After Dinner Speakers: Brina Turner, Brian Conley, Richard Blackwood

A well-known TV chef, Brian Turner's early mentor was the late food writer and broadcaster Michael Smith. He's worked at many prestigious restaurants, including Simpson's-in-the-Strand and Claridge's. Brian launched the Greenhouse Restaurant in Mayfair (where Gary Rhodes was once head chef and where Paul Merrett is the current head chef) and the Metro Wine Bar in Basil Street, and, more recently, his own restaurant, the Brian Turner Restaurant at The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Birmingham's NEC. As well as regular appearances on Ready Steady Cook and Food and Drink, Brian was also resident chef for many years on Granada's This Morning, eventually having his own series Out to Lunch and Anything You Can Cook.