John Burton Race is a top chef and highly successful restaurateur with a larger-than-life personality. His career as a chef progressed rapidly, and following a stint at Les Manoir aux Quat’Saisons he became head chef of Le Petit Blanc. He opened his own restaurant L’Ortolan in 1986 and then moved to John Burton Race at the Landmark Hotel in 2000 and was awarded two Michelin stars at both restaurants.
John became a television star, firstly in French Leave, which charted the progress of John and his family over a year in rural France and then in Return of the Chef when the family came back to England and settled in Dartmouth where John opened The New Angel which was awarded a Michelin star and the AA Restaurant of the Year award in its first year.
John continued his TV success in 2007 as co-star of BBC2’s Kitchen Criminals and was co-author of the accompanying book First Crack Your Egg. He has also extended his fame through the ITV1 Series ‘I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.’
Currently starting the filming of Britain’s Best Dish 2008 and Celebrity Britain’s Best Dish for ITV John continues his success.
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