James Martin

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James Martin (born 30 June 1972) is a British chef and television presenter best known for his television appearances with the BBC and ITV. Martin appeared on Saturday Kitchen from 2006 to 2016, before deciding on the BBC, Martin has written James Martin's French Adventure (2017), Saturday Morning with James Martin (2017–present) and James Martin's American Adventure (2018) for ITV.

Early life

Martin's family were farmers on the Castle Howard estate, where he helped his mother with the kitchen, sparking his love of cuisine. He lived in Welburn, United Kingdom, where he attended Amotherby School in Malton and later on, Malton School.

Personal life

Martin obtained a private pilot licence in 2009 and was granted a private pilot license. Cooper and Ralph are Martin's two dogs.

Since 2011, Martin has been in a long-term relationship with his long-time girlfriend Louise Davies, who works as a television actress, a TV show producer since 2011. James Davies on Celebrity Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Martin competed in the 2013 Masters Series in an Appendix K 1964 Mini Cooper S. He won his first race at the Brands Hatch Mini Festival on June 23, 2013 becoming the 2013 Champion of Mini Festival.

Martin also raced a "works" GT Aston Martin at the Aston Martin Centenary Festival in July 2013, where he finished ninth out of 30 racers. He later qualified as a helicopter pilot.

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Career

James Martin trained at Hostellerie De Plaisance, Saint-Émilion, France, and spent two years as a Pastry Chef at Chewton Glen Hotel in the South of England.

In 1996, James Martin: Yorkshire's Finest (set in a multitude of Yorkshire locations with a strong emphasis on Yorkshire cuisine), Ready Steady Cook and The Big Breakfast were among the programs on television.

Martin co-presented BBC Food's Stately Suppers with Alistair Appleton, and later appeared on Channel 4's Richard & Judy, where he would visit a resident of the public's own home who had been nominated to be cooked a 'comfort food' dish. He appeared on the BBC One show Saturday Kitchen from 2006 to 2016.

For Operation Hospital Food, James was given the task of updating the menu and catering services at Scarborough General Hospital in September 2011. The show was recommissioned for a second and third series that were shown on BBC One in 2013 and 2014.

On Watch, The Roux Scholarship was on display in June 2013. Martin, Raymond Blanc, and Angela Hartnett, among other notable chefs, were on the judging panel.

Martin appeared on BBC One in July 2013, alongside Angela Hartnett and Richard Corrigan, on a special version of The Great British Menu. The show was designed to highlight food poverty and featured the chefs' ability to create healthy meals on a budget.

On BBC Two, James Martin's Food Map of Britain premiered in September 2013. There were ten episodes in totality, with each focusing on a different area of the United Kingdom. James investigated each region's produce and created two dishes per episode. On the CBBC channel, he has been a judge on Junior Bake Off since 2013.

Meet the Street, a new daytime show for BBC One, aimed to unite communities and reduce loneliness in October 2014. He appeared on many episodes of The One Show with Alex Jones in 2015. Martin created The Box, a daytime cookery series for BBC One in 2015.

Martin witnessed the death of magazine publisher Dominic De Sousa, whom he had been speaking with just seconds before the tabloid mogul stood up and died in a deadly heart attack in 2015. Martin was impacted by the experience, and it was a determining factor in him later deciding to leave 'Saturday Kitchen.'

Martin performed his first live show around the UK in February and March 2016.

Martin has appeared on Saturday Morning with James Martin, a Saturday morning cookery show on ITV.

Martin wrote a motoring column for The Mail newspaper from 1998 to 2013.

Martin wrote in his column in 2009 that he feared bicycles and delighted in scaring them by riding an electric Tesla Roadster (2008) in a way that shocked a cycling club by banning them from the road. Following criticism from cycling organisations and professionals such as Bradley Wiggins and Stuart O'Grady, he apologized for the remarks. The driving was unlawful and risky, according to complaints.

Martin opened "The Leeds Kitchen" inside the Alea Café in Leeds in 2011. In March 2013, the casino and the restaurant were closing.

He opened a restaurant inside The Talbot Hotel in Malton, North Yorkshire, in 2012. At the end of 2012, the restaurant was named a Michelin star. Food critic Jay Rayner of The Observer reviewed his meal in June 2013 as "three beautifully poised, near to faultless dishes." Martin joined The Talbot in February 2015.

Martin opened James Martin Manchester in September 2013, specialising in modern British cuisine.

There are four branches of James Martin Kitchen bakery and cafe at Stansted and Glasgow airports, including Debenhams in lakeside and Manchester Piccadilly Train Station.

Martin and potato company Albert Bartlett joined together in autumn 2021 to develop the new menu for the launch of the SpudULike by James Martin chain of restaurants. Spudulike's relaunch from 1974 to 2019.

In New Milton, Hampshire, James teaches at The Kitchen – Cookery School at Chewton Glen, a cookery school and a relaxed dining establishment.

Martin launched a line of premium French wines in the village of Névian near Narbonne in the Corbières region in September 2021.

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