Stephen Terry is a professional

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from

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, who was taught by

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in his kitchen " Harveys" and currently owns, and is Head Chef at, the Hardwick Restaurant in

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, Wales. He has a wife and three children. The Hardwick was awarded a Michelin

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rating in 2011, which was lost in the same year. His restaurant The Hardwick is managed by his wife Joanna, and is unrecognisable from any of his previous restaurants where he was purely the head chef. Terry went into business with Francesco Mattioli and bought

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in Abergavenny (previously run by Italian celebrity chef Franco Taruschio) and gained a Michelin star there. However, they decided to go their separate ways and Terry left the business in Francesco Mattioli's hands. However, with the loss of the Michelin-starred chef, the business began to collapse, which led to an episode of "Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" being filmed there. Terry is mostly known for stints on the

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programme representing Wales in ''

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''. He won in the first round in 2008 against

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, and cooked the fish course at the final banquet. In the 2009 series, he was beaten by

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in the first round.

References

External links

Profile of Stephen Terry on The Hardwick websiteBBC Food bio of Stephen Terry plus some of his recipes
{{DEFAULTSORT:Terry, Stephen Welsh chefs Living people Year of birth missing (living people)