John Burton-Race

This week the celebrity chef John Burton-Race was banned from driving for 14 months and fined for failing to provide a breath test when stopped by police before wrestling to the two officers to the ground when they attempted to arrest him.

The 52-year-old, was spotted leaving his restaurant in Dartmouth on 30th October, following a day of drinking and meetings.  His vehicle was followed after it was considered to be driven erratically in the early hours of the morning before pulling into a car park of a pub and the driver walking away from it.  As the chef was approached and asked to give a breath test he refused and became agitated and attempted to free himself as the officers tried to handcuff him.

After being taken to the ground by the officers, Burton-Race was eventually taken to the station where he finally gave a sample and was found to be nearly twice over the drink-drive limit.

In 2007, Burton-Race left his wife Kim, who featured in his TV programme, after it was discovered that he had been having affair resulting in a secret, two-year-old love child.

While Burton-Race was a contestant on the 2007 edition of ‘I’m A Celebrity’, his wife Kim closed his restaurant ‘The New Angel’, leaving a notice pinned to the door which read;

“It is with deep regret that as of Tuesday 27th November 2007 the New Angel restaurant and rooms will cease trading. Please direct all inquiries to John Burton Race”. Also included on the note was Burton Race’s mobile phone number.

After a very bitter divorce, where the chef was ordered by a Judge to liquidate all his assets, which included selling the family home, all of his 42 vintage cars and the restaurant, Burton-Race was declared bankrupt and has asked that he be allowed to pay the drink-driving ban fine of £1,430 in installments as he does not have that sort of cash in one hit!