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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO is a British Government Department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth office. An evening with Raymond Blanc: ‘Being an entrepreneur in Britain
On Wednesday 23 May, Sir Peter Ricketts, the British Ambassador to France will host a special evening at the Ambassador's Residence in Paris, where Raymond Blanc will speak to an invited audience of trade and industry professionals and journalists from throughout France about his life and work in Britain and launch the video made with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Britain Through My Eyes. Raymond will talk about his life in the UK, having arrived as a young waiter, speaking almost no English. Today he is still there, but as the Chef Patron of Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in Oxfordshire, acknowledged as one of the world’s finest hotels. The force behind the re-birth of British gastronomy, Raymond has trained more than 27 Michelin-starred chefs.
The Department of UK Trade & Industry is inviting questions from French business to be asked at the Q&A which will follow Raymond's presentation.
Photographs and a report on the event will appear on the website following the reception.
The DVD of Raymond Blanc's hugely successful five part series - The Very Hungry Frenchman - broadcast on BBC2 earlier this year, is now on sale. To purchase your copy from Amazon, please click on the link below: www.amazon.co.uk/The-Very-Hungry-Frenchman-DVD If you would like a signed copy of the DVD, this can be ordered via Le Manoir's website. Please click on the link below and request a signed copy in the 'special instructions' box at checkout: www.manoir.com/gift_shop
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