But the British chefs who are making England a serious dining destination have not.

Matt Tebbutt is a British chef and television food presenter.

September 14 - Keith Floyd, 65, British chef, heart attack.

Nigel Slater, a popular British chef, recommends using duck fat to cook them.

I would not wish a British chef on anyone except the French tax collectors.

Robert Thompson is the youngest British chef to be awarded a Michelin star in his own right.

Simon Radley (born 1965) is a British chef.

New York has only heard rumors from afar, since even the most celebrated new-wave British chefs have stayed put.

Jamie Oliver, is a British chef, restaurateur, media personality, known for his food-focused television shows and cookbooks.

Its practitioners are the younger British chefs who have thrown out their gravy paste-pots.