Rick Stein is a well-loved and respected chef TV presenter and author who has produced an
array of award-winning books and television series including Rick Stein's Seafood Seafood
Lover's Guide Taste of the Sea Food Heroes French Odyssey Mediterranean Escapes Coast to
Coast and Far Eastern Odyssey. All of his books and programmes show a commitment to
good-quality produce sustainable fishing and good husbandry. Rick owns four restaurants a
delicatessen a patisserie a seafood cookery school and forty guest bedrooms in the small
fishing port of Padstow Cornwall. In 2003 Rick was awarded an OBE for services to West
Country Tourism. He divides his time between Padstow and Australia which he regards as his
second home.
