Raymond Blanc

Raymond Blanc
Blanc at the 2019 Chelsea Flower Show
Born (1949-11-19) 19 November 1949 (age 74)
Children2
Culinary career
Cooking styleFrench
Current restaurant(s)
Award(s) won
Websiteraymondblanc.com

Raymond Blanc OBE (born 19 November 1949) is a French chef. Blanc is the chef at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, a hotel-restaurant in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England. The restaurant has two Michelin stars and scored 9/10 in the Good Food Guide. He is entirely self-taught,[1] but has himself taught or employed other chefs including Heston Blumenthal,[2] John Burton-Race,[3] Michael Caines,[4] Paul Liebrandt,[5] and Marco Pierre White.[6]

  1. ^ Hibbert, Christopher (1988). The Encyclopædia of Oxford. London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
  2. ^ Dixon, Rachel (15 August 2008). "Interview: Heston Blumenthal of the Fat Duck on the Good Food Guide 2009". The Guardian.
  3. ^ "John Burton Race recipes - BBC Food". www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Losing power: Michael Caines". BBC News. 29 September 2005.
  5. ^ "Chef Paul Liebrandt of Gilt-New York Rising Star on". Starchefs.com. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Heston Blumenthal Rejects the Claim He Trained Under Marco Pierre White". December 2012.