Paul Rankin
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Paul Rankin is a celebrity chef from Ballywalter, County Down, Northern Ireland.
He has been a regular chef on the BBC cookery programme Ready Steady Cook. In 1999 Rankin was the first chef from Northern Ireland to be awarded a Michelin Star. He has written five cookery books & runs The Rankin Group chain of restaurants & cafes, including Cayenne and Roscoff in Belfast. His Canadian wife Jeanne introduced him to cooking and is co-owner of their business. They met in Greece while he was backpacking round the world. In 2006 Rankin competed in the Northern Ireland heat of the BBC's Great British Menu, a competition to cook for the Queen on her 80th birthday.
In 2006, Paul appeared on The X Factor: Battle Of The Stars, along with fellow chefs Jean-Christophe Novelli, Aldo Zilli and Ross Burden.
The late Robbie Millar made his name while working at Roscoff.
[edit] Books
- Hot Food (1997)
- Gourmet Ireland (1997)
- Gourmet Ireland 2 (1998)
- Ideal Home Cooking (1998)
- New Irish Cookery (2005)
