Top Seafood Chef Pascal Proyart to attend Queenie Festival 2012

Pascal Proyart, head chef of one of the most highly acclaimed fish restaurants in London ‘One-o-one’ will be attending this year’s Isle of Man Queenie Festival.

Pascal will be cooking up a whole host of seafood delights including some superb French classics with a Manx twist during the Saturday and Sunday of the festival held on the quay in Port St Mary as part of the Relish cookery theater.

Pascal was born and raised in a similar size fishing village to Port St Mary, on the Brittany coast, where his family have been restaurateurs for three generations. His formal chef training began at "Les Sorbets" Hotel School in Noirmoutier where he remained for two years, before his military service in Africa.

Pascal then spent a decade working in a number of hotels and restaurants throughout Europe, with Yves Mattagnes and Jacques le Divellec at the two-star Michelin Sea Grill in Brussels and the two-star Michelin Le Divellec in Paris.

Amongst many of his accolades Pascal has won a number of catering industry awards including a "Trophée Lauffer Delta d'Or, and a Silver Plate from "Chaîne des Rôtisseurs" in 1996. He has also made a number of TV appearances on the BBC’S Celebrity Master Chef and The Good Food Channel’s Market Kitchen.

Pascal’s philosophy on cooking has always been to use the freshest fish and he shares a strong belief in sustainability.

Tim Croft, festival organiser commented, “It is fantastic that the Isle of Man Queenies festival now draws some of the world’s best chefs. When I spoke to Pascal and explained to him what the key messages of the festival were, including sustainability and conservation he couldn’t wait to put Queenies on his restaurant menu and also take part in the festival.”

Chef Quirke’s Quick Queenies

We were getting into the festival spirit early so put together this short video of two of our favourite Queenie recipes to get your mouths watering. So get inspired and send us your favourite Queen Scallop recipe to our Queenie Recipe Competition.