Optomen to accompany the following programmes: "The F Word", "Great British Menu", "Kitchen Nightmares", "Two Fat Ladies" and "The Naked Chef". The company has won many awards over the years, including an International Emmy, three BAFTAs, three Royal Television Society awards, three Indie awards and two Glenfiddich awards. On 13 August 2010, it was announced that Optomen had been acquired by All3Media in a £40 million takeover. The agreement saw All3Media take control of Optomen along with its New York-based subsidiary Optomen Productions Inc and One Potato Two Potato, which was established as a joint venture with Gordon Ramsay. Optomen Optomen
Tommy Banks (chef) in "Great British Menu". In the final, he won the fish course with a dish entitled 'Preserving The Future'. He also appeared in the programme in 2017 and again won with his fish course of turbot with strawberries and cream. Tommy now regularly appears on "Saturday Kitchen" as a Guest Chef. Tommy Banks (chef) Tommy Banks (born 1989) is a British Michelin Star winning head chef. His restaurant, The Black Swan at Oldstead, was rated the best in the world in 2017 according to TripAdvisor. Banks was born and raised in the small North Yorkshire village of Oldstead. He grew