Nick Nairn
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| name = Nick Nairn
| image = NNBook.jpg
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| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1959|1|12|mf=y}}
| birthplace = [[Stirling]], [[Scotland]]
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| restaurants = Braeval near Aberfoyle and the other in Glasgow, called Nairn's
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| television = [[Ready Steady Cook]]
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| website = http://www.nicknairn.tv
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'''Nick Nairn''', born ([[January 12]], [[1959]]) in [[Stirling]], [[Scotland]] is a [[celebrity chef]].
Nairn has been a regular chef on [[BBC]]'s popular [[Ready Steady Cook]] since the first series in 1994 and in 1990, he became the youngest chef to win a [[Michelin star]] in Scotland. A self-taught chef, his determination to master the culinary arts resulted in the creation of two successful restaurants - Braeval near Aberfoyle and the other in Glasgow, called Nairn's.
He has presented three [[BBC]] cookery series, all with accompanying books. In 2003, he sold his restaurant in Glasgow to concentrate on Nairn's Cookery School and a catering business and to spend more time with his family. He recently defeated [[Tom Lewis (chef)|Tom Lewis]] in the Scottish heat of the [[BBC]] television series [[Great British Menu]].[http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/tv_and_radio/menu_index.shtml]. After beating his friend in the business, he went on to cook a main course of Roe venison for Queen Elizabeth II and 250 guests at the Mansion House for her official 80'th birthday celebration.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/tv_and_radio/menu_interviews.shtml]. In June 2007 he became the main presenter on the BBC Scotland programme ''[[Landward]]'' [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/05_may/08/landward.shtml].
==External links==
* [http://www.nicknairncookschool.com/site/index.php Link to Nick Nairn's cookery school website]
* [http://www.nicknairn.tv Link to Nick's official website]
* [http://copac.ac.uk/wzgw?fs=Search&form=A%2FT&id=6188347&au=Nick+Nairn&cau=&ti=&pub=&isn=&date=&lang= Copac listing of all of his publications]
* [http://www.aboutaberdeen.com/nick-nairn-inchmarlo-banchory.php Nick Nairn plans to open his 2nd cookery school in Inchmarlo, Aberdeenshire]
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