The chef behind Stockport's acclaimed Where The Light Gets In restaurant, Samuel Buckley started cooking when he was 15 years old.
His career is peppered with stints as a journalist and musician, as well as time in the kitchen with such chefs as Gary Rhodes, Paul Kitching, and Simon Rogan at L’Enclume in Cumbria.
Now nearly three years old, the restaurant - designed by his partner Chloe Frejaville - also has its own farm/kitchen garden that supplies the team with naturall grown produce.
Sam is currently competing on Great British Menu. My earliest memory of Manchester is... I remember riding the bus to Manchester with my dad on weekends.
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