Benoit Blin

Benoit has been Raymond Blanc’s Head Pastry Chef at the award winning Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, A Belmond Hotel, in Oxfordshire since 1995 where he leads a team looking after all the desserts and bread preparation.

Having worked in places such as the Ritz Hotel in Paris, Benoit has continued to develop himself throughout his career and has trained with numerous Meilleur Ouvrier de France. He was awarded the most prestigious Pastry accolade in the UK, with the title of Master of Culinary Arts, MCA, in 2005. In 2009, he was recognised as Pastry Chef of the Year.

As President, Benoit led the UK pastry team to the Coupe du Monde finals in Lyon, January 2011 and up until recently, has been the Chairman of the UK Pastry Club. The club was created to find and support future UK pastry talents to compete whilst promoting and developing pastry skills in our industry.

Benoit is also one of the hosts and Judges on the now famous pastry tv programme “Bake off The Professionals” on Channel 4.