Marcus Wareing
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Marcus Wareing is an English chef, born in Churchtown, Lancashire. He is currently head chef of two London hotel restaurants - The Grill Room at the Savoy Hotel on the Strand and Pétrus at The Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge.
A protege of Gordon Ramsay, Wareing is recognised as one of the UK's top chefs. Pétrus, which Wareing opened, has been awarded two Michelin stars and five AA Rosettes, while the Savoy Grill achieved its first Michelin star in its 100-plus year history since he took over. In 2004 Marcus Wareing was voted Restaurateur of the Year at the Tatler Restaurant awards.
In 2006, Marcus Wareing and Simon Rimmer represented the North of England in the BBC television series Great British Menu [1]. Wareing beat the Manchester based chef to go on to the final round. In the final the public chose for him to cook his dessert of egg custard tart with Garibaldi biscuits for the Queens 80th birthday banquet which was on the 17th June 2006.
He is married, with two sons.
