"Pay attention to his deceptively simple food: to warm, airy cheese puffs, covered with grated chestnut as if it were a savoury Mont Blanc", the Masterchef judge wrote.

George Tannock, who has worked with a number of top chef's in some of the world's best restaurants, said following this praise that his heart nonetheless remains in Portugal where perhaps he will return one day to spoil the locals with his culinary delights.