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Raymond Blanc OBE (born 19 November 1949) 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 .
The Restaurant (British TV series), a BBC Two series, featuring Raymond Blanc The Restaurant (British series 1) (2007), the first series of the above; The Restaurant (British series 2) (2008), the second series of the above; The Restaurant (British series 3) (2009), the third series of the above
The BBC announced the production of The Restaurant in October 2006, with chef and restaurateur Raymond Blanc named as the star of the series. [5] Blanc invested a six-figure sum of money into the programme, and was described as being "very excited" about the series. [6] The first series began airing on 29 August 2007 and drew to a close on 17 ...
Raymond Blanc keeps his role in the series, and nine couples once again compete for the chance to open their own restaurant backed by Blanc. In July 2009 the winners, Russell Clement & Michele English, launched their own venture The Cheerful Soul in the Hare and Hounds in Marlow, Buckinghamshire (the site of the restaurant of the runners-up ...
The winners, Jeremy and Jane Hooper, beat eight other couples to win the chance to set up their own restaurant backed by French chef and restaurateur Raymond Blanc. The couple ran their restaurant, Eight at the Thatch, at Thame , Oxfordshire from November 2007 until May 2008.
It is owned by LVMH (since acquiring Belmond Ltd in December 2018) and run by the leading French chef Raymond Blanc. [4] The executive chef is Luke Selby, having replaced Gary Jones who left the role in November 2022, after over 20 years. The head pastry chef is Benoit Blin. The gardens are used to grow fresh food for the restaurant.
Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons. Blin left the Ritz in 1994 and married in the autumn, he has at least one son. [7] [5] In January 1995, after three months trying, he was persuaded by Raymond Blanc to join the staff of his two–Michelin Star restaurant, Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons in Oxfordshire, England, as its pastry chef.
Paul Heathcote MBE is a chef, restaurateur and food consultant who spent two years under the guidance of Raymond Blanc at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons. [1] He has appeared on many UK food television shows. Heathcote is one of only two chefs in the North West of England ever to hold two Michelin stars, which he held at his Longridge restaurant ...