He's one of Liverpool's most accomplished culinary artists, with a restaurant ranked among the upper echelons of British high cuisine - but chef Paul Askew still loves a good Sunday roast and cheesy beans on toast.
The 57-year-old chef has been the patron of The Art School in the city's Georgian Quarter for almost a decade - but his first forays into the world of cookery began when he was just 15, when he started working as a porter at the Thornton Hall Hotel on the Wirral after being inspired by the cuisines of Dubai and Singapore.
He said: "My dad was in the merchant navy, so we spent a lot of time in Dubai and Singapore, which had a very interesting food culture. Singapore was what got me really hooked, going to the fresh fish and produce markets. The culture is very much about dining and celebrating with friends.
