Jill Stein (restaurateur) explained

Jill Stein
Honorific Suffix:OBE
Birth Name:Jill Newstead
Occupation:Restaurateur, interior designer
Years Active:1975 - present
Known For:The Seafood Restaurant
Children:3
Awards:OBE (2013)

Jill Stein (née Newstead)[1] is a British restaurateur and interior designer, known for co-running The Seafood Restaurant with former husband Rick Stein. In 2019, she was named the chair of Visit Cornwall.[2]

Career

In 1975, with then husband Rick Stein, Jill started The Seafood Restaurant in Padstow.[3] Jill ran front of house and business side of the restaurant whilst Rick was in the kitchen. The business now includes twelve restaurants, a pub, 40 guest bedrooms, a cookery school and four shops.[4] She has also worked as an interior designer on their businesses.[5] Jill has been the driving force behind the scenes,[6] designing restaurant interiors for Rick Stein's Café (1982), St Petroc's Bistro (1988), Stein's Fish & Chips (2004), The Cornish Arms (2009), Falmouth (2010), Porthleven and Winchester (2014), Fistral and Sandbanks (2015), Seafood Bar and Marlborough (2016) and Barnes (2017) [7]

Recognition

Stein was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to the restaurant industry.[8]

She received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Women 1st Shine Awards, which recognises women in the hospitality and service industry[9] She also appeared in Women 1st's Top 100 women in hospitality in 2011[10] and CODE Hospitality's Top 100 list in 2019.[11]

In 2011, she received an honorary doctorate of business from Plymouth University.[12]

Personal life

Jill married Rick Stein in 1975.[13] They have three sons, who are all involved in the business.[14] [15] They divorced in 2007,[16] but agreed to continue running the business together.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rick Stein: My second wife has saved me from my father's shadow. Joanna. Della-Ragione. 2 December 2013. Express.co.uk. 16 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Jill Stein to chair Visit Cornwall. Eyriey. Nick. 2019-05-08. Business Cornwall. en-GB. 2019-05-15.
  3. Web site: The Seafood Restaurant, Rick Stein. www.visitcornwall.com. 2019-05-15.
  4. Web site: Home Page. Rick Stein. en-GB. 2019-05-15.
  5. Web site: Jill Stein design article. 10 August 2017 . 15 May 2019.
  6. Web site: How self-taught designer Jill Stein stamped her style on Stein restaurants. Harmer. Janet. 10 August 2017. The Caterer. 2019-05-24.
  7. Web site: Our History. Rick Stein. en-GB. 2019-05-24.
  8. News: Jill Stein is honoured by Queen. 2013-06-15. 2019-05-15. en-GB.
  9. Web site: Lifetime Achievement for Jill Stein. Eyriey. Nick. 2012-06-21. Business Cornwall. en-GB. 2019-05-15.
  10. Web site: Women 1st's Top 100 Women in Hospitality and Leisure . Kerstin . Kuhn . The Caterer . 20 April 2011 . 20 June 2019.
  11. Web site: CODE CODE's 100 Most Influential Women in Hospitality 2019. CODE Hospitality. 2019-05-15.
  12. Web site: Jill Stein awarded Doctorate of Business. bighospitality.co.uk. Big Hospitality. 21 September 2011 . 2019-05-15.
  13. News: Marsh . Henry Zeffman and Stefanie . 2024-03-22 . Rick Stein: jealousy and fear ended my marriage . . 2024-03-22 . en . 0140-0460.
  14. News: The Stein family saga: 40 years of the Seafood Restaurant. Tim. Adams. The Observer . 19 April 2015. The Guardian.
  15. Web site: Find out about Rick Stein restaurants and more. 28 July 2016. 20 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141020055928/http://www.rickstein.com/Biography.html. dead.
  16. Web site: Celebrity chef's marriage ends. 8 June 2007. Metro. 16 May 2019.
  17. Web site: Jill Stein: stepping out from her husband Rick's shadow. Anna. Tyzack. 22 October 2011. 15 May 2019. The Telegraph.

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