Manu Feildel
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Manu Feildel at GQ Men of the Year Award 2011
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| Born | 1974 (age 42–43) Nantes, France |
| Website | http://manufeildel.com.au |
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Manu Feildel (born Emmanuel Feildel in 1974) is a chef born in Nantes, France, trained in England and now living in Australia, most widely known for his participation in Australia's cookery competition programs Ready Steady Cook, MasterChef Australia and My Kitchen Rules (MKR). He achieved a solid reputation as head chef at the restaurant Bilson's before moving to open his own restaurant, Manu at L'Étoile, in 2009. The restaurant closed in March 2014, when it became unprofitable. His other failed restaurant ventures include L'Aperitif and Le Grand Cirque.
Feildel participated in, and won, Dancing with the Stars 2011.
In spite of a history of professional chefs in his family, including his father and a grandfather, Feildel decided to join a circus school at age 13 and learnt juggling, unicycling, clowning and some acrobatics. He stayed for three years and then decided that cooking was his first love and moved to London where he studied at the Cafe Royal restaurant. He then worked at Les Associes, the Cafe des Amis du Vin and popular seafood restaurant Livebait. Relocating to Australia in 1999, 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. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, he was a key factor in Bilson's "three-hat success".The Daily Telegraph 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 has co-hosted My Kitchen Rules since 2010. Also in 2009, Feildel left Bilson's and opened his own French bistro, Manu at L'Étoile. However, Manu at L'Étoile closed in March 2014, with Feildel citing a "nightmare year" with too much happening including his My Kitchen Rules commitments and increased competition that had hurt his business, meaning he could no longer afford to stay open.
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