Rick Stein's Coast to Coast
Rick Stein's passion for using good quality local produce and his talent  for creating delicious flavour combinations in his books and  restaurants have won him a host of awards, accolades and fans. As well  as presenting a number of television series, he has published many best-selling cookery books, including French Odyssey, Mediterranean Escapes, Far Eastern Odyssey and Spain. Rick  is a firm supporter of sustainable farming and fishing techniques,  which he strives to maintain in Padstow, Cornwall, where he runs four  acclaimed restaurants and a seafood cookery school, as well as a  delicatessen and patisserie. In 2003 Rick was awarded an OBE for  services to West Country tourism. He divides his time between Padstow  and Australia, where he opened a restaurant, Rick Stein at Bannister's, in 2009.