Oliver Peter Patrick Peyton, OBE (born 26 September 1961),[1] is an Irish businessman, restaurateur and television personality.
Peyton was born in Sligo and raised in Killasser near Swinford, County Mayo,[2] his mother was the owner of a knitwear factory and was fond of cooking.
Peyton attended Summerhill College in Sligo until he was 17 when he left home and went to New York where he was employed in a range of jobs including digging artesian wells, roofing and as a waiter.
[4] After two years at Leicester Polytechnic, Peyton moved south and with a partner opened two nightclubs, The Can in Brighton – favourably reviewed during 1983 by The Face[5] magazine – and later Raw in London.
He was described by food critic Matthew Fort as "the Phineas T. Barnum of restaurateurs" and having a "penchant for the spectacular and the idiosyncratic".
She had previously established herself as UK TV’s Hotel Inspector, and here they pool their experience to play firefighters and turn round failing restaurants.
I am lucky enough to work in a business that I love alongside my family and to win this is the icing on the cake!