Galton Blackiston

Galton Blackiston
Galton Blackiston in May 2010
Born	13 August 1962 Norfolk, England
Education	Hainford School Norfolk
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s) Morston Hall
Television show(s) Saturday Kitchen 10 Mile Menu Great British Menu
Award(s) won Chef of the Year Good Hotel Guide Hotel of Year
Website	http://www.galtonblackiston.co.uk/

Galton Blackiston is an English chef, born in Norfolk. The restaurant of his hotel, Morston Hall, Holt in Morston, is Michelin starred and has 4 AA Rosettes. It is on the north Norfolk coast, two miles from Blakeney. His unusual first name is a tribute to his relative Sir Francis Galton.^[citation needed]

Blackiston has never trained formally as a chef. After leaving school at 16 to play cricket, he was encouraged by his mother to set up a market stall selling homemade baked goods, "Galton's Goodies". His first job in a restaurant was at John Tovey's Miller Howe country hotel in Windermere, the Lake District.[1]

In 2013, Blackiston started No 1 Cromer, a fish and chip shop in Cromer.[1][2][3]

Television

Blackiston represented the Midlands and East of England in the BBC's Great British Menu,[4] knocking out celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson to gain a place in the final.[5] In 2007, he appeared on the television programme Food Poker.[6] He has also appeared on Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Country Show Cook Off,[7] and Saturday Kitchen.[8]

Personal life

Blackiston supports Norwich City F.C.[9]

Bibliography

Blackiston has published four books on cookery, with the fourth arriving in October 2017.

• Blackiston, Galton (2002). Cooking at Morston Hall. Navigator Guides. ISBN 1-903872-04-9.
• Blackiston, Galton (2006). A Return to Real Cooking. Navigator Guides. ISBN 1-903872-19-7.
• Blackiston, Galton (2009). Summertime. Virgin Books. ISBN 978-1-905264-63-6.
• Blackiston, Galton (2017). Hook Line and Sinker: A Seafood Cook Book. Face. ISBN 978-0-955893-05-6.

References

1. Coleman, Alison. "The Norfolk Food Hero With The Key To Success In The Restaurant Business". Forbes. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
2. Lynes, Andy (1 August 2021). "Britain's 30 best restaurants by the sea". The Times. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
3. Rayner, Jay (17 July 2022). "Beside the seaside: Jay Rayner's 10 best value places to eat around the British coastline". The Observer. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
4. Horne, Marc (22 January 2006). "BBC serves up Queen as prize in chef contest". The Times. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
5. "North Norfolk 04: Galton Blackiston". The Out. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
6. "1 Michelin Star Chefs: Galton Blackiston, chef patron, Morston Hall". www.thestaffcanteen.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
7. "BBC Two - Country Show Cook Off - Jun Tanaka and Galton Blackiston". BBC. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
8. "Saturday Kitchen". BBC Food. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
9. "My Favourite Game: Galton Blackiston on a destruction derby". Norwich Evening News. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.

External links

• Bio at BBC Food
• Galton Blackiston's official site
• Morston Hall Hotel
• Bio info at Waitrose.com review