Marco Pierre White Marco Pierre White Marco Pierre White (born 11 December 1961) is a British chef, restaurateur, and television personality from Leeds. White has been dubbed the first celebrity chef, and the "enfant terrible" of the UK restaurant scene. He was called the godfather of modern cooking by Australian "MasterChef" (Season 4, Episode 53). White was the youngest chef ever to have been awarded three Michelin stars. He has trained notable chefs such as Mario Batali, Gordon Ramsay, Curtis Stone and Shannon Bennett. White was the third of four boys born to English chef Frank White and Maria-Rosa Gallina, an Italian emigrant
Phil Vickery (chef) Phil Vickery (chef) Philip Vickery (born 2 May 1961) is an English celebrity chef. He is best known for working on ITV's "This Morning", where he has been the Chef since 2006. Vickery followed Gary Rhodes as head chef of the Castle Hotel, Taunton, Somerset, which at the time held a Michelin Star. It lost its Michelin status under Vickery, but retained its 4 AA rosettes, while he gained the "AA Chef of the Year". Vickery regained the Michelin star, re-awarded for four consecutive years from 1994 to 1997. Vickery has written twelve books. The first, "Just Food", was published