Martin Blunos is one of the country’s greatest chefs. Having held two Michelin stars for more than fifteen years, this blond haired, walrus-moustached Baltic giant of a man has a wicked sense of humour and is a most colourful character.  He was born and bought up near Bath, his parents having come to England from Latvia just after the Second World War.

Previously, Martin has made regularly appears on television and radio with regular slots as Guest Chef on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen with James Martin, ITV Daily Cooks, BBC Great Food Live! and Food Uncut, ITV’s Saturday Cooks, BBC 2 Food Poker, ITV 1 Britain’s Best Dish, BBC Market Kitchen. Channel 5 Cooking the Books. BBC James Martin’s Feasts.  He made ‘Tasting Times with Martin Blunos’ a ten part series for ITV and was chosen to cook for Her Majesty The Queen during her Jubilee year which was documented in a 30 minute television programme and recently appeared on BBC1 in ‘All The Queen’s Cooks’. He recently appeared in a new BBC series of ‘Supersizers’ with Giles Coren and Sue Perkins.

Influenced by his mother’s wholesome cooking from her homeland and Russian relatives, Martin has today become one of the finest chefs in the UK.  In each of his restaurants he earned two prestigious Michelin Stars.  After nine years he opened a larger version of Lettonie in Bath and added letting rooms.  Food writers, critics and contempories were regular customers and Martin’s eclectic cooking attracts journalists of leading food publications from all around the globe.  

Unlike many of his peers, he hasn’t learnt his craft from other master chefs. He went to college in Cheltenham, did a spell at the Strand Palace Hotel in London, a season in Switzerland and many cruises on a Greek tycoon’s yacht before finding a job at Lampwick’s in London’s Battersea Road, where the main competition came from Nico Ladenis in his early nouvelle cuisine phase.   

Martin lives in Bath with his wife Sian, a trained chef herself; food writer and published author.  They have two sons Leon and Max and beautiful daughter Coco and in his spare time Martin is a born again ‘roadie’ to Max’s rock group Cool Morning Colours……