My name is james MacKenzie, I come from Scotland, joined the army when I was 16 became a chef, spent 11 years in the armed forces, working my way up the ranks and kitchen, becoming a successful chef in the officers mess, which is more fine dining, been on operational tours, Iraq, Afghanistan, Canada, Kenya,Cyprus and Northern Ireland. I left the Army after 12 yrs experience and became a sous chef in a 5* restaurant in London for 3 years then back home to Scotland to become a head chef
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