Rick Stein didn’t follow the usual route to becoming a top Chef, but with a defunct nightclub on his hands he reopened it as a restaurant, his first foothold in Padstow. Good fortune followed when he was spotted in a Keith Floyd TV programme where he had a slot as guest chef – the rest, they say, is history. Many successful series later, many Padstow properties later he is now able to tell his story from a childhood overshadowed by his Father’s bipolar disorder, the education failures and the flight to Australia through to the success he has worked so hard for.
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'All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.' Rick Stein's childhood in 1950s rural Oxfordshire and North Cornwall was idyllic. His parents were charming and gregarious, their five children much-loved and given freedom typical of the time. As he grew older, the holidays were filled with loud and lively parties in his parents' Cornish barn.
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'All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.' Rick Stein's childhood in 1950s rural Oxfordshire and North Cornwall was idyllic. His parents were charming and gregarious, their five children much-loved and given freedom typical of the time.
Under a Mackerel Sky features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Cookery, Food and Drink, eBooks of the Month, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure, Recommendations
Paperback, Hardback. £13.49, down from the £14.99 cover price. In Stock.
Under a Mackerel Sky was written by Rick Stein and published by Ebury Press
Under a Mackerel Sky has 336 pages
£13.49, reduced from £14.99. In Stock.
