Paul Rankin

Paul Rankin is a celebrity chef most well-known for his appearances on Ready Steady Cook which regularly brings in more than 3 million viewers. Along with his former wife, Jeanne, he had a huge impact on developing culinary excellence in Northern Ireland when he opened Roscoff, the restaurant that was to become the first to win a Michelin Star in the country. Soon after opening, it became the favourite meeting place for the Belfast business and arts community, and people traveled from Dublin simply to experience what was considered to be the best cooking in Northern Ireland at the time. Although Paul was born in Glasgow, he gre up in Ballywalter, County Down, Northern Ireland, after his parents moved back there from Glasgow. This interesting upbringing was made explicit when he was the subject of an episode of a short programme named Proud Parents on Channel 4, made in 2006. Paul met Jeanne in the 1980s, while working in the restaurant Le Gavroche in London, and it was to be the star