Scott Garthwaite

Scott Garthwaite was born in Hartlepool, England, UK to Susan (Harker) and Ian Garthwaite. He is also known by his chef name Punk Chef as he is a world leading celebrity deaf chef, television presenter and social media entertainer, he is also known for his on-screen personality with flamboyant vibrant pink hairstyle working for BSL Zone and BBC cooking programmes. Scott Garthwaite started his first job at Rockliffe Hall in Hurworth, Darlington under a Michelin star chef, while he is still coming towards his final year in his degree at Newcastle College, he began to make cooking videos (Vlogs) in British Sign Language for social media for the deaf community and his passion for cooking was noticed by Flashing Lights, a deaf led production company to create a new Punk Chef TV cooking series for the deaf community, he quickly grab that opportunity. Garthwaite went on to make 9 programmes for BSL Zone which include Punk Chef's Kids Challenge. He said "The programme aims to show the deaf co