Manu Feildel is a French celebrity chef

Celebrity chef

A celebrity chef is a kitchen chef who has become famous and well known. Today celebrity chefs often become celebrities by presenting cookery advice and demonstrations via mass media, especially television. Historically, celebrity chefs have included Antoine Carême and Martino da Como.-External...

 most widely known for his participation in Australia's cookery competition programs Ready Steady Cook

Ready Steady Cook (Australian TV series)

Ready Steady Cook is a twice Logie Award-nominated Australian cookery competition show that airs on the Ten Network. It is based on the original Ready Steady Cook series broadcast by the BBC. The format is owned by Endemol....

, MasterChef Australia

Masterchef Australia

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and My Kitchen Rules

My Kitchen Rules

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although he also achieved a solid reputation as a head chef at the restaurant Bilson's before moving to open his own restaurant, Manu at L'Etoile, in 2009. He also participated in, and won, Dancing with the Stars 2011

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History

In spite of a history of professional chefs in his family, including his father and a grandfather, Feildel initially considered a career in the circus before becoming an apprentice at the age of 15 in his father's school. Though he did not speak English at the time, he moved to London and took a position at the Café Royal, serving subsequently at Les Associes, the Cafe des Amis du Vin and popular seafood restaurant Livebait. Relocating to Australia, he worked at a number of restaurants for several years before opening the kitchen as head chef at Bilson's on invitation of its owner, offering contemporary French cuisine

French cuisine

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. According to The Sydney Morning Herald

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, he was a key factor in Bilson's "three-hat success". The Daily Telegraph

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indicates that it is for his service at this "exceptional fine diner" that he has fame among food lovers.

Feildel began appearing on Ready Steady Cook in 2005 and on MasterChef Australia in 2009 and now co-hosts "My Kitchen Rules" in 2010. Also in 2009, Feildel left Bilson's and opened his own French bistro

Bistro

A bistro, sometimes spelled bistrot, is, in its original Parisian incarnation, a small restaurant serving moderately priced simple meals in a modest setting. Bistros are defined mostly by the foods they serve. Home cooking with robust earthy dishes, and slow-cooked foods like cassoulet are typical...

, Manu at L'Etoile.

In 2010 he was the celebrity contestant in the first episode of the Australian version of Beat The Star

Beat the Star (Australia)

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. He lost 26–10.

Feildel won the 2011 series of Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars (Australian Season 11)

The 11th Season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on Sunday 8 May 2011 at 6:30pm on Channel Seven. Daniel MacPherson and Sonia Kruger returned as hosts, along with judges Todd McKenney and Helen Richey. Australian dancer Joshua Horner joined the judging panel as a replacement for Mark Wilson...

and appeared at the 2011 Good Food & Wine Show

Good Food & Wine Show

The Good Food & Wine Show is Australia's largest consumer exhibition. It showcases cuisine matches and celebrity chefs.The event is staged annually in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane and so far has attracted just under 100,000 food and wine lovers for 2008.- History :The inaugural...

. He was also nominated for the Most Popular New Male Talent at the Logie Awards of 2011

Logie Awards of 2011

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