The two-star chef overcame racism and a life-changing accident to become a culinary star and now owns a former slave owner's country estate
In Caines's case the journey to that position has been a difficult one.When the acclaimed French chef Raymond Blanc helped him land his first job in France, working with the late Bernard Loiseau in the early 1990's, he was the first black chef in Loiseau's kitchen.
"The barriers have been there, the apprehension has been there, but once you start playing the piano on the stove, once you start showing your skill and your organisation, clearly I was a cut above everyone in that kitchen." "To hold two Michelin stars is admirable enough, but to do it with one arm shows how much work he's put into it, it also shows there is no barrier to entry, if you go and you work hard, you'll succeed, said Hector, 18, who splits his time between college and the kitchen at Lympstone Manor.
Both past and present students at the college feel changing the style of cuisine taught at culinary schools could help change the complexion of the Michelin guide in the future. "A lot of students here are from African roots, Caribbean roots, but after they finish school we don't hear of them anymore.Michael as a child
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