Marcus Wareing
[3] At a young age, Wareing was informed by his father that the business was no longer viable as schools moved on to using pre-prepared frozen food instead of fresh produce.[1] Wareing also opened an American-style diner at The Savoy called Banquette, and converted the previous Pétrus location into La Fleur.[18] Wareing had previously complained of interference in the kitchen by GRH, and wanted to come out from under Ramsay's shadow,[19] but later admitted that he had engineered the situation so that he could go out on his own.[5] The split with Ramsay and GRH resulted in a public legal battle and feud between the three parties,[19] which when resolved resulted in Wareing stating in an interview for Waitrose Food Illustrated magazine that Ramsay left him bitter and conflicted; "half of me thinks he’s a sad bastard and the other half still adores him.[23] Wareing believes in promoting good quality, seasonal British food in his menus, and using small suppliers.In September 2023, Wareing announced that his Michelin starred restaurant Marcus would close permanently at the end of the year.Wareing was first featured on television in the Channel 4 1999 documentary series Boiling Point, during his time as Gordon Ramsay's sous chef.[26] In 2006, Marcus Wareing and Simon Rimmer represented the North of England in the BBC television series Great British Menu.In the final the public chose for him to cook his dessert of egg custard tart with Garibaldi biscuits for the Queen's 80th birthday banquet which was on 17 June 2006.[1][4] Wareing has continued to be a judge for later seasons for the Great British Menu, something which has occasionally brought him into conflict with one of the chefs Johnnie Mountain.Under his new publisher, HarperCollins he released Marcus at Home (2016), which spent five weeks in The Sunday Times top ten bestseller list (cookery books), and New Classics (2017).[33] During December 2023, Marcus Wareing At Christmas; a ten-part festive cookery series aired on Food Network.