Marco Pierre White
Gareth Iwan Jones Gareth Iwan Jones

Marco Pierre White

Mr "Enfant Terrible" of the restaurant scene, Marco Pierre White, did not disappoint. Upon first walking in to his restaurant 'The Rudloe Arms' (just outside Bath) a door slammed behind me, inciting a ferocious roar from the man himself. It has been a while since I'd received a telling off. That was the introductions over. Our brief photo shoot began, with the electricity of Marco's fiery spirit in the air. He was quick to veto most ideas, as is his way, but there was one portrait from the session that I'm rather fond of. Taken in the restaurant's 1930's 'Mousehole Bar', with the thick oak furnishings, tweed waistcoat and Marco's wild, untamed hair framing his face. Frightening and sophisticated in equal measure.

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