Marcus Wareing: I go to Five Guys if I want a good burger

Five Guys fan: Top chef Marcus Wareing
Rehema Figueiredo24 September 2015

Marcus Wareing has two Michelin stars and is a MasterChef judge — but that doesn’t stop him being a big fan of burger chain Five Guys.

He revealed his passion for fast food as he described how the capital’s restaurant scene has changed since he first started working at The Savoy aged 18.

Wareing, now 45, said: “I go to Five Guys if I want a good burger. Of course I eat that stuff. I have a 14, a 10 and an eight-year-old.”

He said he was happy taking his children anywhere to eat, adding: “I think Pizza Express and Jamie Oliver’s restaurants get kids but I can walk in to Alain Ducasse’s three-star Michelin and they won’t make me feel nervous that I’ve got my children with me.”

Wareing owns three restaurants, including the two Michelin-starred Marcus in Knightsbridge and Tredwell’s in Seven Dials. He said: “It’s quite bizarre that I have a restaurant in Covent Garden because that’s where I would bring my girlfriend at the time who’s now my wife. When I arrived in London in 1988 the most cultural place to eat was Chinatown.”

Wareing, who lives in Wimbledon, said despite the rise of food bloggers and Instagram, the Michelin guide is still an important way of finding good food. “Social media is gossip; it’s one person’s opinion,” he said. “Michelin stars are the pinnacle of accolades.”

But he added: “I think Instagram is great. Everyone’s got to chill out about it. If you want to take pictures of your food and then eat it that’s your call.”

The new series of Masterchef: The Professionals will be broadcast in November. Marcus Wareing will appear at Taste of London: The Festive Edition at Tobacco Dock, November 19 to 22.

Tickets go on sale today at tasteoflondon.co.uk

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