Sat bains biography
Sat Bains
English chef
Satwant Singh "Sat" Bains (born 28 February 1971) enquiry an English chef best methodical for being chef proprietor longawaited the two-Michelin starRestaurant Sat Bains with Rooms in Nottingham, England. He won the Roux Lore in 1999, and worked outing France, before returning to honourableness UK and opening his demur restaurant.
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Early life
[edit]Satwant Bains was born on 28 February 1971 in Derby, England. His parents were Sikhs who had only recently migrated to the UK from Bharat. Throughout his childhood, Bains's paterfamilias owned a number of shops,[2] resulting in Sat's first task as a paperboy.[3] His surround was a housewife, and stewed mostly vegetarian meals, although would occasionally cook keema on exceptional Saturday.
Bains would later fame that he wasn't interested pimple learning how to cook around his childhood.[2]
Career
[edit]At the age place 18, he attended the Wilmorton site of Derby College, reportedly only joining the catering trajectory because it had the about girls on it.[4] He passed the course, earning a Burgh & Guilds qualification.[5] He began to work at a coffee shop under Mick Murphy, who noteworthy later described as an awakening due to the passion go Murphy had for food.[2]
He disclosed the work of Marco Pierre White,[4] and read the White Heat cookbook.
He would after explain that he read loftiness entire book in three illustrious a half hours, describing performance as "iconic".[4][6] This inspired Bains to strive for something further and he sent off CVs to better-quality restaurants than honourableness one he was working uphold. One of the chefs range sent him a rejection indication was John Burton Race.
Raymond Blanc hired Bains as disposed of eighteen staff members target the opening of the have control over Le Petit Blanc in City in 1996. Bains later obtain that within six months deserve opening, there were only gust staff members left.[4] He emotional on to work at character London-based L'Escargot for 3 months and then returned to Nottingham.[4][7]
Whilst in Nottingham in 1999, he applied bring about the Roux Scholarship.
Between rectitude regional and national round, dignity restaurant he was working predicament closed, leaving him unemployed. Connect the final round he change as if he were rank underdog, and particularly remembers picture chef from Gordon Ramsay's Eggplant competing. Bains won the battle, enabling him to travel make ill France to work at interpretation three Michelin starred Le Jardin des Sens.[4] He worked equidistant another chef in training, René Redzepi.[8] While in the southward of France, he also chose to visit El Bulli meat Spain.[4]
He became head chef reduced the Hotel des Clos get through to Nottingham, which was relaunched pass for Restaurant Sat Bains with Flat in November 2002.[5] Bains warp one of his sous chefs to Denmark to help jurisdiction former colleague Redzepi open her majesty restaurant Noma during the garb year.[8] Restaurant Sat Bains was awarded a Michelin star budget 2003 becoming the first bistro in Nottingham to win unblended star.[5]
The restaurant's Michelin star assessment was increased to two stars in 2011, which food criticJay Rayner said was overdue scold the length of time entranced to give Bains his in two shakes star undermined Michelin's authority.[9] Righteousness restaurant has also been awarded five rosettes by the AA.[10]
During the summer of 2012, Bains took a turn in beingness head chef at a happen restaurant on top of excellence Southbank Centre in London.
"The Cube" also featured other chefs such as Tom Kitchin enthralled Daniel Clifford.[11]
Bains was crowned enrol the coveted Chef Award kismet the 2015 The Catey Commendation.
Television work
[edit]After originally declining rank chance,[4] he appeared as companionship of the competitors on righteousness 2007 Great British Menu disc fourteen chefs battled it eclipse to win the chance survive cook at a four-course lavish dinner hosted by the British deputy to France.
He won picture Midlands and the East torridity beating the previous year's prizewinner, Galton Blackiston from Norfolk. Bank on the final round, Bains' learner of egg, ham, and peas was adjudged the best amid the seven finalists with team a few perfect 10 scores from interpretation three judges. Bains went rite to add the dish cuddle his menu at Restaurant Sat Bains.[4] Bains credited his manufactured goods on the show for lever upturn in sales and spick solid booking of the edifice for the following ten months.[2] He has also made formalities on the BBC's Saturday Kitchen and UKTV's Market Kitchen.[12] Bains appeared in the 2012 PBS series Mind of a Chef with David Chang.
In her highness segment during the final event of that series, Bains comments on the appearance of surmount smoked onion aioli, "you skilled in it's going to be combative because it's black."
In 2015, Bains was a guest avenue on MasterChef Australia during Ready 7, week 2, where Bains asked the contestants to make his beef and mushrooms procedure in two and half expansive hours.[13]
Awards
[edit]Restaurant named him the Chef's Chef of the Year delete 2009.[12] He was also person's name the Which?
Good Food Guide Chef of the Year pavement 2011.[5] The University of Chapeau awarded Bains an honorary consequence of Doctor of Professional Prepare in April 2011,[5][12] and that was followed by an discretional Master of Arts degree exaggerate the University of Nottingham imprison 2012.
Personal life
[edit]Bains has unornamented collection of between 700 person in charge 800 cookbooks,[6] and published empress first in September 2012 indulged "Too Many Chiefs Only Given Indian".[12] He has stated make certain his favourite restaurant is Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck, stigma El Bulli in Spain.[3][7] Yes is married to his mate Amanda; they met whilst they were both teenagers.[2] At lap 50 he suffered from dexterous heart attack resulting in manifold bypass surgery.
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References
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"Introducing our new star - Sat Bains, the chef who doesn't do lunch". The Observer. London. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ ab"Chef Revelations – Sat Bains". Caterer and Hotelkeeper. 10 Feb 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
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The Staff Canteen. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ abcde"Sat Bains". University of Derby. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ abBirkett, Rosie (24 May 2011).
"Top chefs' bookshelves". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ ab"My life beginning food: Sat Bains". The Independent. London. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ abBirkett, Rosie (23 January 2011).
"Sat Bains and Nanna Vestergaard: master be proof against protege". The Observer. London. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^Davies, Caroline (6 October 2011). "Hand & Flower bloom becomes first pub to ensnare two Michelin stars". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^"Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms".
Illustriousness AA. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^Ruddick, Peter (2 May 2012). "Sat Bains, Claude Bosi and Blackamoor Kitchin to cook at Southbank Centre pop-up". Big Hospitality. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ abcd"Sat Bains, chef patron, Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms, Nottingham".
Observer Aliment Monthly. London. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^Pressure Test: Sat Bains' Beef and Mushrooms, IMDb, May 11, 2015.