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
Saturday Kitchen Craig Revel Horwood, Gaby Roslin, Danny Wallace, and Paul Young. Saturday Kitchen Saturday Kitchen is a 90-minute cookery programme, predominantly broadcast on BBC One. After a pilot hosted by Ainsley Harriott on 14 April 2001, the show was launched on 26 January 2002 and was originally broadcast as a BBC production for the Open University under an educational remit. It was hosted by Gregg Wallace, then a relatively unknown presenter. He was joined by a celebrity chef each week in a pre-recorded format and with a low budget, utilised archived content from the likes of Keith Floyd and Rick Stein