Simon Rimmer
| Simon Rimmer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Simon Rimmer May 5, 1963 Wallasey, Cheshire |
| Occupation | Celebrity Chef |
| Years active | 1990–present |
Simon Rimmer (born 5 May 1963) is the resident chef on BBC2's Something for the Weekend, which first aired on Sunday 8 October 2006, and is also the face of cooking video website, Eat The Chef. He is married with two children. Simon is also famed for having one leg significantly longer than the other.
Despite not being a vegetarian himself, Rimmer founded Greens, a vegetarian restaurant in West Didsbury (Manchester) in 1990.[1] Two years later, The Guardian described Greens as one of the most exciting new restaurants in UK, and it has gone on to win several awards, including The Big Issue's Restaurant of the Year, and most recently North-west Restaurant of the Year.
His television career began with Granada Breeze, hosting shows such as Livetime and Battle of the Chefs. However, he has also appeared regularly on programmes including This Morning, Granada Tonight, A Taste for Travel, Lunchtime Live and The Afternoon Show, Gloria’s Open House – Channel 5, Xchange for CBBC and a spot of co-presenting on UKTV's Great Food Live and BBC1's To Buy or Not to Buy. Simon presented This Little Farmer for BBC One and Making a Meal of It, also for BBC Two. Simon continues to co-present Something for the Weekend.
He was the mentor on the Channel 5 programme Breaking Into Tesco, a show where people competed to get their food products sold by Tesco.
His first book, The Accidental (about the Gene song of the same name), was published in October 2004. His second book, The Rebel Cook, was published in October 2006. His third book came out in spring 2008, it was co-written with Tim Lovejoy entitled Lazy Brunch, which is based on the feature in Something from the Weekend. In spring 2009, Mitchell Beazley published his fourth book, 'The Seasoned Vegetarian'.
Simon has a degree in fashion and textile design.[citation needed]
Simon opened his second restaurant Earle in Hale, Trafford, Greater Manchester in October 2006, this time for meat-eaters. It has been a success, named top celebrity restaurant to eat at in the Observer Food Monthly.
Simon supports Liverpool Football Club, but also has an in depth knowledge of the history of Tranmere Rovers, which he chose as his specialist subject on the BBC quiz Mastermind in January.[citation needed]
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