He and Jill split in 2002, five years after he began an affair with his publicity manager Sarah Burns, 20 years his junior. In 2006, in an infamous Padstow bust-up, Jill slapped both Rick and Sarah.

Rick Stein's Rolled Back Menu includes lobster for £2.80 and a seafood thermidor for £2.20 Rick and Jill opened what was initially a small bistro by the harbour of Padstow in north Cornwall ...