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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
As told to Lucy Pavia

How I Shop with Fred Sirieix: ‘It’s nice to buy stuff from people you know’

Fred Sirieux in a striped yellow and blue polo shirt, surrounded by colourful illustrated food items.

Fred Sirieix shot to fame as the smooth maître d’ on the Channel 4 reality show First Dates. He has presented shows including Million Pound Menu, Gordon, Gino and Fred’s Road Trip, Remarkable Places to Eat, and the travelogue series Tour de Fred, and authored the books Seriously British, Wine Uncorked and First Dates: The Art of Love.

Originally from Limoges, France, Sirieix cut his teeth in a number of top restaurants before becoming general manager of Michelin-starred Galvin at Windows. His charity, The Right Course, which teaches hospitality skills to prisoners, is opening restaurants in three prisons this year. He lives in London with his wife, affectionately nicknamed “Fruitcake”.

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