Brian Turner (chef)

Brian Turner CBE
Turner in 2015
Born	(1946-05-07) 7 May 1946 (age 70) Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Website	www.brianturner.co.uk
Culinary career
Television show(s) This Morning Ready Steady Cook Anything You Can Cook A Taste Of Britain Life On A Plate

Brian Turner CBE (born 7 May 1946) is a British chef, based in London. He has appeared as a cook on BBC2's Ready Steady Cook since 1994, has appeared on numerous occasions on Saturday Kitchen and has also presented various other cookery programmes.

Turner was born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire. During his early career, his mentor was the food writer and broadcaster Michael Smith. Turner trained at various hotels and restaurants, including Simpson's in the Strand and the Savoy Grill, both under Richard Shepherd. Turner then went to "Beau Rivage Palace" in Lausanne, returning to Britain to work at Claridge's and then in 1971 the Capital Hotel where Turner and Richard Shepherd earned a Michelin star. In early 1973 he took some time to work as a Chef Lecturer. Turner then took over as Chef de Cuisine in 1975 after Shepherd left, and then launched the Greenhouse Restaurant and the Metro Wine Bar. Among the chefs who worked with Turner at the Capital were Gary Rhodes and Shaun Hill.

In 1986 Turner opened his own restaurant Turner's, in Walton Street, Knightsbridge, London. He ran this until 2001, when it was sold. In February 2002 Brian Turner's Restaurant opened at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Birmingham's NEC, and in April 2003 launched Brian Turner Mayfair at the Millennium Hotel, London. January 2005 saw the launch of Turner's Grill at the Copthorne Hotel Slough-Windsor. Brian Turner Mayfair closed at the end of July 2008, to be replaced by an Italian restaurant unconnected to Turner.