Raymond Blanc
The Travel Diaries
Holly Rubenstein
4.6 • 758 Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2019
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
On today’s season finale, I’m joined by one of the world’s greatest chefs, Raymond Blanc.
Raymond had a very humble start to life in rural France and his journey to opening Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, the internationally-renowned Cotswolds country house hotel where he’s been the chef patron since it opened in 1984 is nothing short of extraordinary. For half of his life he’s held two Michelin stars - the only chef in the UK to have retained two stars for so long. And of course in time, with his success, he has travelled the world, and has many stories to tell.
I spoke to Raymond at the Cheval Three Quays apartments, looking out at the London skyline. I don’t think I’ve ever met somebody overflowing with as much passion and joie de vivre as Raymond. It came as no surprise to hear that 34 of his protégés have gone on to win their own Michelin stars, including Marco Pierre White and Michael Caines. His passion is infectious.
Destination recap:
- Franche-Comté, France
- Switzerland
- Provence, France
- Besançon, France
- Kuching, Malaysia
- Japanese Tea House Garden, Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, England
- Barocay, Philippines
- Hong Kong
- Nice, Provence, France
Belmond Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons celebrates 35 years this year.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Travel Diaries podcast. |
| 0:09.3 | Thank you for tuning in. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Holly Rubinstein. |
| 0:12.5 | I'm a travel journalist and editor. |
| 0:14.7 | And here each week I'll be speaking to a very special guest about their adventures around the world and the travel experiences and |
| 0:23.0 | destinations that have shaped their lives. Today I'm joined by one of the world's greatest chefs, |
| 0:29.7 | Raymond Blanc. As you'll hear, Raymond had a very humble start to life in rural France and his |
| 0:36.1 | journey to opening Le Mansourer O' CCat-Cat-SĂ©zant, |
| 0:38.8 | the internationally renowned Cotswold's Country House Hotel where he's been the chef Patron |
| 0:43.1 | since it opened is nothing short of extraordinary. |
| 0:46.2 | For half of his life, he's held two Michelin stars, the only chef in the UK to have retained |
| 0:51.6 | two stars for so long. |
| 0:53.5 | And of course, in time with his |
| 0:55.1 | success, he's travelled the world and has many stories to tell. I spoke to Raymond at the |
| 1:00.7 | Shevel Three Keys Apartments, looking out at the glorious London skyline. I don't think I've ever |
| 1:06.6 | met somebody overflowing with as much passion and joie de vivre as Raymond. I hope you'll be |
| 1:12.9 | able to feel that energy and be as inspired as I was at the end of our chat. So let's hear from |
| 1:19.8 | Raymond Blanc. Raymond Blanc, welcome to the Travel Diaries. What a pleasure. |
| 1:30.4 | Thank you very much, Holly. |
| 1:31.4 | You know, it's funny, I lived above a Brasserie Blanc restaurant for 10 years. |
| 1:36.5 | So I feel very familiar in some ways with your food. |
| 1:39.4 | And now I'm looking forward to becoming familiar with your life's travel diaries. |
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