page_title: James Tanner
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: James Tanner / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Prysten House, Finewell Street, Plymouth Reputedly the oldest surviving domestic building in Plymouth, built in 1498. Currently in use as a restaurant.
context_page_description: James Tanner is an English chef and television personality, best known for co-owning the Tanners Restaurant in Plymouth and cooking on various TV programmes.
  In 1999, Tanner and his brother Chris set up Tanners Restaurant in Plymouth. Since then, he has appeared on the BBC cookery programme Ready Steady Cook and more recently the ITV Breakfast programme Lorraine.
context_section_description: Tanner worked his way up the ranks and on returning to England took a job under Martin Blunos at the two Michelin-starred restaurant Lettonie in Bath before a Head Chef role at Right on the Green in Kent.
  In 1999, aged 23, Tanner and his brother opened Tanners Restaurant in Plymouth. The restaurant closed in October 2014.
  In Spring 2006, the Tanner brothers opened a second restaurant in Plymouth, The Barbican Kitchen, a brasserie sited within the Plymouth Gin Distillery, a 500-year-old building in the heart of Plymouth's oldest area, The Barbican.
  In 2007, the Tanner brothers were awarded Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Plymouth University. In April 2011, the Tanner brothers opened The Kitchen Cafe, serving snack style foods as an offshoot from the brasserie style cuisine.
  In May 2014, the brothers opened a pub called The Kentish Hare in Bidborough in Kent. In 2015, they opened a fish and chip restaurant, Catch, in Looe in Cornwall.
caption: Tanners Restaurant opened in Prysten House in Plymouth in 1999
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