{"id":143364,"date":"2023-11-02T16:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=143364"},"modified":"2023-11-02T16:00:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T16:00:02","slug":"how-old-is-rick-stein-and-whats-his-net-worth-the-sun-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/fashion\/how-old-is-rick-stein-and-whats-his-net-worth-the-sun-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"How old is Rick Stein and what\u2019s his net worth? \u2013 The Sun | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
CHEF Rick Stein has been a fixture on television screens for decades.<\/p>\n
The restaurateur may be a household name but who is he\u2014and what's his net worth?<\/p>\n
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Rick Stein<\/span>, was born on January 4, 1947, in <\/span>Oxfordshire<\/span>, and is one of our best-loved television chefs.<\/span><\/p>\n The Padstow-based chef has an estimated net worth of \u00a332 million thanks to his successful career in the<\/span> television and <\/span>food<\/span> industries.<\/span><\/p>\n When he was, Rick\u2019s father Eric tragically took his own life after battling with depression for years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n At the time Rick had been training in hotel management in London, but after the loss of his father, travelled the world, visiting New Zealand and Mexico.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Back in England, Rick studied English literature at New College, Oxford University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Soon after graduating in 1971, he moved to Padstow, in Cornwall, where he now has a host of restaurants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>TEAM STEIN <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>QUEEN OF SASS <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Rick\u2019s presence in Padstow is so strong that the Cornish seaside town has been given the nickname \u201cPadstein\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Rick initially ran a nightclub with a friend, which he converted into his first restaurant, The Seafood Restaurant, which is still open.<\/span><\/p>\n He has since opened several more restaurants and published over 20 cookbooks, with a television career spanning almost 40 years.<\/span><\/p>\n Rick was awarded the OBE in 2003 for services to tourism in Cornwall, and the CBE in 2018 for services to the economy.<\/p>\n <\/picture>‘YOU HAVE A DOPPELG\u00c4NGER’ <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>GINO BOILS OVER <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>top chefs <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>BACK IN THE KITCHEN <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Rick has a total of 10 restaurants in the UK, and two in New South Wales, Australia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Along with The Seafood Restaurant, Rick has three other restaurants in Padstow, St. Petroc's Bistro, Stein\u2019s Fish & Chips, and The Cornish Arms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Outside of Cornwall, Rick has gradually opened a chain of seven restaurants, around the south of England, including one in Barnes, London, all with a focus on Cornish seafood.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In 2022, Rick Stein\u2019s seafood restaurants were <\/span>hit by losses of \u00a31.2 million<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The restaurateur blamed the losses on the lasting effects of Covid, soaring costs, and fewer visitors to Cornwall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Stein <\/span>came under fire<\/span> in September for charging \u00a32 for condiments like mayonnaise and tartare sauce at his restaurants in Padstow. <\/span><\/p>\n Rick made his first television appearance alongside the legendary Keith Floyd in 1985, in the BBC\u2019s Floyd on Fish.<\/span><\/p>\n Rick got his own show in 1995, The Taste of the Sea, on BBC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n He\u2019s been on our screens ever since, with the third series of \u201cRick Stein\u2019s Cornwall\u201d airing in January 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Many of Rick\u2019s television shows are based around his passion\u2014 the seafood of Cornwall\u2014but many of his other programmes see him travelling the world to experience different cuisines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Rick has also appeared in an episode of Who Do You Think You Are? <\/span><\/p>\n Rick Stein is married to <\/span>Sarah Stein<\/span> (n\u00e9e Burns),\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Rick met Sarah in her native Australia when she was working as a publicist on a book tour he was doing.<\/span><\/p>\n At the time, Rick was still married to his first wife, Jill Newstead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n He had a five-year affair with Sarah until he split from Jill in 2007, after 27 years of marriage.<\/span><\/p>\n The pair tied the knot in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n Sarah is a co-owner of Rick Stein at Bannisters, in Australia, and owns a bookshop in Padstow.<\/p>\n Rick has three sons, Edward, Jack, and Charles, from his first marriage to Jill.<\/span><\/p>\n All three sons work in their father\u2019s business.<\/span><\/p>\n The eldest son, Edward, born in 1979, is a sculptor who has helped with the renovations of the Winchester restaurant the Cornish Arms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Jack, born in 1982, is chef director of the Stein restaurant menus and runs his own cookery courses at Rick Stein\u2019s Cookery School.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The youngest, Charlie, born in 1985, is a wine merchant turned director at The Rick Stein Group.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nREAD MORE ON RICK STEIN<\/h2>\n
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