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
Chef in charge of all activities related to the kitchen, which usually includes menu creation, management of kitchen staff, ordering and purchasing of inventory, controlling raw material costs and plating design. "Chef de cuisine" is the traditional French term from which the English word chef is derived. "Head chef" is often used to designate someone with the same duties as an executive chef, but there is usually someone in charge of a head chef, possibly making the larger executive decisions such as direction of menu, final authority in staff management decisions, and so on. This is often the case for executive