Breton, Richard Bertinet trained as a baker from the age of 14 and now owns and runs The Bertinet Kitchen cookery school and The Bertinet Bakery. The bakery has 2 shops in Bath and supplies hotels, restaurants and good food shops (including Waitrose) in the South from its bakeries in Bath and Milton Keynes. Richard was named BBC Food Champion of the Year 2010 and his books: Dough, Crust, Cook & Pastry have won countless awards and are modern classics. His fifth book Patisserie Maison was published last summer. Richard teaches sell-out classes at The Bertinet Kitchen cookery school.