Rick Stein's passion for using good-quality local produce and his talent for creating delicious
recipes in his books and restaurants have won him a host of awards accolades and fans. As well
as presenting a number of television series he has published many best-selling cookery books
including French Odyssey Coast to Coast Far Eastern Odyssey Rick Stein's Long Weekends and
Rick Stein¿s India. Rick has always believed in showcasing local seafood and farm produce in
his four restaurants in Padstow Cornwall where he also has a cookery school food shops and a
pub in the nearby village of St Merryn. In 2018 Rick was awarded an CBE for services to the
economy. He divides his time between Padstow London and Australia where he also has two
seafood restaurants by the sea in Mollymook and Port Stephens NSW.
