{"id":141569,"date":"2023-09-11T17:16:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=141569"},"modified":"2023-09-11T17:16:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T17:16:20","slug":"nico-ladenis-dead-top-chef-who-mentored-marco-pierre-white-won-three-michelin-stars-dies-aged-89-as-tributes-pour-in-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/world-news\/nico-ladenis-dead-top-chef-who-mentored-marco-pierre-white-won-three-michelin-stars-dies-aged-89-as-tributes-pour-in-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Nico Ladenis dead: Top chef who mentored Marco Pierre White &amp; won three Michelin stars dies aged 89 as tributes pour in | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A LEGENDARY chef and restaurateur who mentored Marco Pierre White has died at the age of 89.<\/p>\n<p>Highly-influential Nico Ladenis found fame in the 1990s when his 90 Park Lane restaurant in central London&#x27;s Mayfair won three Michelin stars.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/JB-CHEF-OFF.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>He had previously opened Chez Nico in Dulwich, south London, in 1973 &#8211; followed by Simply Nico in Pimlico 16 years later.<\/p>\n<p>He has been compared to fellow London restaurant legends such as Raymond Blanc and the Roux brothers.<\/p>\n<p>He only went into the dining trade aged 37 after previously working in the oil and gas industry.<\/p>\n<p>He became the first self-taught chef in Britain to be awarded three Michelin stars, in 1995.<\/p>\n<h2><span>Read More On Food<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/AB-SALAD-COMP.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>I lost 10 lbs &#8211; one of my fave dinners makes me feel like a Kardashian <\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newspress-collage-23888787-1694334636842.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Mum shares the ultimate recipe using Aldi buys &#8211; it feeds four for under \u00a35<\/h3>\n<p>But he asked to hand them back four years later, citing his disillusion with the London restaurant scene while also battling prostate cancer.<\/p>\n<p>He said at the time: &quot;Working in a three-star restaurant is very restrictive and people do not want to eat very expensive food.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;You cannot fool around in the restaurant if you have three stars and I want to make it more relaxed.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Dad-of-two Ladenis, born in what&#x27;s now Tanzania while of British-Cypriot heritage, also published two acclaimed books &#8211; My Gastronomy in 1987 and Nico nine years later.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in The Sun<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/da-ant-comp.jpg\"><\/picture><span>MANSION BLAZE <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Former \u00a35m home of Ant McPartlin and ex Lisa Armstrong goes up in flames<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/dwtn57-quality-street-chocolates-770980222.jpg\"><\/picture><span>CHOCO WIN <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Quality Street brings back discontinued flavour after 20 years<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/crop-23893874.jpg\"><\/picture><span>SOAP WEDDING <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Emmerdale&#8217;s Amy Walsh marries EastEnders star fiance in front of co-stars<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/KS_COMP_6-v2-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>NOA HOFFMAN <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>I matched with Commons &#8216;spy&#8217; on dating app, I re-read our texts and was shocked<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He mentored many chefs who went on to success of their own, including not only Pierre White but also Jason Atherton and Andre Garrett.<\/p>\n<p>Sat Bains, who runs two-Michelin-star Restaurant Sat Bains with Rooms in Nottingham, was among those paying tribute today.<\/p>\n<p>He posted on X\/Twitter that Ladenis was &quot;a true gastronomic leader of chefs that inspired a whole generation&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>And celebrity chef Tom Kerridge praised him as &quot;a true culinary hero&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Chez Nico became one of only seven UK restaurants to be given a maximum ten out of ten by the Good Food Guide.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/23897585\/nico-ladenis-dead-chef-mentored-marco-pierre-white\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A LEGENDARY chef and restaurateur who mentored Marco Pierre White has died at the age of 89. 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