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and they lived out in Provence.”
Emily Scott on the joy of simplicity and cooking for President Joe Biden By Katie Wright, PA Emily Scott has called the UK’s southernmost county home for 25 years, but the chef’s roots in the region go back even further. “I spent a lot of time in Cornwall as a child, because my grandparents had a house down here,” says Scott, 48, on a video call from her home near Newquay.
Born in Sussex, she moved to the picturesque village of Port Isaac aged 23 and married her first husband, a fisherman, and the couple had three children, Oscar, 21, Finn, 20, and Evie, 18.
“Sadly, I divorced the fisherman – or not sadly, I’m not sure – but actually, it’s all very amicable.
“But I chose to stay in Cornwall… and my career has just grown and got better and better.”
Scott’s first foray into food was the seaside Harbour Restaurant in Port Isaac, followed by eight years running the much-loved St Tudy Inn gastropub and rooms.
“And also in France, because my grandfather was half-French
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