Derek Brown (editor) explained

Derek Brown (born 1944 or 1945^[1]) is a British food writer and was editor of the Michelin Red Guides; the first non-French person to do so.

Brown attended a hotel school then worked hotel front desks and in restaurants, then became a Michelin Guide reviewer in his early 30s.

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 25 May 2003.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The new Michelin star in an Englishman - Telegraph. Delves Broughton. Philip. 22 February 2003. The Daily Telegraph. 28 August 2014.
2. Web site: Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Derek Brown . . BBC . 18 August 2014.