Raymond Blanc

Head chef speaks out as Restaurant winners pack it in

The former head chef of the pub run by Jane and Jeremy Hooper, winners of Raymond Blanc's TV series The Restaurant, has claimed the couple were treated "appallingly" after it emerged that they had quit the business.
Posted: 08 May 2008 | 07:00

Blanc’s The Restaurant winners quit after seven months

Jane and Jeremy HooperJeremy and Jane Hooper, winners of Raymond Blanc’s TV series The Restaurant, have quit Eight at the Thatch after just seven months running the business.
Posted: 03 May 2008 | 09:00

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

Jeremy and Jane Hooper with Raymond BlancThe head chef at Eight at the Thatch, the business run by The Restaurant winners Jeremy and Jane Hooper, has been sacked amid fears that the couple are to quit the business, also.
Posted: 02 May 2008 | 15:51

Brasserie Blanc in Birmingham to close

Raymond BlancBrasserie Blanc will end its association with Birmingham after announcing plans to move out of “high rent” city centres and focus on serving “local communities” instead.
Posted: 18 February 2008 | 11:12

Raymond Blanc returns with second series of The Restaurant

Jeremy and Jane Hooper with Raymond BlancRaymond Blanc is to return with a second series of The Restaurant and is looking for new contestants and restaurants to use during the BBC2 reality TV programme.
Posted: 13 February 2008 | 11:24

Raymond Blanc and Tom Aikens join forces with Greenpeace

Raymond Blanc and Tom Aikens will be joining forces with Greenpeace to urge chefs to use sustainable seafood in their menus with the launch of a new campaign at the end of January.
Posted: 18 January 2008 | 13:23

Raymond Blanc business pulls out of Liverpool One

Raymond BlancRaymond Blanc has turned his back on opening a restaurant in European Capital of Culture Liverpool, claiming that Brassarie Blanc is "too posh" for the city’s new £1b leisure development.
Posted: 11 January 2008 | 11:45

Raymond Blanc praises his TV show winners

Raymond Blanc and Jeremy HooperRaymond Blanc has praised the "strength" and "desire" of Jeremy and Jane Hooper, the winners of his BBC reality TV show The Restaurant, as he revealed his reasons for choosing the victors.
Posted: 01 November 2007 | 11:38

Raymond Blanc's The Restaurant winners vow to be success

Jane and Jeremy Hooper The winners of Raymond Blanc's reality TV show The Restaurant have vowed that their Oxfordshire eaterie, which opens its doors next month, will not be "a flash in the pan".
Posted: 25 October 2007 | 09:00

Raymond Blanc goes into business with The Restaurant winners

Raymond BlancRaymond Blanc and the Peach Pub Company will be supporting the winners of the BBC2 programme The Restaurant when they open their own outlet in Thame, Oxfordshire, in November.
Posted: 18 October 2007 | 11:30

Raymond Blanc’s Blanc Brasserie to open in Winchester

Brasserie Blanc Raymond Blanc’s high-street chain is set to open a new restaurant in Winchester, Hampshire, its seventh site and first in a small cathedral city.
Posted: 05 September 2007 | 16:43

Marco Pierre White dines with Raymond Blanc

Marco Pierre White and Raymond Blanc (photo: Lisa Barber)When we asked Marco Pierre White what he wanted to do for his guest-editorship of Caterer, one idea came quickest: "Let's do a lunch with Raymond." Mark Lewis joined them at White's Luciano restaurant in London
Posted: 05 September 2007 | 16:40

Raymond Blanc hits out at 'macho chefs'

Raymond BlancRaymond Blanc has hit out at “macho” chefs, warning that kitchen bullies could soon be sent to jail under new employment laws.
Posted: 21 August 2007 | 14:55

Raymond Blanc slammed for serving foie gras by animal activists

Raymond Blanc has come under fire from animal rights activists who have slammed the Michelin-starred chef for serving foie gras at his Birmingham restaurant Brasserie Blanc.
Posted: 14 February 2007 | 13:24

Raymond Blanc

Raymond BlancRaymond Blanc is chef-patron of Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, an award-winning 32-bedroom country house hotel with a 100-seat two-Michelin-star restaurant and a cookery school for amateurs and professionals alike.
Posted: 20 September 2006 | 16:19

Raymond Blanc attacks TV restaurant shows as disaster for catering industry

Raymond BlancMichelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc has hit out at TV restaurant shows, describing them as a "disaster" for the catering industry.
Posted: 25 April 2006 | 10:22

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

Raymond BlancRestaurateur Raymond Blanc's famous country hotel, Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, was partially evacuated today when a chimney caught fire.
Posted: 18 April 2006 | 09:55

Star qualities

Michelin guide logoMichelin-starred chefs are listed for all to see in the famous annual guidebook. But Janet Harmer gets a bit more up close and personal to find out what makes them tick - such as their nationalities, pastimes, birth signs, what they enjoy eating, what inspired them to take up the profession, and which other chefs they most admire
Posted: 02 January 2003 | 00:00

 
17th May 2008