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Galton Blackiston

English chef

Summary

English chef

FieldValue
nameGalton Blackiston
imageGalton Blackiston, 22 10 2010.JPG
captionGalton Blackiston in May 2010
birth_date13 August 1962
birth_placeNorfolk, England
educationHainford School Norfolk
restaurantsMorston Hall
televisionSaturday Kitchen
10 Mile Menu
Great British Menu
awardsChef of the Year
Good Hotel Guide
Hotel of Year
websitehttp://www.galtonblackiston.co.uk/

10 Mile Menu Great British Menu Good Hotel Guide Hotel of Year Galton Blackiston is an English chef, born in Norfolk. The restaurant of his hotel, Morston Hall, Holt in Morston, is Michelin starred and has 4 AA Rosettes. It is on the north Norfolk coast, two miles from Blakeney.

Blackiston has never trained formally as a chef. After leaving school at 16 to play cricket, he was encouraged by his mother to set up a market stall selling homemade baked goods, "Galton's Goodies". His first job in a restaurant was at John Tovey's Miller Howe country hotel in Windermere, the Lake District.

In 2013, Blackiston started No 1 Cromer, a fish and chip shop in Cromer.

Television

Blackiston represented the Midlands and East of England in the BBC's Great British Menu, knocking out celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson to gain a place in the final. In 2007, he appeared on the television programme Food Poker. He has also appeared on Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Country Show Cook Off, and Saturday Kitchen.

Personal life

Blackiston supports Norwich City F.C.

Bibliography

Blackiston has published four books on cookery, with the fourth arriving in October 2017.

References

References

  1. "The Norfolk Food Hero With The Key To Success In The Restaurant Business".
  2. (1 August 2021). "Britain's 30 best restaurants by the sea".
  3. (17 July 2022). "Beside the seaside: Jay Rayner's 10 best value places to eat around the British coastline".
  4. (22 January 2006). "BBC serves up Queen as prize in chef contest".
  5. (4 August 2022). "North Norfolk 04: Galton Blackiston".
  6. "1 Michelin Star Chefs: Galton Blackiston, chef patron, Morston Hall".
  7. "BBC Two - Country Show Cook Off - Jun Tanaka and Galton Blackiston".
  8. (29 November 2008). "Saturday Kitchen".
  9. (19 July 2021). "My Favourite Game: Galton Blackiston on a destruction derby".
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