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Tanner worked his way up the ranks and on returning to England took a job under 
In Spring 2006, the Tanner brothers opened a second restaurant in Plymouth, The Barbican Kitchen, a brasserie sited within the Plymouth Gin Distillery, a 500-year-old building in the heart of Plymouth's oldest area, The Barbican.
In 2007, the Tanner brothers were awarded
Tanner became a semi-regular guest on ''Great Food Live'' which was shot at the same studios as ''
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James Tanner is an English chef and television personality, best known for co-owning the Tanners Restaurant in Plymouth and cooking on various TV programmes.
In 1999, Tanner and his brother Chris set up Tanners Restaurant in Plymouth. Since then, he has appeared on the
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Early life
The third of four brothers, Tanner was born inMaidstone
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, Kent.
Tanner began his catering career, preparing salads and starters, in "Brookers Oast" a Whitbread Brewers Fayre in Kent in the early 1990s
After studying hotel management
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History and profile
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he worked in the kitchens of several restaurants, often with his older brother, fellow celebrity chef Chris Tanner. Tanner worked his way up through the ranks until he was invited by the Roux brothers, Michel and Albert
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, to move to the US and work in upstate New York, where he was Chef de partie
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at the Lake Placid Lodge. Within four months, he was promoted to junior Sous-chef
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.
Career
Tanner worked his way up the ranks and on returning to England took a job under Martin Blunos
Martin Lauris Blunos (born 11 April 1960) is a British TV chef. Blunos earned two Michelin Guide stars at his restaurant Lettonie, first in Bristol and then in Bath.
Early life and career
His parents came from Latvia to England just after th ...
at the two Michelin-starred
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restaurant Lettonie in Bath before a Head Chef
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role at Right on the Green in Kent.
In 1999, aged 23, Tanner and his brother opened Tanners Restaurant in Plymouth. The restaurant closed in October 2014.
In Spring 2006, the Tanner brothers opened a second restaurant in Plymouth, The Barbican Kitchen, a brasserie sited within the Plymouth Gin Distillery, a 500-year-old building in the heart of Plymouth's oldest area, The Barbican.
In 2007, the Tanner brothers were awarded Honorary Doctorate
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of Arts from Plymouth University. In April 2011, the Tanner brothers opened The Kitchen Cafe, serving snack style foods as an offshoot from the brasserie style cuisine.
In May 2014, the brothers opened a pub called The Kentish Hare in Bidborough
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in Kent. In 2015, they opened a fish and chip restaurant, Catch, in Looe
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in Cornwall.
Television
Tanner's television career began in 2002 when he and his brother made their first TV appearance on a competition called ''Chef Stars'', a promotion run byUKTV Food
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and broadcast predominantly on their now cancelled ''Great Food Live
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''. The brothers, however, did not make it through to the final.
Tanner became a semi-regular guest on ''Great Food Live'' which was shot at the same studios as ''Ready Steady Cook
''Ready Steady Cook'' is a BBC daytime TV cooking game show. It debuted on 24 October 1994 and the last original edition was broadcast on 2 February 2010. The programme was hosted by Fern Britton from 1994 until 2000 when celebrity chef Ainsley ...
''. He was recommended to audition for the show and became a regular. At the heart of his style during his TV appearances is the repetition of his catchphrase "like so", used to make various culinary techniques seem easy, encouraging members of the public to give them a try, and also to assuage viewers' fears of unfamiliar ingredients, as well as "dig down deep".
He appeared in the 2009 series '' Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Food''. From 2010 until 2017, Tanner was a regular chef on the ITV Breakfast
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programme ''Lorraine
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''.
Tanner has occasionally appeared on ''Saturday Kitchen
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History
2002–2003
After a pilot hosted by Ainsley Harriott on 14 April 2001, the ...
''. He made regular appearances in '' Country House Sunday'' as well as a few appearances on ITV's '' Saturday Cookbook'' and '' The Munch Box''. In 2019 Tanner appeared as a chef on Channel 4's '' Beat the Chef''
Books
*''For Chocolate Lovers'' – Published 5 October 2006, co-written by Chris Tanner *''Ice Cream'' – Published 25 March 2008, co-written by Chris Tanner *''James Tanner Takes 5: Delicious Dishes Using Just 5 Ingredients'' – Published 30 September 2010 *''Old Favourites, New Twists: 100 classic recipes with a difference'' – Published 11 July 2013References
External links
James Tanner on Twitter
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Living people
People from Maidstone
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English chefs
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