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Profile: Marco Pierre White

Marco Pierre White is Leeds' most famous chef

At the age of 33, Leeds-born Marco Pierre became the only British chef to win three Michelin stars - and the youngest in the world to ever have done so.

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Marco Pierre White handed back his three Michelen stars when he stopped cooking in 1999. He said: "It is more exciting chasing stars than defending them".

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Almost as famous for his tempers, celebrity arguments and his fast-living as he is for food, Marco Pierre White is the original celebrity chef.

His restaurant empire includes some of London's finest eateries, including the Criterion, Mirabelle, L'Escargot and Quo Vadis.

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