Jun Tanaka (chef)

Jun Tanaka is a British Japanese UK TV chef, best known for presenting Channel 4's "Cooking It" as well as appearing in "Saturday Kitchen" on BBC One.

At the age of 19, Jun asked his father which restaurants he most rated in London and approached each of them to gain a position as an apprentice. Top of the list were Le Gavroche, Chez Nico and Marco Pierre White’s restaurant Harvey’s. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/chef_biogs/s.shtml#jun_tanaka BBC: Chef biogs] ]

Over a period of ten years Jun worked and trained at each of these establishments. He began at Le Gavroche, followed by Chez Nico, and then joined The Capital as Chef de Parte under Philip Britten. Jun then worked for two years at Les Saveurs as Chef de Parte under Joel Antunes. He then went on to work under Marco Pierre White at both The Restaurant Marco Pierre White and The Oak room in the role of Sous Chef, after which he went to The Square as Junior Sous Chef under Philip Howard and then Chavot under Eric Chavot as Sous Chef.

On television, Tanaka hosted the Channel 4 program "Cooking It" in 2006, and appeared on "Saturday Kitchen" on BBC One, "Great Food Live" on UKTV and "Saturday Cooks" on ITV. Tanaka appeared as a resident chef on the BBC Two program "Food Poker" in 2007.

Jun Tanaka is currently the Executive Head Chef of the Pearl Restaurant and Bar, a fine dining establishment situated in the old banking hall of the Pearl Assurance building.

References

External links

* [http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/C/cookingit/biog.html "Cooking It" official site]
* [http://www.pearl-restaurant.co.uk Pearl Restaurant and Bar official site]