Raymond Blanc breaks leg in stairs fall

TV Chef, Raymond Blanc, is undergoing surgery for a broken leg, after falling down stairs at his Oxford home today. Raymond,60, who is currently fronting a TV series sharing the tricks of his trade, has apparently broken his leg in several places, but is expected to be able to return home after an operation today.

Raymond’s Russian-born fiancee, Dr Natalia Traxel, was at the house when he fell and it was she who alerted paramedics who took him to hospital.

Raymond Blanc is well-known in Thame, where The Thatch restaurant was one of his business interests, and was the prize for the first TV series of The Restaurant, during which couples fought for control of their own restaurant.

His own flagship restaurant is Le Manoir Aux Quat’Saisons, at Milton Common, near Thame.

PHOTO: Raymond Blanc signing copies of his book in a Thame bookshop.