glynn purnell, who had once worked as a chef de partie and then sous chef at simpson's in kenilworth, is a familiar face on british television food programmes and won the great british menu competition for 2 consecutive years (2008, with strawberries with tarragon and black pepper honeycomb with burnt english cream surprise and, in 2009, with masala spiced monkfish with red lentils, pickled carrots, and coconut). purnell's first book, "cracking yolks and pig tales", was published in 2014. in 2016, purnell became one of the regular guest hosts on the bbc television programme "saturday kitchen". in the birmingham food, drink and hospitality awards of june 2016 glynn purnell was chosen best chef and purnell's restaurant was named best michelin star restaurant. purnell's second book, "rib-ticklers & choux-ins", containing 110 recipes, was published on 15 september 2016.