Rick Stein Bio | Wiki

Rick Stein is an English celebrity chef, restaurateur, writer, and television presenter. Along with business partner Jill Stein, he has run the Stein hotel and restaurant business in the UK.

The business has a number of renowned restaurants, shops, and hotels in Padstow along with other restaurants in Marlborough, Winchester, and Barnes. Rick is also the head chef and a co-owner of “Rick Stein at Bannisters” at Mollymook and Port Stephens in Australia, with his second wife, Sarah. He has written cookery books and presented television programs.

Rick Stein Age

Rick was born on January 4, 1947, in Churchill, United Kingdom. He is 75 years old.

Rick Stein Height

He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 8 in (Approx. 1.72 m).

Rick Stein Family

He was born and raised in Churchill, Oxfordshire by his parents Eric and Dorothy Stein. Rick grew up on a farm alongside his siblings John, Henrietta, and Janey. In 1965, when he was 18, his father, a retired managing director of The Distillers Company, killed himself by jumping from a cliff, near the family’s holiday home at Trevose Head, after suffering from bipolar disorder. He is of German descent and holds English nationality.

Rick Stein Wife

Rick met his first wife Jill Newstead in Padstow. They married in 1975 and set up their restaurant and hotel business. Rick has three sons with Jill: Edward, Jack, and Charles who are involved in the family business.

He met Sarah Burns, 20 years his junior, in Australia in 1997, when she was a publicity manager for Australia Gourmet Traveller magazine. Rick and Burns had a five-year affair before Jill found out and then divorced Stein in 200, but agreed to continue to run the business together. They married on 7 October 2011.

Rick Stein Education

He attended Wells Court, a preparatory school just outside Tewkesbury, then Wells House, the Court’s bigger sister school at Malvern Wells, and then Uppingham School. Rick took A-levels in English, History, and Geography, but failed all of them. He moved to a cram school in Brighton, gaining E grades in English and History.

He partially completed a hotel management traineeship with British Transport Hotels at its Great Western Royal Hotel in Paddington. Rich worked there as a chef for six months. Being on his own, he read widely, reflected on his attitude to education, and applied successfully to New College, Oxford, where he earned an English degree in 1971. Shortly after that, he moved to Padstow.

Rick Stein Cornwall

Rich was awarded the OBE in the 2003 New Year Honours for services to tourism in Cornwall and the CBE in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to the economy. On 22 June 2020, it was confirmed that his restaurant in Porthleven, Cornwall would close permanently due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The restaurant had been closed since March 2020. In July it was announced that chef Michael Caines would take over the restaurant.

Rick Stein India | Mediterranean Escapes

His shows have included Taste of the Sea, Fruits of the Sea, Seafood Odyssey, Fresh Food, Seafood Lovers’ Guide, Food Heroes, French Odyssey, Mediterranean Escapes, Far Eastern Odyssey, Rick Stein’s Spain, and India. In the last five series, Rick set out in search of the best in the region’s foods.

Rick Stein Long Weekends

In 2016, Rick embarked on a series of weekend culinary adventures around Europe in search of good food, lovely wine, and brilliant recipes, Long Weekends. On his adventures, Rick explores Bordeaux, Berlin, Reykjavik, Vienna, Bologna, Copenhagen, Cadiz, Lisbon, Thessaloniki, and Palermo.

Rick Stein Restaurants  | Barnes

Along with business partner and ex-wife Jill, Rick has run the Stein hotel and restaurant business in the UK. The business has a number of renowned restaurants, shops, and hotels in Padstow along with other restaurants in Marlborough, Winchester, and Barnes. He is also the head chef and a co-owner of “Rick Stein at Bannisters” at Mollymook and Port Stephens in Australia, with his second wife, Sarah

Rick Stein Padstow

After college, Rick converted a mobile disco in Padstow, which he had run as a student, into a quayside nightclub with his friend, Johnny. It became known for its freeze-dried curries. However, the nightclub lost its license and was closed down by the police, mainly due to frequent brawls with local fishermen.

His impact on the economy of Padstow is such that it has been nicknamed “Padstein”. Some of his restaurants in Padstow include The Seafood Restaurant, St. Petroc’s Bistro, Fish & Chips, The Cornish Arms, and Stein’s on the Quay.

Rick Stein Cookbook | Books

Spain 2011
India 2013
Under a Mackerel Sky: A Memoir 2013
Long Weekends 2016
The road to Mexico 2017
Secret France 2019
At Home 2021
My Kitchen Table: 100 Fish and Seafood Recipes 2011
My Favourite Seafood Recipes, 2002

Rick Stein Tv Shows | BBC

Rich has become a popular television presenter on food programs. After appearing once as a guest chef in Keith Floyd’s 1985 series Floyd on Fish and in his 1986 series Floyd on Food, he became offered the chance to present his own series. They include the “travelogue” style of cookery show pioneered by Floyd on BBC television, using Floyd’s producer and director David Pritchard.

This caused some rivalry, even feud, only resolved shortly before Floyd’s death. Rick’s shows have included Taste of the Sea, Fruits of the Sea, Seafood Odyssey, Fresh Food, Seafood Lovers’ Guide, Food Heroes, and French Odyssey among others.

Rick Stein Net Worth

He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Rick’s estimated net worth is $15 million.

Who Is Rick Stein

Rick is an English celebrity chef, restaurateur, writer, and television presenter. Along with business partner Jill Stein, he has run the Stein hotel and restaurant business in the UK.

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