Paul Heathcote

These words, written by Sylvia Lovat Corbridge in her book It’s an Old Lancashire Custom, could not be more true of the life of Paul Heathcote. Lancashire honours its heroes and Heathcote is rapidly becoming something of a local legend. It is rare for a week to pass without his bright, genial features beaming off the pages of the Lancashire Evening Post. Mrs Nelson, who keeps a B&B in Knowle Green, has filled a scrapbook with his press cuttings and her house is like a shrine to the great chef with displays of his arty brochures and publicity hand-outs in her bedrooms and hall. ‘He puts a lot back in, does our Paul, ‘says Mrs N, talking proudly of Heathcote’s charity work, his visits to schools and his cookery classes.