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Gerard Basset

Profile: Gérard Basset was born in France but, a convinced Anglophile, has lived and worked in England since he left school. His original ambition was to become a sommelier, which he did, eventually rising to become head sommelier and Chewton Glen, Hampshire. He was a co-founder of the Hotel du Vin Chain, and when that was sold established a new hotel and restaurant in the New Forest - Terravina. He is several times world and European Champion sommelier, and in 2010 became the world champion. He is also the only man in the world to hold the degrees of MW, MS and the wine MBA. More

Dev Biswal

Profile: Dev Biswal grew up in Calcutta. He trained at the Dubai Sheraton, before moving to London in 2003, aged 26, for spells at Mangoes and Eriki. He is also a director of Quex Park, with responsibility for catering. Quex House, in 1800 acres of countryside in Birchington, is home to the Powell-Cotton Museum. Dev has declared war on poppadums and curry and is on a mission to drag Indian restaurants out of their "1940s time bubble" and cheap fast food mentality. More

Heston Blumenthal

Profile: Having worked with Heston at the end of February, we are close to arranging more time with the most talked about chef in Britain.

Extremely limited interview options available (subject to Heston's approval), so please contact us for more details.

Heston's new TV programme 'Heston's Mission Impossible' sees the 45-year-old take on some of the country's most established institutions, from the NHS to big-screen cinemas!
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Ranjit Singh Boparan

Profile: Ranjit Singh Boparan is a food entrepreneur. He bought out Harry Ramsden fish 'n' chip chain and is the founder and chief executive of 2 Sisters, one of the largest UK processors of raw chicken. More

Helen Browning

Profile: Helen Browning owns Helen Browning Organics, one of the UK's first organic farms, which is based in Swindon. Hugely successful despite the recession, Helen took on her village pub three years ago and has turned it into a community food hub. Works full-time for the National Trust as external affairs director. More

Nick Coffer

Profile: After his business fell victim to the economic downturn, life-long foodie Nick Coffer found a way to turn his passion for cooking into a thriving enterprise. Assisted by his son and eager apprentice, toddler Archie, Coffer creates his own family-friendly recipes and shares these with a global audience via his video blog, My Daddy Cooks. The popularity of the blog has catapulted Coffer and his son into the limelight and Coffer has now put together a cookbook featuring favourite dishes from the blog and more than 90 new family-friendly recipes, called with the same title as his 'vlog'. My Daddy Cooks.  More

Gino D'Acampo

Profile: A popular regular on UK cookery shows, Gino was born in Torre del Greco, Napoli and arrived in England in 1995, where he worked at The Orchard Restaurant in Hampstead and the Cambio Restaurant in Guildford. An involvement with the 'wrong people' landed him a spell at Her Majesty's Pleasure but the sojourn resolved his mind and set him on a new course to succeed. Gino is now the owner of a leading supplier of Italian ingredients to the UK food industry (Bontà Italia Ltd). His particular skill in making tasty food in a simple way, led to his first TV engagement with UK TV Food as a guest on Great Food Live. He was an immediate success. More

Mat Follas

Profile: Mat Follas was the winner of the BBC's Masterchef programme in 2009. He was born in the UK, but grew up in New Zealand. Since winning the prestigious accolade, he opened his own restaurant 'The Wild Garlic' in Dorset. More

Peter Gordon

Profile: Celebrity chef Peter Gordon shot to fame as the multi-award winning chef/co-owner of The Providores and Tapa Room in Marylebone which has won an army of admirers and a string of awards including the much coveted Square Meal Best New Restaurant award. He has written several successful books and is a food consultant for Marks & Spencers. Born in New Zealand. More

Andrew Hirsch

Profile: Andrew Hirsch is CEO of award-winning John Brown Media, a highly successful customer publishing group with some very high-profile clients: Waitrose, Virgin Group, John Lewis, Jaguar Cars, Disney, Aston Martin, Sky, and many more. The company are the world's leading contract publisher and Andrew is renowned for his wealth of industry insight across many sectors. More

Annabel Karmel

Profile: Annabel Karmel MBE is the UK's leading authority on cooking for babies and children, and is the bestselling author of seventeen books on childrens food and nutrition. Karmel, a mother of three, is a publishing phenomenon - her books have sold over three million copies worldwide. Her Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner has become the authoritative guide on feeding babies and children and is regularly in the top five cookery titles. In 2010, she launched four new titles, including The Annabel Karmel Family Cookbook. In 2011, she launched her TV programme, 'Annabel's Kitchen' on CITV and ITV1. She is the perfect interviewee for every aspect of children's food and nutrition, from simple recipes to the best way to feed fussy eaters. More

Tim Lovejoy

Profile: Tim Lovejoy is a broadcaster and presenter, made famous by the Sky show Soccer AM, but having now moved on to new projects including 6-0-6 radio and Sunday morning magazine-style show Something For The Weekend. Tim has penned three books, exploring his love for football and food. More

James Martin

Profile: Interview Hub has secured some exclusive interview time with the Saturday morning sorcerer himself, James Martin. We are now taking commissions for exclusive, bespoke interviews, to be conducted by our journalist in the third week of March. If your title is interested, contact us through the site for details. High-quality print-ready images available free-of-charge. James is from north Yorkshire, has his own product range, and has admitted a passion for fast cars. Pricing for this interview tbc, but below the average NUJ rate of 23p per word. More

Michael Caines MBE

Profile: Michael Caines MBE is a two-Michelin-starred chef at Gidleigh Park, Devon, and also oversees the Michael Caines chain of restaurants in the Abode Hotel Group. After a distinguished career at iconic restaurants in the UK and France he was appointed head chef at Gidleigh in 1994, but lost his right arm in a road accident just a few weeks later. Undaunted, he returned to the kitchen full-time four weeks after the accident, and subsequently won the second Michelin star in 1999. He was Chef of the Year in 2001 and comes from Exeter. More

Barry McGuigan

Profile: Barry is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame having fought at featherweight until his retirement in 1989. He has since forged a career as a sports pundit and also appeared in ITV's Hell's Kitchen. He also professes a significant in etymology, the study of insects. More

Jim Murray

Profile: A staunch fan of Millwall FC, Jim Murray is billed as ‘the world’s only full-time whisky writer’ and publishes an annual Whisky Bible reviewing whiskies from all over the world, including Japan, India, China and Australia as well as Scotland, Ireland and America. He divides his time between homes in England and Kentucky, and has three times been awarded the title of Whisky Writer of the Year. He also works as a consultant whisky blender and sits as a chairman on the panel of the International Wine ad Spirit Competition. More

Jean-Christophe Novelli

Profile: Jean-Christophe Novelli is a well-known UK-based chef who runs a chain of successful restaurants in the south of England. The Frenchman has been involved in extensive television work and also hosts private culinary tuition classes, celebrating primarily the importance and resourcefulness of local and organic food. More

Nathan Outlaw

Profile: Nathan has become a household name through his years of cooking at a high level. He has two restaurants at St Enodoc hotel that offer both simple and contemporary dishes. He is a Cornwall-based Michelin-starred chef who has appeared on Market Kitchen, Great British Menu and Saturday Kitchen, as well as appearing in top 10 of the 2010 Good Food Guid. More

Pekka Pesonen

Profile: Pekka Pesonen is Secretary-General of the European farmer union Copa–Cogeca. More

Richard Phillips

Profile: When he's not running award-winning restaurants and appearing on our screens, popular TV Chef Richard Phillips is championing Kent produce.  More

Paul Rankin

Profile: A well-respected celebrity chef, Paul Rankin is a regular on cookery shows such as Saturday Kitchen, Market Kitchen and Ready Steady Cook. He runs the Cayenne restaurant in his native Belfast, and overhauling the menus at a Belfast Care Home for the elderly led to him addressing conferences and events for care industry professionals. More

Levi Roots

Profile: Levi Roots is a cook, entrepreneur and musician and his rise to fame is one of the UK’s most heart-warming business success stories. He has released a book and has hosted his own cooking show on TV. More

Michel Roux

Profile: The Roux Scholarship celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2008, and has become the most coveted prize for young chefs in the UK and Ireland. Founded by Michel Roux of The Waterside Inn, Bray, along with his brother Albert of Le Gavroche, London, the competition is as tough as it gets and offers as the main prize an opportunity to work a three-month stage at any 3-star Michelin restaurant in the world. Interview slot available with Michel and, potentially, a couple of the winners - Sat Bains (of Great British Menu fame) and the first ever winner, Andrew Fairlie (of Gleneagles). More

Stacie Stewart

Profile: Owner of The Beehive Bakery, Stacie is a rising star of TV cookery, destined to be the next big thing in 2011 and beyond. One of the highlights of Masterchef 2010, she’s a frequent face on This Morning, and a regular at the Good Food Show and the Ideal Home Exhibition. More

Mich Turner

Profile: Mich Turner is best known as founder of The Little Venice Cake Company and won the Harpers Bazaar & Chanel Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2006. She has written three books and boasts a client list that includes Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Gordon Ramsay, David Beckham and Paul McCartney. Mich has also enjoyed extensive TV work, including Heston Blumental's Feast and Saturday Night Takeaway. Comes from Devon. More

Martin Wishart

Profile: One of Scotland's finest chefs based at his Michelin-starred Martin Wishart in Edinburgh. Part of the restaurant renaissance in the Scottish capital. More

Aldo Zilli

Profile: Aldo Zilli is chef patron of the Zilli Fish group and is one of Soho's most flamboyant restaurateurs. Owner of Zilli Fish (the flagship restaurant), Zilli Café, Zilli Green and Zilli Bar, Aldo is a regular face on Ready Steady Cook while holiday company Thomson's range of in-flight food all comes from the Zilli stable. More