Antony Worrall Thompson

Antony Worrall Thompson, actually known as Henry Antony Cardew Worrall Thompson, is a chef, restaurateur, television and media personality from Britain.

Professional Life of Chef Antony Worrall Thompson

Born in Stratford Upon Avon in United Kingdom in 1951, Thompson attended the Kings School at Canterbury. A face injury, when he was sixteen while playing rugby in school, disfigured his face which was rectifed through a plastic surgery at the age of 21 after which he took to cooking as his occupation. He pursued hotel management from the Westminster College, London and trained at various hotels in Essex. In 1979, Antony Worrall Thompson became the head chef at the Brinlkey's Restaurant at Fulham Road London and worked for one year in the capacity. The next year he took a break, moved to France, travelled over the country and studied the local cuisine. Thereafter he got into pan-making buisiness partnering with another person called Hassan. In 1981, he began his first restaurant called Ménage à Trois specialized in making and serving puddings and starters. Wiz and Woz at West London and Metro at Jersey were other specialty restaurants begun by him. In 2006 he became the Catering Director at the Old Luxters Barn, in Buckinghamshire.

Achievements of Chef Antony Worrall Thompson

In 1987 Antony Worrall Thompson won the esteemed award Meilleur Ouvrier de Grande Bretagne (MOGB) - the chef's Oscar from the Academy of Culinary Arts in recognition of his unique cooking talents.

In 1988 he was the winner at the Mouton Rothschild Menu Competition.

Egon Ronay's Guide featured Chef Antony's restaurant with two stars in 1991.

Chef Antony Worrall Thompson  on Television

• He became the presenter of Food & Drink programme in BBC2 during the 1990s.
• In 1994 he appeared regularly in the show Ready Steady Cook.
• In 2003, he replaced the host Gregg Wallace in the show "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and appeared another show called Saturday Kitchen till 2006.
• In May 2006 Antony Worrall Thompson quit BBC to become the presenter of the show Saturday Cooks on ITV1 which he presented till 2007.
• Master Chef, Hot Chefs, Master Chef Junior, Light Lunch, Home Front and Light Lunch and Quisine are other shows hosted by the chef.

Popular Antony Worrall Thompson Recipes

• Peas with lettuce and bacon is an exclusive recipe by the chef where spring onions, butter and bacon cooked in butter are tossed with sugar and mint to finish.
• Bread and Butter Pudding is a classic English recipe where the chef made soufflé using bread, butter, raisins, nuts and egg to .
• Potato & Pasta With Steamed Salmon is a contemporary recipe by Antony Worrall Thompson where pasta is flavored with onions sautéed with flavors of olive oil, chopped onions, garlic, thyme leaves and chili.
• Beef In Stout With Dumplings is a dish made using beef and bacon cooked with seasonings.

Chef  Thompson Cookbooks

• Slow Cooking 100 Easy Recipes for the Slow Cooker, the Oven and the Hob contains slow cooker recipes.
• Antony makes it easy contains hassle free easy recipes that can be cooked quickly.
• The Essential Diabetes Cookbook is a cookbook written by Antony Worrall Thompson keeping in mind the food interests of diabetics.