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Nick Nairn (born 12 January 1959) is a Scottish
celebrity chef A celebrity chef is a kitchen chef who has become a celebrity. Today, chefs often become celebrities by presenting cookery advice and demonstrations, usually through the media of television and radio, or in printed publications. While television ...
. He became the youngest Scottish chef to win a Michelin star in the early 1990s.


Early life

Nairn was born in
Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...
in January 1959 and grew up in the village of
Port of Menteith Port of Menteith ( gd, Port Loch Innis Mo Cholmaig) is a village and civil parish in the Stirling district of Scotland, the only significant settlement on the Lake of Menteith. It was established as a burgh of barony, then named simply Port ( g ...
in
Stirlingshire Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling, gd, Siorrachd Sruighlea) is a Counties of Scotland, historic county and registration countyRegisters of Scotland. Publications, leaflets, Land Register Counties. of Scotland. Its county town is Stirli ...
. He attended McLaren High School in
Callander Callander (; gd, Calasraid) is a small town in the council area of Stirling, Scotland, situated on the River Teith. The town is located in the historic county of Perthshire and is a popular tourist stop to and from the Highlands. The town ser ...
Nicholas Cameron Abell Nairn
Frost's Scottish who's who. Retrieved 2012-04-09. before joining the merchant navy at the age of 17 in 1976.Nick Nairn Esq.
DeBretts. Retrieved 2012-04-09. He studied at the
Glasgow College of Nautical Studies Glasgow College of Nautical Studies was a further education college of nautical and maritime studies, and a provider of marine and offshore training courses. On 26 March 2009, it was announced that the college would merge with the Central Colle ...
and served in the Merchant Navy until 1983.Battle of pots and pans: famous chefs go head to head as Ramsay comes north
Daily Record, 2011-03-16. Retrieved 2012-04-09. He now lives in
Bridge of Allan Bridge of Allan ( sco, Brig Allan, gd, Drochaid Ailein), also known colloquially as ''Bofa'', is a town in the Stirling council area in Scotland, just north of the city of Stirling. Overlooked by the National Wallace Monument, it lies on the ...
.


Work

Despite a lack of formal training, he opened his first restaurant, Braeval near
Aberfoyle Aberfoyle may refer to: *Aberfoyle, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland *Aberfoyle, Stirling, Scotland * Aberfoyle, Ontario, Canada *Aberfoyle, Texas Aberfoyle is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas, Hunt Count ...
, in 1986.Chef and football legend honoured
BBC News website, 2007-06-28. Retrieved 2012-04-09.Nick Nairn
Good Food Channel profile. Retrieved 2012-04-09. The restaurant won a Michelin star in 1991,Nick Nairn
BBC Good Food profile. Retrieved 2012-04-09. making Nairn the youngest Scottish chef to win a star.Nick Nairn
BBC Food profile. Retrieved 2012-04-09. Nairn went on to open Nairns restaurant in
Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
in 1998 and a cook school in 2000 at Lake of Menteith. In 2003, he sold his restaurant in Glasgow to concentrate on the cookery school, although he also undertakes a range of corporate work. In 2012 he opened his second cook school, which is located in
Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
.Celebrity chef Nick Nairn opens new cookery school in Scotland
STV News. Retrieved 2013-02-20. Nairn was a regular chef on
BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC 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. ...
...
's popular ''
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 ...
'' from 1995 and presented the Wild Harvest and Island Harvest television programmes in 1996 and 1997. He has written a number of books and columns for newspapers and magazines and has appeared on a range of television programmes, including a stint as the main presenter on the
BBC Scotland BBC Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: ''BBC Alba'') is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland. It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Ireland. I ...
programme ''
Landward ''Landward'' is a long-running Scottish television programme focusing on agricultural and rural issues, produced and broadcast by BBC Scotland. Overview BBC Scotland had first produced its own farming programme, ''Farm Forum'', in 1965. This w ...
'' from 2007 to 2009.Press Office – Nick Nairn serves up new-look Landward
BBC, 2007-06-01. Retrieved 2011-04-28. In 2008 he defeated Tom Lewis in the Scottish heat of the
BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC 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. ...
...
television series
Great British Menu ''Great British Menu'' is a BBC television series in which top British chefs compete for the chance to cook one course of a four-course banquet. Format Series one and two were presented by Jennie Bond, the former BBC Royal correspondent, whe ...
. He went on to cook a main course of
roe Roe ( ) or hard roe is the fully ripe internal egg masses in the ovaries, or the released external egg masses, of fish and certain marine animals such as shrimp, scallop, sea urchins and squid. As a seafood, roe is used both as a cooked in ...
venison for
Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...
and 250 guests at the Mansion House for her official 80th birthday celebration. Nairn was awarded an honorary doctorate by the
University of Stirling The University of Stirling (, gd, Oilthigh Shruighlea (abbreviated as Stir or Shruiglea, in post-nominals) is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by royal charter in 1967. It is located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built w ...
in 2007 for his contributions to Scottish cooking and healthy eating campaigns.TV chef Nick Nairn and Footballer Alan Hansen among Stirling summer honours
University of Stirling, June 2007. Retrieved 2012-04-09. He was awarded a second honorary doctorate from
Abertay University , mottoeng = "Blessed is the one who finds wisdom." , established = 1994 – granted University Status 1888 – Dundee Institute of Technology , type = Public , chancellor = Alice Brown , principal = Liz Bacon , head_label = Chair of C ...
in June 2016. In December 2017 Nairn was the victim of an assault in Aberdeen. On 28 August 2021, a huge fire on a Saturday evening damaged his restaurant, Nick's, in Stirling. No casualties were reported.


References


External links


Link to Nick Nairn's cookery school website

Jisc listing of all of his publications

Nick Nairn plans to open his 2nd cookery school in Inchmarlo, Aberdeenshire
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