Jun Tanaka giving a cooking demonstration, on the Chefs' Stage at the On Blackheath Music Festival 2016
Jun Tanaka (born 18 November 1971) is an American-born Japanese British UK TV chef, best known for presenting Channel 4's Cooking It as well as appearing in Saturday Kitchen on BBC One. He also holds the distinction of being the third Grand Champion of American competitive cooking show Chopped. In 1990, 19-year-old Tanaka's first apprenticeship was at Le Gavroche under the Roux Brothers,[6] and went on to work and train at Chez Nico and The Capital as chef de partie under Philip Britten. He then worked at Les Saveurs as chef de partie under Joel Antunes for two years. He then worked at The Restaurant Marco Pierre White and The Oak Room as a sous chef under Marco Pierre White, before moving to The Square as junior sous chef under Philip Howard and onto Chavot under Eric Chavot as sous chef.[5] In 2004, Tanaka became the executive head chef of the Renaissance London Chancery Court Hotel's Pearl Restaurant and Bar, a fine dining establishment that specialises in French cuisine.[7] In addition to his job as Pearl executive chef, Tanaka partnered with Nottinghill Brassierie's head chef Mark Jankel in 2009 to set up a venture using a street catering van, Street Kitchen, to produce and sell gourmet lunches, using 100% British produce, at various London locations. At the end of 2012, Jun left Pearl to open his own restaurant in central London. The long-awaited opening is slated for November 2015. The name is 'The Ninth', and it is located in the Fitzrovia neighborhood of London. Surrounded by well-known attractions, and near to many other restaurants, the location seems ideal. To the north-west is Madam Tussaud's London, Regents Park and ZSL London Zoo, to the north-east is University College London, to the south-east is the British Museum, and just a short trip to the Royal Opera House, and to the south-west is the London Palladium. The actual address is 22 Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia, London W1T 2NB.
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Location: Blackheath, Lewisham, London, UK
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