Galton Blackiston

Galton Blackiston is an English chef, born in Norfolk. The restaurant of his hotel, Morston Hall in Morston, is Michelin starred and has 4 AA Rosettes. It is on the north Norfolk coast, two miles from Blakeney.

Blackiston has never trained formally as a chef. After leaving school at 16 to play cricket, he was encouraged by his mother to set up a market stall selling homemade baked goods, "Galton's Goodies". His first job in a restaurant was at John Tovey's Miller Howe country hotel in Windermere, the Lake District.

In 2013, Blackiston opened No 1 Cromer, a fish and chip shop in Cromer.

In 2025, Blackiston and his wife Tracy sold Morston Hall to the hotelier Henry Elworthy, and no longer have any involvement with its running.

Television

Blackiston represented the Midlands and East of England in the BBC's Great British Menu, knocking out celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson to gain a place in the final. In 2007, he appeared on the television programme Food Poker. He has also appeared on Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Country Show Cook Off, and Saturday Kitchen.

Personal life Blackiston supports Norwich City F.C.