John Burton Race

John Burton-Race, successful Michelin Star chef, television personality, restaurateur and sometimes controversial media
personality was born in Singapore in 1957 to a British diplomat
father and spent his formative years travelling the globe, experiencing a multitude of cuisines.

His earliest memories of cooking involve watching and helping the family Chef which is where he discovered both his innate talent and profound passion for food and cooking.

He came up through the ranks of kitchen life, learning and honing his craft for many years starting as an apprentice at the Wessex Hotel
in Winchester and working his way through the tough
hierarchy of a kitchen brigad at restaurants such as Quaglino’s -  Hotel  Meurice London,  Chewton Glen, La Sorbonne Oxford (1*Michelin) ending up at one the true edifices of Michelin cuisine in 1983 under the wing of super chef Raymond Blanc at Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons where he was promoted to  Sous Chef.

When Raymond wanted to open another restaurant in Oxford, Le Petit Blanc he turned to JBR to head both the restaurant and the kitchen and it was here that he won his first Michelin Star.

In 1986 he fulfilled his lifelong dream of opening his own restaurant, L’Ortolan in Berkshire where he achieved his own two Michelin Stars and then went on to mirror this achievement in 2000 at JBR Restaurant at the Landmark Hotel.

In 2002 John moved to France for a year to relearn and discover
ingredients and his love of cooking after many years in the fast lane, it was time to take a step back, spend time with his wife and family and reconnect with a slower pace of life, Channel 4 jumped at the opportunity of a TV show based around his sabbatical which inspired the hugely successful television show "French Leave" which made John and his family a household names. After a year of living and breathing all things French and much inspired by all he had seen and learnt, John moved to Devon in 2004 and opened "The New Angel" in Dartmouth, Devon which was awarded a Michelin Star in 2005 and retained it until his departure in 2010.

Since leaving the New Angel, John has joined Unitas his new management team (unitas-uk.com) and is currently consulting for ‘The Sanctum on the Green’ in Berkshire and My Dining Room in Fulham and he was heading the celebrity kitchen at ‘Grand Design Live in 2011.

John’s media and television career was secured when he entered
the jungle as a contestant in I’m Celebrity Get Me Out Here, a controversial but highly watchable figure where he will best be
remembered for his cool calm demeanour whilst eating various ‘sushi’ delicacies such as crocodile tongue, fish eyes and dried crocodile penis.

JBR is now a household name and almost constantly on television in shows such as Market Kitchen, Daily Cooks Challenge, Kitchen Criminals, Britain’s Best Dish and Country House Cooking.

John will start filming the new series of ‘Britain’s Best Dish – The Professionals’ late August this yearand the programme will go Live, ITV 1, the last week of October leading to the Final on Christmas Eve. The show will be on every weekday (Monday to Friday), with TV coverage of more than 45hrs.

John has also published seven books and is currently planning
to write a biography of his sometimes turbulent and endlessly
fascinating life.

John is married and lives with his wife and son, Suzi and Pip in Devon.

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