Simon Rimmer
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Simon Peter Rimmer May 5, 1963 Wallasey, Cheshire (Now Merseyside), England |
| Occupation | Celebrity chef, television presenter |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Television | Something for the Weekend (2006–12) Sunday Brunch (2012—) Daily Brunch (2014) Win It, Cook It (2014) Tricks of the Restaurant Trade (2016—) |
Simon Peter Rimmer (born 5 May 1963 in Wallasey, Cheshire, (Now Merseyside)) is an English chef, best known for his on-screen partnership with Tim Lovejoy, with whom he co-hosted the BBC Two programme Something for the Weekend from 2006 until 2012. Rimmer and Lovejoy then began co-hosting Channel 4 programme Sunday Brunch and its spin-off Daily Brunch in 2014.
Rimmer originally studied fashion and textile design and taught himself to cook.
Rimmer founded Greens, a vegetarian restaurant in West Didsbury, Manchester in 1990. Two years later, The Guardian described Greens as one of the most exciting new restaurants in the UK.
Rimmer's television career began with Granada Breeze and he has also appeared regularly on programmes including This Morning, Granada Tonight, A Taste for Travel, Lunchtime Live and The Afternoon Show, Gloria’s Open House – Channel 5, Xchange for CBBC and a spot of co-presenting on UKTV's Great Food Live and BBC One's To Buy or Not to Buy. Simon presented This Little Farmer for BBC One and Making a Meal of It, also for BBC Two. He was the mentor on the Channel 5 programme Breaking Into Tesco in which people competed to get their food products sold by Tesco.
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