Galton Blackiston Explained

Galton Blackiston
Birth Date:	13 August 1962
Birth Place:	Norfolk, England
Education:	Hainford School Norfolk
Restaurants:	Morston Hall
Television:	Saturday Kitchen 10 Mile Menu Great British Menu
Awards:	Chef of the Year Good Hotel Guide Hotel of Year
Website:	http://www.galtonblackiston.co.uk/

Galton Blackiston is an English chef, born in Norfolk. The restaurant of his hotel, Morston Hall, Holt in Morston, is Michelin starred and has 4 AA Rosettes. It is on the north Norfolk coast, two miles from Blakeney. His unusual first name is a tribute to his relative Sir Francis Galton.

Blackiston has never trained formally as a chef. After leaving school at 16 to play cricket, he was encouraged by his mother to set up a market stall selling homemade baked goods, "Galton's Goodies". His first job in a restaurant was at John Tovey's Miller Howe country hotel in Windermere, the Lake District.^[1]

In 2013, Blackiston started No 1 Cromer, a fish and chip shop in Cromer.^{[2] [3]}

Television

Blackiston represented the Midlands and East of England in the BBC's Great British Menu,^[4] knocking out celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson to gain a place in the final.^[5] In 2007, he appeared on the television programme Food Poker.^[6]

Personal life

Blackiston supports Norwich City F.C.^[7]

Bibliography

Blackiston has published four books on cookery, with the fourth arriving in October 2017.

• Book: Blackiston, Galton. Cooking at Morston Hall . 2002 . Navigator Guides . 1-903872-04-9 .
• Book: Blackiston, Galton . A Return to Real Cooking . 2006. Navigator Guides . 1-903872-19-7 .
• Book: Blackiston, Galton . Summertime . 2009. Virgin Books . 978-1-905264-63-6 .
• Book: Blackiston, Galton . Hook Line and Sinker: A Seafood Cook Book . 2017. Face . 978-0-955893-05-6 .

External links

• Bio at BBC Food
• Galton Blackiston's official site
• Morston Hall Hotel
• Bio info at Waitrose.com review

Notes and References

1. Web site: Coleman . Alison . The Norfolk Food Hero With The Key To Success In The Restaurant Business . Forbes . 26 February 2023 . en.
2. Web site: Lynes . Andy . Britain's 30 best restaurants by the sea . The Times . 26 February 2023 . https://archive.today/20210801223702/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/britains-30-best-restaurants-by-the-sea-f9pmvxnd26q . 1 August 2021 . en . 1 August 2021.
3. Web site: Rayner . Jay . Beside the seaside: Jay Rayner's 10 best value places to eat around the British coastline . The Observer . 26 February 2023 . 17 July 2022.
4. Web site: Horne . Marc . BBC serves up Queen as prize in chef contest . The Times . 26 February 2023 . https://archive.today/20210725191839/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/bbc-serves-up-queen-as-prize-in-chef-contest-55lpgwh69hs . 25 July 2021 . en . 22 January 2006.
5. Web site: North Norfolk 04: Galton Blackiston . The Out . 26 February 2023 . 4 August 2022.
6. Web site: 1 Michelin Star Chefs: Galton Blackiston, chef patron, Morston Hall . www.thestaffcanteen.com . 26 February 2023.
7. Web site: My Favourite Game: Galton Blackiston on a destruction derby . Norwich Evening News . 19 July 2021 . 26 February 2023 . en.