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Television Personalities - Chefs

Food glorious food. We need food to survive. And we like nothing more than watching food being made by our famous television chefs. Whether it be home comfort food or elaborate flamboyant puddings, we'll watch them make it!

See how much you know about the following ten chefs by having a bash at the quiz.

  1. How many Michelin stars has Gordon Ramsay been awarded?

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    • Born: 8 November 1966
    • Place: Johnstone, Scotland
    • Nationality: Scottish
    • He is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur
    • Gordon has presented various programmes to include Hell's Kitchen and Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares
    • He has also become infamous for his fiery temperament and use of expletives
    • He is married to Cayetana Elizabeth Hutcheson and has five children
    • He fulfilled his aim of finishing 10 marathons in 10 years running for the Scottish Spina Bifida Association

  2. Which rock group was Keith Floyd a big fan of?

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    • Born: 20 December 1943
    • Place: Reading Berkshire
    • Nationality: British
    • He was brought up in a council house
    • By 1971, Floyd had acquired three restaurants in Bristol
    • He became well known for cooking with a glass of wine in one hand
    • Floyd had a bistro bar named after him on the island of Koh Samui, Thailand

  3. Between 1993-1998, Delia Smith worked as a consultant for which supermarket?

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    • Born: 18 June 1941
    • Place: Woking, Surrey
    • Nationality: British
    • She is an English cook and television presenter
    • Delia is the UK's best-selling cookery author, with more than 21 million copies sold
    • She is also famous for her role as joint majority shareholder at Norwich City F.C.
    • Delia has an OBE and a CBE
    • She left school at 16 without a single O-level
    • She started as a washer-upper, then moved on to waitressing

  4. In Cook on the Wild Side, what nickname was given to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

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    • Born: 14 January 1965
    • Place: London
    • Nationality: British
    • He is best known for being the lead personality in the River Cottage series
    • He was educated at Eton College and St. Peter's College, Oxford, where he read philosophy and psychology
    • He has helped develop Stinger, a nettle-flavoured ale
    • In 2009, Hugh became a patron of ChildHope UK
    • After graduating from university, he began a career in conservation work in Africa

  5. Rick Stein used to be accompanied on his televisions shows by his Jack Russell Terrier. What was his name?

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    • Born: 4 January 1947
    • Place: Oxfordshire
    • Nationality: British
    • He is an English chef, restaurateur and television presenter
    • He owns four restaurants in Padstow and a fish & chip shop in Falmouth
    • Stein has written 11 cookery books
    • He is of German descent
    • Rick is the uncle of Radio 1 and nightclub DJ Judge Jules
    • He resides between England and Sydney
    • Stein was awarded the OBE in the 2003 New Year Honours list

  6. What is the name of James Martin's restaurant opened in 2011?

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    • Born: 30 June 1952
    • Place: Malton, North Yorkshire
    • Nationality: British
    • One of his first TV appearances was in 'James Martin: Yorkshire's Finest'
    • He came to wider public attention on the BBC2 programme Ready Steady Cook
    • Martin appeared on Blue Peter in April 2007 on Can You Cook It?
    • He filmed a 30-part series for the BBC in 2007 called Eating with the Enemy
    • He writes a motoring column for UK newspaper The Mail on Sunday
    • He has a passion for performance cars

  7. In which county is Raymond Blanc's Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons?

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    • Born: 19 November 1949
    • Place: Besançon, France
    • Nationality: French
    • He is the owner and chef at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons
    • He is entirely self-taught
    • He is the author of several books
    • In 1981, Blanc opened a chain of boulangeries and pâtisseries called Maison Blanc that also contain cafès

  8. In which London building is Gary Rhodes' Twenty Four restaurant?

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    • Born: 22 April 1960
    • Place: South London
    • Nationality: British
    • He is known for his love of British cuisine and distinctive spiked hair style (which has since been shaved off)
    • His first job was at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel
    • He retained the Castle Hotel, Taunton's Michelin star, at just 26 years of age
    • Gary is based primarily at Rhodes Twenty Four in one of London's tallest buildings
    • He was created an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) on 17 June 2006

  9. What is Nigella Lawson's middle name?

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    • Born: 6 January 1960
    • Place: London
    • Nationality: British
    • She is an English food writer, journalist and broadcaster
    • She is the daughter of Nigel Lawson, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer
    • Nigella started a career as a freelance journalist, writing for a number of newspapers and magazines
    • Her own cookware range, Living Kitchen, has a value of £7 million
    • Well known for her flirtatious manner of presenting, she has been called the 'queen of food porn'
    • She is neither a trained chef nor cook

  10. What was unusual about Antony Worrall Thompson's restaurant Ménage à Trois?

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    • Born: 1 May 1951
    • Place: Stratford Upon Avon
    • Nationality: British
    • His parents were actor Michael Ingham and actress Joanna Duncan
    • He became head chef after one year at Brinkley's Restaurant
    • He opened his first restaurant - Ménage à Trois - in Knightsbridge in 1981
    • In June 2008 he made a guest appearance on ITV soap Emmerdale
    • Antony is a patron of FOREST, a UK-based pro-smoking lobby
    • His Godfather is the Welsh actor Richard Burton
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