Mark Broadbent
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Mark Broadbent is a chef who competed on Great British Menu
, and beat reigning champion of the north, Marcus Wareing
, but failed to reach Paris
.
He was born in Rochdale
, Greater Manchester and took his first venture in to cooking when he started at a restaurant in his local area called The Yew Tree.
Mark was executive chef at Oliver Peyton's Isola restaurant before becoming executive head chef at London's Bluebird restaurant in 2004. He left the restaurant in October 2008.
After 4 years at Bluebird, where he received a score of ten out of ten for the provenance of his food from respected critic Giles Coren of The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/giles_coren/article413641.ece he left the restaurant in 2008 and became a consultant for Jonathan Downey, who owns a number of members clubs in London as well as a hotel and bar in Chamonix, France. http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2008/10/24/324226/mark-broadbent-quits-londons-bluebird-restaurant.html. Mark is now cooking modern European cuisine in Chelsea at new restaurant Eighty-Six Fulham Road http://www.86restaurant.co.uk.
Great British Menu
Great British Menu is a BBC television series in which top British chefs compete for the chance to cook one course of a four course banquet. The first series banquet was for the Queen on her 80th birthday. The second series was to cook for the British Ambassador to France at the British Embassy...
, and beat reigning champion of the north, Marcus Wareing
Marcus Wareing
Marcus Wareing , is an English chef, currently Chef Patron of "Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley" in Knightsbridge, and previously the Grill Room at the Savoy Hotel on the Strand....
, but failed to reach Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
He was born in Rochdale
Rochdale
Rochdale is a large market town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the Pennines on the River Roch, north-northwest of Oldham, and north-northeast of the city of Manchester. Rochdale is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan...
, Greater Manchester and took his first venture in to cooking when he started at a restaurant in his local area called The Yew Tree.
Mark was executive chef at Oliver Peyton's Isola restaurant before becoming executive head chef at London's Bluebird restaurant in 2004. He left the restaurant in October 2008.
After 4 years at Bluebird, where he received a score of ten out of ten for the provenance of his food from respected critic Giles Coren of The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/giles_coren/article413641.ece he left the restaurant in 2008 and became a consultant for Jonathan Downey, who owns a number of members clubs in London as well as a hotel and bar in Chamonix, France. http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2008/10/24/324226/mark-broadbent-quits-londons-bluebird-restaurant.html. Mark is now cooking modern European cuisine in Chelsea at new restaurant Eighty-Six Fulham Road http://www.86restaurant.co.uk.