“Unless its Michelin-starred food, people wont pay top dollar for top food so its hard to do good old-fashioned French cooking and get people to pay for it.”

English celebrity chef, restaurateur, writer and television presenter

Rick Stein is an English celebrity chef, restaurateur, writer and television presenter. He runs the Stein hotel and restaurant business in the UK, and was closely involved in it with his first wife, Jill Stein. He has 100 quotes on the site. His restaurants include several well known venues in Padstow, as well as restaurants in Winchester and Barnes. He is also head chef and co-owner of Rick Stein at Bannisters in Mollymook and Port Stephens, Australia, with his second wife, Sarah. Beyond the kitchens, he writes cookery books and has presented many BBC cookery series.