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3 unusual facts about Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons


David Goodridge

Goodridge joined Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, a two-Michelin-starred restaurant in Oxfordshire, England, owned by one of the world's finest chefs Raymond Blanc, as a commis pâtissier at the age of 18.

Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons

Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons ("Four Seasons Manor", aka Le Manoir) is a luxury hotel-restaurant in the village of Great Milton near Oxford, in Oxfordshire, England.

Paul Heathcote

Paul Heathcote MBE is a chef, restaurateur and food consultant who spent twelve years under the guidance of Raymond Blanc at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons.


Michael Caines

He subsequently spent a year and a half at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane in London, before embarking on three influential years under his mentor Raymond Blanc at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons in Oxfordshire, before moving to France to learn under Bernard Loiseau in Saulieu and Joël Robuchon in Paris.

The Good Food Guide

To celebrate the Guide's sixtieth anniversary in 2010, the Guide presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to chef Raymond Blanc of Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons in Great Milton, a restaurant that has spent twenty seven years in the guide.


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