Rick Stein Explained

Rick Stein
Birth Name:	Christopher Richard Stein
Birth Date:	4 January 1947
Birth Place:	Churchill, Oxfordshire, England
Spouse:
Children:	3
Style:	Asian, Australian, European

Christopher Richard Stein, (born 4 January 1947) is an English celebrity chef, restaurateur, writer and television presenter. Along with business partner (and first wife) Jill Stein, he runs the Stein hotel and restaurant business in the UK. The business has a number of renowned restaurants, shops and hotels in Padstow along with other restaurants in Marlborough, Winchester and Barnes. He is also the head chef and a co-owner of the "Rick Stein at Bannisters" restaurants in Mollymook and Port Stephens in Australia, with his second wife, Sarah.^[1] He writes cookery books and has presented numerous cookery series for the BBC.

Early years

Of English and German descent, Christopher Richard Stein was born on 4 January 1947^[2] in Churchill, Oxfordshire, to Eric Stein (1908-1965) and Dorothy Gertrude née Jackson (1909-1999).^[3] He was born and brought up on a farm.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Stein was educated at Wells Court, a preparatory school just outside Tewkesbury,^[7] then Wells House, the Court's bigger sister-school at Malvern Wells, and then Uppingham School. He took A-levels in English, history and geography, but failed all of them. He moved to a cram school in Brighton, gaining E grades in English and history.^[8]

Stein partially completed a hotel management traineeship with British Transport Hotels at its Great Western Royal Hotel in Paddington.^[9] He worked there as a chef for six months. Distraught by his father's suicide, at age 19 he went to Australia, where he worked as a labourer in an abattoir and as a clerk in a naval dockyard. He travelled to New Zealand and Mexico around that time to "take some time out".^[10]

Being on his own, he read widely, reflected on his attitude to education, and applied successfully to New College, Oxford, where he earned an English degree in 1971. Shortly after that, he moved to Padstow.

Career

After graduating, Stein converted a mobile disco in Padstow, which he had run as a student, into a quayside nightclub with his friend, Johnny. It became known for its freeze-dried curries. However, the nightclub lost its licence and was closed down by the police, mainly due to frequent brawls with local fishermen. The pair still had a licence for a restaurant in another part of the building, so they continued with that to avoid bankruptcy.^[10] Stein ran the kitchen using the experience he had gained as a commis chef. Eventually he converted it into a small harbour-side bistro, The Seafood Restaurant, with his first wife Jill in 1975.^[11], his business operates four restaurants, a bistro, a café, a seafood delicatessen, a pâtisserie shop, a gift shop and a cookery school.^[12]

In 2007, threats against Stein's businesses were made by Cornish nationalists.^[13] His impact on the economy of Padstow is such that it has been nicknamed "Padstein".^[14] In 2009, Stein made his first acquisition in the nearby village of St Merryn, 3½ miles from Padstow, taking over the Cornish Arms public house on the village's outskirts, intending to keep it as a traditional Cornish pub.^[15]

In October 2009, Stein and his future second wife (fiancée at the time), the publicist Sarah Burns, opened Rick Stein at Bannisters in Mollymook, Australia. Stein said at the time of opening, "Ever since a memorable weekend eating Pambula oysters and flathead in Merimbula in the sixties, I've had the image of the clean blue sea and sweet seafood of the South Coast fixed in my head so when I was introduced to Mollymook about six years ago I knew that one day I would open up a restaurant celebrating local fish and shellfish but keeping it really simple."^[1]

In 2018, Stein opened a second Rick Stein at Bannisters in Salamander Bay in Port Stephens, with his second wife, Sarah. Stein has become a popular television presenter on food programmes. After appearing once as a guest chef in Keith Floyd's 1985 series Floyd on Fish and in his 1986 series Floyd on Food, he was offered the chance to present his own series – like the "travelogue" style of cookery show pioneered by Floyd – on BBC television, using Floyd's producer and director David Pritchard.^[16]

His shows have included Rick Stein's Taste of the Sea, Fruits of the Sea, Seafood Odyssey, Fresh Food, Seafood Lovers' Guide, Food Heroes, French Odyssey, Mediterranean Escapes, Far Eastern Odyssey, Rick Stein's Spain and Rick Stein's India. In the last five series, he set out in search of the best in the region's foods.^[17]

Stein was often accompanied by his Jack Russell Terrier, Chalky, until his death in 2007.^[18] So popular was Chalky that Sharp's Brewery named two speciality beers after him.

A book has accompanied each series, and Stein's book English Seafood Cookery won the Glenfiddich Award for Food Book of the Year in 1989. Stein was awarded the OBE in the 2003 New Year Honours for services to tourism in Cornwall^[19] and the CBE in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to the economy.^[20]

On 22 June 2020, it was confirmed that Stein's restaurant in Porthleven, Cornwall would close permanently due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The restaurant had been closed since March 2020.^[21] In July 2020, it was announced that chef Michael Caines would take over the restaurant.^[22]

Personal life

In 1965, when Stein was 18, his father, a retired managing director of The Distillers Company, who suffered from bipolar disorder, killed himself by jumping from a cliff near the family's holiday home at Trevose Head.^{[23] [24]}

Stein met his first wife Jill Newstead^[25] in Padstow. They married in 1975, both aged 28, and set up their restaurant and hotel business. Stein has three sons with Jill: Edward, Jack, and Charles who are involved in the family business.^{[26] [27]}

Stein met Sarah Burns, 20 years his junior, in Australia in 1997, when he was 50. She was also married, and working as a publicity manager for Australia Gourmet Traveller magazine. Stein and Burns had a secret five-year affair before Jill found out in 2002.^[28] She and Stein separated in 2002 and divorced in 2007,^[29] but agreed to continue to run the business together.^[30] Burns divorced in 2003, and she and Stein married on 7 October 2011.^{[31] [32]}

Stein has a brother, John, and a sister, Henrietta.^[33] He also has a half-brother, Jeremy, his mother's son from her first marriage.^[33] He is the uncle of DJ and music producer Judge Jules,^[34] and the artist Lucy Stein.

In 2022, Stein underwent open heart surgery at the Royal Brompton Hospital to repair a defective heart valve.^[35] Appearing live on BBC's, The One Show in October 2023, promoting his book, "Simple Suppers", he shared that his heart surgery experience had inspired his back to basics recipes but he inadvertently used a swear word and the show's host and Stein had to apologise for the error.^[36]

Restaurants owned or operated by Rick Stein

England

Restaurant	Location	Date opened	Date closed	Ref
The Seafood Restaurant	Padstow, Cornwall	1975	-	^[37]
St. Petroc's Bistro	Padstow, Cornwall	1997	-	^[38]
Stein's Fish & Chips	Padstow, Cornwall	2004	-	^[39]
The Cornish Arms	Padstow, Cornwall	16 February 2009	-	^[40]
Rick Stein, Falmouth	Falmouth, Cornwall	19 March 2010	October 2020	^[41]
Rick Stein, Winchester	Winchester, Hampshire	4 November 2014	-	^[42]
Rick Stein, Porthleven	Porthleven, Cornwall	8 November 2014	March 2020	^[43] ^[44]
Rick Stein, Fistral	Newquay, Cornwall	3 April 2015	-	^[45]
Rick Stein, Sandbanks	Sandbanks, Dorset	November 2015	-	^[46]
Rick Stein, Marlborough	Marlborough, Wiltshire	8 October 2016	-	^[47]
Rick Stein, Barnes	Barnes, London	23 March 2017	-	^[48]
Stein’s on the Quay	Padstow, Cornwall	Early Summer 2020	Late Summer 2020	^[49]

Australia

Restaurant	Location	Date opened	Date closed	Ref
Rick Stein at Bannisters Mollymook	Mollymook, New South Wales	1 October 2009	-	^[50]
Rick Stein at Bannisters Port Stephens	Port Stephens, New South Wales	7 September 2018	-	^[51]

Publications

• English Seafood Cookery, 1988 – Glenfiddich Cook Book of the Year 1989
• A Beginner's Guide to Seafood, 1992 (Chapter 4 Marine Cuisine Guides)
• Beach to Belly, 1994 (foreword)
• Taste of the Sea, 1995 – André Simon Cook Book of the Year 1996
• Good Food Award Best Cookery Book, 1995/1996
• Rick Stein Fish, 10 Recipes, 1996
• Fruits of the Sea, 1997
• Rick Stein's Seafood Odyssey, 1999
• Rick Stein's Seafood Lovers' Guide, 2000
• Rick Stein's Seafood, 2001 - Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, 2001 – winner of category: Best Seafood and Fish in English; Best in the World Fish and Seafood (German translation – Gold medal – Gastronomische Akademie Deutschland 2003)
• My Favourite Seafood Recipes, 2002 (Marks and Spencer cookery book)
• Rick Stein's Food Heroes, 2002 – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2002 – winner of category: Best Local Cookery Book; Best Cookery Book of the Year in Great Britain / Jacob's Creek World Food Media Awards 2003: Silver for best hardcover recipe book
• Rick Stein's Guide to the Food Heroes of Britain, 2003 – Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2003 – winner of category: Best Guide
• Rick Stein's Food Heroes, Another Helping, 2004
• Rick Stein's Complete Seafood – winner of the James Beard Foundation Award 2005 for Cook Book of the Year
• Rick Stein's French Odyssey, 2005
• Rick Stein's Mediterranean Escapes, 2007
• Rick Stein Coast to Coast, 2008
• Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey, 2009
• My Kitchen Table: Rick Stein's 100 Fish and Seafood Recipes, 2011
• Rick Stein's Spain, 2011
• Rick Stein's India, 2013
• Under a Mackerel Sky: A Memoir, 2013
• Rick Stein's Long Weekends, 2016
• The road to Mexico, 2017
• Rick Stein's Secret France, 2019
• Rick Stein at Home, 2021
• Rick Stein's Simple Suppers, 2023^[52]
• Rick Stein’s Food Stories, 2024^[53]

TV

• Floyd on Fish, BBC TV, 1985
• Floyd on Food, BBC TV, 1986
• Farmhouse Kitchen, Yorkshire Television, two episodes, 1989 and 1990
• Taste of the Sea, BBC TV, 1995. 6 episodes – Glenfiddich TV Programme of the Year Award, Good Food Award Television Cookery Programme of the Year
• Fruits of the Sea, BBC TV, 1997. 8 episodes – Silver Medal World Food Media Awards Adelaide 1997
• Great Railway Journeys, BBC TV, 1999 (Los Mochis to Veracruz)
• Rick Stein's Seafood Odyssey, BBC TV, 1999. 8 episodes – Bronze Medal World Food Media Awards Adelaide 1999
• Fresh Food, BBC TV, 1999. 6 episodes
• Personal Passions, BBC TV, 1999
• Food and Drink, BBC TV, 1999 – Gold Award for Best Television Food Segment Within a Show: World Food Media Awards Adelaide 1999
• Rick Stein's Seafood Lovers' Guide, BBC TV, 2000. 8 episodes – Glenfiddich TV Programme of the Year Award 2001
• Jacob's Creek World Food Media Awards: Silver for best Television Food Show
• Friends for Dinner, BBC TV, 2000
• Rick Stein on Fishing, ITV, 2001
• Rick Stein's Food Heroes, BBC TV, 2002. 10 episodes – Jacob's Creek World Food Media Awards 2003: Gold for Best Television Food Show
• Rick Stein's Food Heroes, Another Helping, Series 1, BBC TV, October 2003. 6 episodes
• Rick Stein's Food Heroes, Another Helping, Series 2, BBC TV, February 2004. 8 episodes
• Rick Stein's Fish Love, UKTV Fish, August 2004
• Rick Stein's French Odyssey, BBC TV, May 2005. 10 episodes
• Cabin Fever (Behind the scenes and the making of Rick Stein's French Odyssey), BBC TV, Autumn 2005. single 1-hour programme.
• Rick Stein's Food Heroes Christmas Special, BBC TV, December 2005. 2 half-hour episodes, also aired as a 1-hour programme.
• Betjeman and Me: Rick Stein's Story, August 2006
• Rick Stein and the Japanese Ambassador, BBC Two, 2006
• Rick Stein in Du Maurier Country, BBC Two, May 2007
• Fishy Treats and Simple Eats, Japanese Food Network, Autumn 2007
• Rick Stein's Mediterranean Escape, BBC Two, 8 August 2007. 6 episodes
• Rick Stein's Memoirs of a Seafood Chef, BBC Two, 7 January 2009
• Who Do You Think You Are?, BBC TV, 16 February 2009
• Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey, BBC Two, July 2009. 6 episodes
• Rick Stein's Christmas Odyssey, BBC Two, December 2009
• Rick Stein's Food of the Italian Opera, BBC HD, June 2010
• Rick Stein's Cornish Christmas, BBC Two, December 2010
• Rick Stein's Spain, BBC Two, July 2011. 4 episodes
• Rick Stein Tastes The Blues, BBC Four, November 2011
• Rick Stein's Spanish Christmas, BBC Two, December 2011
• Rick Stein's India, BBC Two, June 2013. 6 episodes
• Rick Stein's German Bite, BBC Two, August 2013 (Also referred to as The German Odyssey)
• , BBC Two, August 2015. 7 episodes
• A Cook Abroad, BBC Two, 2 March 2015 (episode 5: Rick Stein's Australia)
• Rick Stein's Taste of Shanghai, BBC Two, February 2016
• Rick Stein's Long Weekends, BBC Two, May 2016. 10 episodes
• Rick Stein's Road to Mexico, BBC Two, November 2017. 7 Episodes
• Talking Books, BBC 2018
• Rick Stein's Secret France, BBC Two, Autumn 2019. 6 Episodes
• Pointless Celebrities, BBC One, 28 November 2020^[54]
• Rick Stein's Cornwall, BBC Two, January 2021. 15 Episodes^[55]
• Rick Stein's Cornwall Series 2, BBC Two, 2022. 15 Episodes^[56]
• Rick Stein's Cornwall Series 3, BBC Two, 2023. Number of episodes 10^[57]
• Rick Stein’s Food Stories, BBC Two, February 2024. 15 Episodes^[58]

DVD / VHS

• Rick Stein Cooks Fish (1997 VHS, re-issued as a bonus on Seafood Odyssey DVD)
• Rick Stein's Taste of the Sea (1999 VHS release of 1995 broadcast)
• Rick Stein's Seafood Odyssey (1999 VHS & 2005 DVD)
• Rick Stein's Seafood Lovers Guide (2001 VHS)
• Rick Stein's Food Heroes (2003 VHS & 2005 DVD. DVD release also includes the six episodes of Rick Stein's Food Heroes, Another Helping, Series 1.)
• Rick Stein's French Odyssey (2007 DVD)
• Rick Stein's Mediterranean Escapes (2009 DVD)
• Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey (2010 DVD)
• Rick Stein's Spain (2011 DVD)
• Rick Stein's India (2013 DVD)
• Rick Stein's Venice To Istanbul (2015 DVD)
• Rick Stein's Tastes of the World: From Cornwall to Shanghai (2016 DVD - a compilation of six individual broadcasts: Rick Stein's Taste of Shanghai, Rick Stein's German Odyssey, Rick Stein & The Japanese Ambassador Rick Stein Tastes the Blues, Rick Stein's Taste of the Italian Opera, Rick Stein's Cornish Christmas)
• Rick Stein's Long Weekends (2017 DVD)
• Rick Stein's Mexico (2018 DVD)
• Rick Stein's Secret France (2019 DVD)

Other awards

For the restaurant:

• RAC/The Sunday Times Taste of Britain Best Restaurant Award 1984
• Decanter Magazine Restaurant of the Year 1989
• The Good Hotel Guide Cesar Award 1995
• Egon Ronay's Guide Restaurant of the Year 1996
• Hotel & Restaurant Magazine Seafood Restaurant of the Year 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 & 2003
• The AA Award – English Seafood Restaurant of the Year Award 2002

For the man:

• The Good Food Award Television and Radio Personality – 1995/1996
• The England for Excellence Awards – Outstanding Contribution to Tourism Award – 1988–1998
• Caterer and Hotelkeeper 1999 Chef Award – Chef of the Year The Catey Awards
• AA Guide Chefs' Chef of the Year 1999–2000
• Waterford Wedgwood Hospitality Award – 1999
• The Glenfiddich Trophy – 2001^[59]
• The Cornwall Tourist Award – A special award for outstanding services to Cornwall 2002
• OBE – 2003 New Year Honours: For services to tourism in Cornwall^[60]
• CatererSearch 100 – 14th most influential chef in UK in 2005^[61]
• In 2012, Stein was among the British cultural icons selected by pop artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork – the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover – to celebrate the British cultural figures of the last six decades.^[62]
• 5 July 2016, Rick and Jill Stein received the Special Award at the prestigious Catey Awards, for their more than 41 years of outstanding contribution to the hospitality industry.^[63]
• CBE – 2018 New Year Honours: For services to the economy^[64]

External links

• • • Interview with Rick Stein – RadioLIVE New Zealand, June 2010.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rick Stein at Bannisters. 28 July 2016. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402225025/http://www.bannisterspointlodge.com.au/index.php/component/content/article/88. 2 April 2012.
2. Web site: Rick Stein. dunedinlibraries.govt.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20170725181456/http://www.dunedinlibraries.govt.nz/new-and-recommended/adults/featured-authors/rick-stein. 4 January 2017. 25 July 2017.
3. News: Rick Stein signs books in city. Oxford Mail. 23 July 2011.
4. Web site: Rick Stein - National Portrait Gallery. Npg.org.uk.
5. News: My Secret Life: Rick Stein, chef, 63. 21 May 2010. The Independent. 21 February 2023.
6. Web site: Rick Stein: 'Oh God, I've had a lot of therapy'. TheGuardian.com. 27 July 2020.
7. News: Sale . Jonathan . 2 November 2000 . An Education in the Life of Rick Stein, Master Chef . . London.
8. Stein . Rick . . Rick Stein - A Life Through Food . Anne-Marie Bullock . . 31 May 2015 . . 25 January 2018.
9. News: Caterer and Hotelkeeper 100: Rick Stein, the Seafood Restaurant. Caterer and Hotelkeeper. 6 December 2012. 29 May 2013. 5 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131005135510/http://www.catererandhotelkeeper.co.uk/articles/6/12/2012/346613/caterer-and-hotelkeeper-100-rick-stein-the-seafood-restaurant.htm. dead.
10. Web site: Rick Stein - Celebrity Angels. 28 July 2016. 23 July 2012. 16 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191016174027/http://www.celebrityangels.co.uk/article/rick_stein_cci16. dead.
11. Web site: The Seafood Restaurant. Rickstein.com. 5 December 2016.
12. Web site: BBC Lifestyle. 28 July 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120426043639/http://www.bbclifestyle.com/za/programmes/rick-steins-mediterranean-escapes/rick-stein/. 26 April 2012.
13. Web site: Cornish separatists menace Jamie Oliver . Haines . Lester . . 28 July 2016.
14. News: Gerard . Jasper . 14 January 2009 . Rick Stein's Seafood Restaurant in Padstow . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/restaurants/4238927/Rick-Steins-Seafood-Restaurant-in-Padstow.html . 12 January 2022 . subscription . live . . London . 2 September 2017.
15. Web site: Rick's food empire reels in village pub. https://archive.today/20130505070759/http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Rick-s-food-empire-reels-village-pub/story-11402786-detail/story.html. dead. 5 May 2013. 11 April 2009. 28 July 2016.
16. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jan/18/david-pritchard-obituary David Pritchard obituary
17. Web site: BBC Shop US & Canada - DVDs, Blu-rays & Best of British TV. Bbcshop.com. 28 July 2016.
18. News: Celebrity chef Stein's dog dies . . 16 January 2007 . 1 August 2012.
19. Web site: Debrett's – Rick Stein. https://web.archive.org/web/20101107080930/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/s/8081/Christopher%20Richard%20(Rick)+STEIN.aspx. dead. 7 November 2010. 21 February 2023.
20. Web site: Rick awarded CBE in New Year's Honours List. 26 June 2018. Rick Stein.
21. Web site: Rick Stein confirms closure of two restaurants. 30 August 2020. Thecaterer.com. 22 June 2020.
22. Web site: Rick Stein Porthleven to be taken over by Michael Caines. 30 August 2020. Falmouthpacket.co.uk. 2 July 2020 .
23. Rick Stein . . . 16 February 2009 . 6 . 3 . 03:18 . ... when he committed suicide here on this coast..
24. Web site: Rick Stein: 'Public trauma? It's the price of fame'. 31 August 2020. You.co.uk.
25. Web site: Rick Stein: My second wife has saved me from my father's shadow. Express.co.uk. 2 December 2013.
26. News: The Stein family saga: 40 years of the Seafood Restaurant. Tim. Adams. 19 April 2015. The Guardian.
27. Web site: Find out about Rick Stein restaurants and more. 28 July 2016. 20 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141020055928/http://www.rickstein.com/Biography.html. dead.
28. News: Burgess . Kaya . 2024-04-11 . Rick Stein: work killed my marriage . 2024-04-11 . en . 0140-0460.
29. Web site: Celebrity chef's marriage ends. Metro.co.uk. 8 June 2007.
30. News: Jill Stein: Stepping out from her husband Rick's shadow. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/8838283/Jill-Stein-stepping-out-from-her-husband-Ricks-shadow.html . 12 January 2022 . subscription . live . 22 October 2011. Tyzack. Anna.
31. News: Singer . Melissa . 9 October 2011 . Celebrity chef Stein walks down the aisle in relaxed Aussie style . . 29 August 2018.
32. Web site: My midlife odyssey. Theaustralian.com. 27 September 2013.
33. Web site: New Stories: Rick Stein . . . . 29 August 2018.
34. Web site: My Life in Travel: Judge Jules, DJ and music producer . Holt . Laura . 10 February 2012 . . 21 July 2017.
35. Web site: 2023-10-07 . Rick Stein says surviving open heart surgery has made him simplify the way he cooks for his new... . 2023-10-26 . news.knowledia.com . en.
36. Web site: Allday . Jasmine . 2023-10-26 . The One Show's Gethin Jones forced to apologise as guest swears live on air . 2023-10-27 . The Mirror . en.
37. Web site: The Seafood Restaurant. 5 September 2020. Rickstein.com.
38. Web site: Caterersearch.com 100: Rick Stein. 5 September 2020. Thecaterer.com.
39. Web site: Stein's Fish and Chips. 5 September 2020. Trevearfarm.co.uk.
40. Web site: Rick Stein becomes Pub Landlord. 5 September 2020. Bighospitality.co.uk. 9 February 2009 .
41. Web site: Rick Stein's Fish & Chips, Falmouth. 5 September 2020. Thecaterer.com. 20 April 2010.
42. Web site: Rick Stein hails Winchester at restaurant launch. 5 September 2020. Hampshirechronicle.co.uk. 4 November 2014 .
43. Web site: Rick stein opens new restaurant in porthleven. 5 September 2020. Barefootcornwall.com. 15 October 2014.
44. Web site: Rick Stein restaurant in Cornwall to close permanently. 5 September 2020. 22 June 2020.
45. Web site: Rick Stein Fistral now open. 5 September 2020. 31 March 2015. Rickstein.com.
46. Web site: Rick Stein's Sandbanks restaurant to open its doors in November. 5 September 2020. Bournemouthecho.co.uk. 15 October 2015 .
47. Web site: Rick Stein Marlborough restaurant to open next month. 5 September 2020. Thecaterer.com. 21 September 2016.
48. Web site: Rick Stein creates new dishes for first London restaurant. 5 September 2020. Thecaterer.com. 21 September 2016.
49. Web site: Rick Stein team launches Stein's on the Quay: a new pop-up seafood restaurant in Padstow. Restaurantindustry.co.uk. 17 July 2020. 10 September 2020.
50. Web site: New South Coast restaurant: Rick Stein at Bannisters. 5 September 2020. Illawaramercury.com.au. 24 July 2009.
51. Web site: Bannisters Port Stephens Opens September 2018. 5 September 2020. Alluxia.com.
52. Book: Rick Stein's Simple Suppers. .
53. Book: Rick Stein’s Food Stories. .
54. Web site: Pointless Celebrities. 24 November 2020. BBC.
55. Web site: Rick Stein's Cornwall – New BBC TV Series. 13 December 2020.
56. Web site: Rick Stein's Cornwall to return to BBC Two for a second series. 24 August 2021. Tellymix.co.uk. 22 June 2021.
57. Web site: Food, crime, and an Italian road trip are all coming to the BBC Daytime and Early Peak schedules. Bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. 3 December 2022.
58. Web site: Rick Stein’s Food Stories commissioned for BBC Two. 12 February 2024.
59. Web site: Rick Stein's French Odyssey. 17 August 2020. Bbc.co.uk.
60. Web site: Rick Stein. 17 August 2020. Bbc.co.uk.
61. Web site: View the full CatererSearch 100. 11 May 2005. The Caterer. 21 August 2016. 22 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160822080425/https://www.thecaterer.com/articles/300603/view-the-full-caterersearch-100l. dead.
62. News: New faces on Sgt Pepper album cover for artist Peter Blake's 80th birthday. The Guardian. 27 March 2016.
63. Web site: Rick Stein and Jill Stein win a Catey Award. 5 September 2020. Rickstein.com. 19 July 2016.
64. Web site: Rick Stein awarded CBE in New Year's Honours list 2018. 17 August 2020. Bighospitality.co.uk. 2 January 2018 .