James Martin (chef) James Martin (chef) James Martin (born 30 June 1972) is a British chef and television presenter, best known for his television work with the BBC and ITV. Martin presented the BBC cookery series "Saturday Kitchen" from 2006 until 2016, before leaving the BBC. More recently, Martin has presented "James Martin's French Adventure" (2017), "Saturday Morning with James Martin" (2017–present) and "James Martin's American Adventure" (2018) for ITV. Martin's family were farmers on the Castle Howard estate and he helped his mother in the kitchen, which started his interest in cuisine. He lived in Welburn, attended Amotherby School in Malton and
Hell's Kitchen (UK TV series) Hell's Kitchen (UK TV series) Hell's Kitchen was a British cookery reality show, aired on ITV, which features prospective chefs competing with each other for a final prize. Four series aired between 2004 to 2009, three presented by Angus Deayton and the most recent by Claudia Winkleman. The show had different formats and different head chefs for each of the first three seasons. The original chef Gordon Ramsay subsequently signed an exclusive United Kingdom contract with Channel 4, ruling out any possibility of him appearing on future episodes of the ITV-produced show. Series 1 of "Hell's Kitchen" in the UK