Raymond Blanc the Michelin-starred chef and star of the BBC’s The Restaurant

Raymond Blanc is the Michelin winning owner of Oxfordshire’s Le Manor Aux Quat’ Saisons and star of BBC 2 reality show The Restaurant.

The first season of the hit show saw Jeremy and Jane Hooper triumph although their success with Eight at the Thatch was fleeting.

Blanc, who is himself famed for his commitment to training. Marco Pierre White, Richard Neat, Paul Heathcote, John Burton-Race, Michael Caines and Eric Chavot are just some of the Michelin-starred chefs to have passed through his kitchens, will be looking to a guide a new team to success in The Restaurant’s second season. Below you’ll find a comprehensive list of Restaurant and Raymond Blanc related stories. The Thatch in Thame, Oxfordshire, is now being run by the Peach Pub Company.

 

The Restaurant

Head chef speaks out as Restaurant winners pack it in

Blanc’s The Restaurant winners quit after seven months

Head chef sacked at Raymond Blanc’s reality TV programme winner’s restaurant

Raymond Blanc returns with second series of The Restaurant

An interview with Jeremy and Jane Hooper, winners of The Restaurant

The Restaurant TV show contenders take over pub

Raymond Blanc praises his TV show winners

Raymond Blanc's The Restaurant winners vow to be success

Raymond Blanc goes into business with The Restaurant winners

Raymond Blanc to star in TV reality show

 

Elsewhere on the web

The Restaurant website

The Thatch website

 

Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saisons news

Le Manoir managers to open London eaterie

Raymond Blanc slammed for serving foie gras by animal activists

Fire at Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons

Le Manoir gets green light for £3.5m building work

Virgin buys in to Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons

Le Manor Aux Quat’ Saisons website

 

Brasserie Blanc news

Blanc to go head-to-head with Oliver in Bath

Raymond Blanc’s Brasserie Blanc to open in Winchester

Brasserie Blanc in Birmingham to close

Raymond Blanc business pulls out of Liverpool One

Loch Fyne to manage Blanc brasserie chain

What went wrong at Le Petit Blanc?

Le Petit Blanc goes into administration

 

Raymond Blanc news

Raymond Blanc wins cybersquatting legal battle

Raymond Blanc and Tom Aikens join forces with Greenpeace

Marco Pierre White dines with Raymond Blanc

Raymond Blanc hits out at 'macho chefs'

Raymond Blanc attacks TV restaurant shows as disaster for catering industry

Another Frenchman signs for the Gunners

Raymond Blanc named as the AA's Chef's Chef of the Year for 2005

Raymond Blanc mini-profile

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