His career has spanned stints in Switzerland, Sharrow Bay Hotel, Ullswater, The Connaught in Mayfair, London and Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons.

At the age of 29 he opened his eponymous restaurant in Longridge, Preston. Within two years he had been awarded his first Michelin and Egon Ronay stars along with The Good Food Guide’s ‘Restaurant of the Year’. Within a week of the restaurant’s second anniversary, he was nominated ‘Newcomer of the Year’ in the Catey Awards. In the same year Charles Heidsieck Champagne Guide voted Paul Heathcotes as ‘one of the best restaurants in the world’.

The 1994 Egon Ronay Guide awarded Paul ‘Chef of the Year’ and Michelin gave him a second star, an accolade bestowed on eight restaurants in the UK, Heathcotes still being the only one in the North West and a second Catey Award in 1997 for Independent Restaurateur of the Year.

Paul has 2 restaurants: his original Olive Press Preston serving Italian grills, pizza & pasta, and Heathcotes Brasserie cooking French & British cuisine.

Paul has been awarded three Honorary Fellowships from Liverpool John Moores University, Lancashire University & his home town Bolton University in recognition of his achievements in catering.

Paul has published two cookbooks, Rhubarb & Blackpudding and Heathcotes at Home, writes columns to a number of regional newspapers and magazines and also appears regularly on TV.

Paul chairs the North’s Academy of Culinary Arts, Adopt-a-School, encouraging the traditions of his profession and is also a fundraiser for Childline & the NSPCC, Fashion Kicks and Youth Zone.

In 2009 he was awarded an MBE for his contribution to the Hospitality Industry. In 2013 he launched Heathcote & Co, a new events and outside catering company that has so far catered for, amongst others, the prestigious Manchester International Festival and is the official caterer of Bolton Wanderers FC and Bolton Whites Hotel.

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MIF13: Kim Cattrall at Heathcotes Sunday Lunch

by | Jul 23, 2013 | MIF, Paul's Blog

It was great to finish MIF on a high with a very special performance of Macbeth, said to be Sir Kenneth Branagh’s last time performing the Scottish play. In the audience were the likes of Sex and the City’s Kim Cattrall, the comedian John Sessions, and my old friend Sean Wilson, amongst many others. This was the final performance of MIF, but Saturday night’s performance was beamed live to 250 cinemas across the country, as well as to 5000 people watching on the big screen in the Bridgewater Hall car park! It was recorded to be broadcasted on television later this year – be sure not to miss it. Yesterday we partied well into the night, as the cast and crew of al the shows, actors, entertainers, the festival team and my team all came together to celebrate. We’re now back to normality, cleaning up after yesterday’s festivities when we served some wonderful Sunday Lunch Canapés, including roast beef with horseradish, roast pork with apple, lamb with mint, an aubergine vegetarian option and some fantastic potted salmon, which I’ll be sharing with you later this week, along with four other salmon...

MIF13: Masque of Anarchy & Urban Splash

by | Jul 19, 2013 | MIF, Paul's Blog

On Sunday Night it was great to see Maxine Peake in the Glass House on Festival Square. She had just wrapped up a performance of Masque of Anarchy, which premiered at MIF to great reviews, and was enjoying, I believe, a glass of Prosecco to celebrate. The Masque of Anarchy is based on the famous poem of the same name by Percy Bysshe Shelley about the Peterloo Massacre, and was interpreted for the stage by director Sarah Frankcom of the Royal Exchange Theatre. The battle that took place at St Peter’s Field, Manchester, is a hugely important part of the City’s history. You can read more about Maxine’s performance here. It was also great to have Tom Bloxham MBE from Urban Splash in the Glass House celebrating his wife Jo’s birthday. Tom is also the Chancellor of the University of Manchester. He and his wife were enjoying our Burger and Sushi combos! We’re nearly at the end of the festival but there are still plenty of events to attend and plenty of time to come down to festival square for food and a drink! View the MIF program here to see what’s on and follow us on Twitter and Facebook to keep up with the action at Festival Square....

MIF13: Kenneth Branagh in Macbeth

by | Jul 19, 2013 | MIF, Paul's Blog

After almost two weeks at Manchester International Festival, after so many dishes, after every requirement that been asked of us, and after the enormous amount of effort the team and I have put into the event (which I don’t mind!), I finally managed to see a couple of events at the festival. It’s good to feel the real heart of the festival, which of course is the shows. I was fortunate enough to be in the front row of Macbeth last night to watch Kenneth Branagh and a whole host of wonderful actors and actresses. The venue is spectacular and the whole play takes place in four inches of mud! I was in such close proximity to the play that I almost felt like I was part of the action. And the evidence was clear to see with my blood and mud-splattered shirt when the final bow was taken. What a wonderful, extraordinary and powerful piece of theatre – considerably more interesting than any West End play I’ve seen. No wonder the tickets are in such demand. My wife and I had started the evening with some casual dinner on Festival Square – Rice Krispy fish fingers with tomatoes, brown rice and green mayonnaise, and Grilled Bream, summer couscous, pepper and tomato sauce were just a couple of the specials on our menu. A pint of Thwaites Wainwright after the show finished the night off. Another early start this morning – an 8 o’clock breakfast for 60 that brought me back to reality. Soft brioche buns with our homemade sausages, tomato and chargrilled mushroom finished with Heathcote’s brown sauce...