Anthony Flinn (born 1980 in
Liverpool
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) is a British chef now based in
Leeds
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. After studying at
Huddersfield Technical College
Kirklees College is a further education college with two main centres in the towns of Dewsbury and Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England.
History
The college was formed on 1 August 2008 after the Dewsbury College Dissolution order approved ...
, he worked at the
Michelin
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-starred restaurant Lords of the Manor, in
Gloucestershire
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The county town is the city of Gl ...
, for two years. Moving on to
Barcelona
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, despite not speaking a word of Spanish, he worked alongside Xavier Pellicer at the Michelin-starred Abac restaurant. From here he moved on to the famous
El Bulli
El Bulli () was a restaurant near the town of Roses, Catalonia, Spain, run by chef Ferran Adrià and driven by the culinary ideas of Albert Adrià. The restaurant overlooked Cala Montjoi, a bay on Catalonia's Costa Brava. It held three Michelin st ...
restaurant, where he worked for two years with
Ferran Adrià
Ferran Adrià i Acosta (; born 14 May 1962) is a Spanish chef. He was the head chef of the ''El Bulli'' restaurant in Roses on the Costa Brava and is considered one of the best chefs in the world. He has often collaborated with his brother, the ...
.
In March 2004, he opened Anthony's Restaurant in Leeds, with the business backing of his father, also called Anthony. He followed it up with two more restaurants, Anthony's at Flannels and Anthony's Patisserie. In November 2008, a fourth restaurant, the Piazza by Anthony, opened in
Leeds Corn Exchange
The Leeds Corn Exchange is a Victorian building and former corn exchange in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, which was completed in 1863. It is a grade I listed building.
History
The Corn exchange was designed by Cuthbert Brodrick, a Hull arc ...
.
Leeds super-chef Anthony Flinn celebrates opening of his new Corn Exchange venture
', Nigel Scott, Yorkshire Evening Post, 25 November 2008 In March 2013 he relocated his eponymous Restaurant to The Leeds Corn Exchange to sit alongside his Piazza Brasserie
[Anthony's Restaurant has some very exciting news to announce]
" Anthony's Company Website, 22 February 2013 All of the restaurants were closed down on 21 June 2013.
Like Adrià and
Heston Blumenthal
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, Flinn has been linked with the
molecular gastronomy
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movement, notably with his use of "
culinary foam". He has disassociated himself with the term however, saying it "gets bandied around too much".
Interview with chef Anthony Flinn
', Caterer Search, 4 September 2008
Although he appeared in the
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Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
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'', he has described himself as "not a TV-style chef", adding "I'm not prepared to sell my soul for TV… I'm not a smiley person and I don't jump around joking about."