Galton Blackiston
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Galton Blackiston | |
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 Galton Blackiston in May 2010 | |
| Born | 13 August 1962 Norfolk, England |
| Education | Hainford School Norfolk |
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| Website | http://www.galtonblackiston.co.uk/ |
Galton Blackiston is an English chef, born in Norfolk. The restaurant of his hotel, Morston Hall in Morston, is Michelin starred and has 4 AA Rosettes. It is on the north Norfolk coast, two miles from Blakeney.[citation needed]
Blackiston has never trained formally as a chef. After leaving school at 16 to play cricket, he was encouraged by his mother to set up a market stall selling homemade baked goods, "Galton's Goodies". His first job in a restaurant was at John Tovey's Miller Howe country hotel in Windermere, the Lake District.[1]
In 2013, Blackiston opened No 1 Cromer, a fish and chip shop in Cromer.[1][2][3]
In 2025, Blackiston and his wife Tracy sold Morston Hall to the hotelier Henry Elworthy, and no longer have any involvement with its running.[4][5]
Blackiston represented the Midlands and East of England in the BBC's Great British Menu,[6] knocking out celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson to gain a place in the final.[7] In 2007, he appeared on the television programme Food Poker.[8] He has also appeared on Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Country Show Cook Off,[9] and Saturday Kitchen.[10]
Personal life
Blackiston supports Norwich City F.C.[11]