is a British entrepreneur who is the chief executive and co-founder of fast food chain Leon Restaurants. Vincent is also known for his work in developing the 2013 School Food Plan,for which he was appointed an MBE;for chairing the Council for Sustainable Business;and for co-authoring seven LEON cookbooks.
