Chef Raymond Blanc attended a careers fair at Dumfries House (Ben Birchall/PA Wire). Celebrated chef Raymond Blanc encouraged teenagers to consider working in the hospitality industry during a ...

June 11, 2025 at 0:29pm BST. Celebrated chef Raymond Blanc encouraged teenagers to consider working in the hospitality industry during a careers fair organised by The King’s Foundation.

Blanc, 75, who became an ambassador for the foundation in March, spoke to 250 pupils from 16 schools at the event at Dumfries House, East Ayrshire, on Tuesday. The French chef, ...

Blanc, 75, who became an ambassador for the foundation in March, spoke to 250 pupils from 16 schools at the event at Dumfries House, East Ayrshire, on Tuesday.

Blanc, 75, who became an ambassador for the foundation in March, spoke to 250 pupils from 16 schools at the event at Dumfries House, East Ayrshire, on Tuesday.

The renovation is being modelled on Dumfries House – an 18th century Scottish mansion, which the then-Prince saved as a public asset in 2007 for the charity’s primary use.

Raymond Blanc hails work in hospitality during careers fair at Dumfries House The chef spoke to 250 pupils from 16 schools at the event. Sarah Ward. Wednesday 11 June 2025 12:29 BST.

The estate housing King Charles’s flagship charity’s first Australian training centre – the former summer residence of governors of New South Wales – could open as soon as 2026.