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From Adele to Soft Cell.

Prize-winning chef, restaurateur, TV presenter and cookery book writer, Marcus Wareing shares his castaway choices with Lauren Laverne.

Marcus gained his first Michelin star aged just 26.

He grew up in Southport, and by the age of 11 was helping out in his family鈥檚 fruit and vegetable business, which dominated his father鈥檚 life. Marcus assumed he would join the business, but his father told him to take a catering course instead, as the family firm had no future.

When Marcus was 18, he moved to London to work at the Savoy. He loved the experience of life in a high-pressure professional kitchen and was quickly promoted. In 1993 he joined Gordon Ramsay at Aubergine, creating one of the most celebrated London restaurants of the time.

He went on to launch a number of Michelin star-winning restaurants, often working with Gordon Ramsay and his company, before a much-publicized falling-out.

Marcus now runs a group of restaurants in London, founded with his wife Jane, and since 2014 he has appeared as a judge and mentor on the TV series MasterChef: The Professionals.

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in July 2019.