Raymond Blanc

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Raymond Blanc (born November 19, 1949) is a French chef, born in Besançon, France, and now based in the United Kingdom.

Blanc is the owner and chef at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, a hotel-restaurant in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England. The restaurant has two Michelin stars and scores 9/10 in the Good Food Guide.

Blanc opened the first of a chain of smaller restaurants, Le Petit Blanc restaurants in Oxford in June 1996. Blanc's aim with these was to bring the French philosophy of "good food being central to good living" to the UK. His desire was to create and serve food that can be enjoyed by everyone - "from the time conscious business person to those looking for a welcoming family restaurant".

In June 2003, the four Le Petit Blanc Brasseries [1] in Birmingham, Cheltenham, Manchester and Oxford became part of the Loch Fyne Restaurant Group [2] portfolio, since when a fifth restaurant has opened in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Blanc maintains a share in the business and continues to be actively involved creating new menus, developing the chef and kitchen teams and participating in the promotion of the restaurants.

On 13th January 2007, he appeared on Saturday Kitchen. In the Omelette Challenge, he came out last because he took the longest to cook an omelette. However, he was nudged up a few places by James Martin (chef), right above Ken Hom, as Blanc produced a black truffle out of his pocket and garnished the finished omelette with truffle shavings.

Blanc is the author of several books, including Cooking for Friends and Foolproof French Cookery.


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