The Jersey Royal Company has over the last few years developed a good working relationship with Michelin Star chef, Shaun Rankin from Bohemia (www.bohemiajersey.com) who was a winning finalist on the 2009 BBC Great British Menu competition.

Shaun Rankin, originally from Yorkshire, always wanted to be a chef, and set out to become one at the age of 14. Having studied and worked as an apprentice in London, Shaun honed his skills in a number of other restaurants in England, Perth, Australia, Chicago, United States and France before moving to Jersey in 1994.

Shaun first worked in Jersey at the 5* hotel Longueville Manor and followed that with a stint as the head chef at the establishment’s sister restaurant, Sumas before being invited to open Bohemia restaurant as its head chef in 2003. The restaurant was awarded a Michelin star in 2005 and has also been named one of the top 25 UK restaurants by Egon Ronay.

Shaun describes his Jersey home, which he shares with wife Cheryl and son Ethan, as having a '9-mile-long garden' and uses the produce from this garden as often as he can.

The Company supplies Shaun and Bohemia with Jersey Royals and in turn he has developed a range of recipes which he invites you to try (see opposite).

2010 has been an incredibly busy year for Shaun with the filming of his own cookery series and the production of his first book, Seasoned Islands http://www.shaunrankin.com/book

Shaun was delighted to be able to work with, and promote Jersey Royals both in his book and on the TV series which was made in conjunction with www.channelonline.tv, a clip of which can be seen by clicking on the following link (SR – Island Feast 2010 Video)


There is a dvd available for purchase that shows all 6 episodes of the series http://shop.channelonline.tv