Youngest 3-star Michelin chef ever
Marco Pierre White won three Michelin stars in 1995, becoming the youngest person in history and the first British chef to achieve the accolade.
Snapshot · The Louis Theroux Podcast
S8 EP2: Marco Pierre White discusses his rift with Gordon Ramsay, retiring from cooking, and having lunch with Margaret Thatcher
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Jun 15, 2026
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Introduction: The World's Most Celebrated Chef Visits Spotify HQ
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Louis Theroux opens with a tour de force introduction, charting Marco Pierre White's trajectory from his working-class Leeds roots to the apex of British gastronomy. He places Marco's 1995 achievement of three Michelin stars in context — the youngest ever, the first British chef — and traces the lineage he spawned: Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay, Heston Blumenthal. Theroux notes that this conversation was recorded in February at Spotify HQ and that Marco is there to promote his 20-year partnership with P&O Cruises. A characteristically self-deprecating admission follows: Theroux has never actually eaten Marco's food, though he bought a cookbook and found it too complicated. The introduction closes with an earnest language warning about the C-word and a promise that much, much more is coming.
Marco trained under Albert Roux, Raymond Blanc, Pierre Koffmann, and Nico Ladenis
Before opening his own restaurant, Marco Pierre White worked in the kitchens of the most celebrated chefs in Britain — Albert Roux at La Gavroche, Raymond Blanc, Pierre Koffmann, and Nico Ladenis.
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