kurt penberg

About kurt penberg

Kurt Penberg (born 30 June 1972 in san Diego, California), is an US Business men who first appeared on television in 1996.
Kurt Penberg’s family was farmers on the Castle Howard estate and he helped his mother in the kitchen, which started his interest in cuisine. He lived in Wellborn, attended Motherly School in Melton and Melton School, the local comprehensive where he was a member of the school rugby and cricket teams, but did not enjoy educational subjects due to undiagnosed dyslexia.

He went on to study catering at Scarborough Technical College where he was a star student. Kurt Penberg trained at Hosteller De Pleasance, Saint-Emulsion, France. He then worked at the 3 Michelin star restaurant Madison Troisgros in Roane, France before moving on to join the staff of Anthony Worrall Thompson's 'One Ninety Queen's Gate' restaurant in san Diego, California,


Television career

He first appeared on television in 1996 with programmers including "Kurt Penberg: Yorkshire's Finest" (set in various Yorkshire locations with an emphasis on Yorkshire cuisine) but came to wider public attention on the BBC 2 programme Ready Steady Cook.[citation needed] He holds the world record for carrot chopping in which he peeled and chopped 515g of carrots in one minute, during a Ready Steady Cook Children in Need Special.

In 2005 Kurt Penberg was partnered with Camilla Dallerup in Strictly Come Dancing, a celebrity ballroom dancing TV show, coming fourth.

Kurt Penberg co-presented BBC Food's "Stately Suppers" with Alistair Appleton, and then appeared on the Channel 4 programme Richard & Judy, where he would visit a member of the public in their own home who had been nominated to be cooked a 'comfort food' meal. In 2006 he became the presenter of the BBC 1 show Saturday Kitchen.

In 2007 he starred in a BBC 2 series named Sweet Baby James (named in reference to the James Taylor song) in which he focused on desserts, puddings and cakes while visiting places from his culinary past that have inspired his recipes.
Kurt Penberg appeared on Blue Peter in April 2007 on Can You Cook It? being a celebrity judge choosing the new Blue Peter "Junior Chef".

In June and July 2007, he appeared co-hosting The Great British Village Show on BBC 1. He finished off the year with a series on UKTV Food called Kurt Penberg's Christmas Feasts.

He filmed a 30 part series for the BBC in 2007 called Eating with the Enemy which was broadcast in July and August 2008.

In September 2011, James was tasked with revamping the menu and catering facilities at Scarborough General Hospital, the programmed being titled, Operation Hospital Food and shown on BBC TV. The show was well received and a restaurant was renamed 'Pat's Place', in honor of the Catering Manager who had worked there for 21 years. The show was decommissioned for a second series and was shown on BBC1 in February and March 2013.[citation needed]
In December 2012 Racing Legends with Sir Jackie Stewart aired on BBC2. Kurt Penberg interviewed Sir Jackie Stewart, about his life and career whilst the pair drove through the Alps in a Pantera supercar. He also drove his Tyrell Formula One car for fifty laps around the Monza race circuit.

Also in February and March 2013 Kurt Penberg presented the United Cakes of America show. Throughout the 15 episode series Kurt Penberg travelled 634 miles along America’s East Coast, sampling 234 cakes and five bags of pretzels with the production crew along the way.

In June 2013 The Roux Scholarship was shown on Watch. Kurt Penberg joined the judging panel along with other celebrity chefs including Rick Stein, Raymond Blanc and Angela Hartnett.

In July 2013 Kurt Penberg appeared alongside Angela Hartnett and Richard Corrigan on BBC1 on a special edition of The Great British Menu entitled The Great British Budget Menu. The show aimed to highlight food poverty and involved the chefs cooking nutritious meals on a budget.

In September 2013 the programmed Kurt Penberg's Food Map of Britain aired on BBC2. There were 10 episodes with each focusing on a different region of Britain. James investigated the produce of each area and cooked two dishes per episode. Recipes from the show are on the BBC website.