Press Centre / Paul Ainsworth

Paul Ainsworth has worked at Number 6 in Padstow since 2006, taking sole ownership in 2009. Number 6 is one of the best reviewed restaurants in Cornwall with a menu focusing on quality ingredients, often humble in nature, used to create meals with smooth clean flavours that offer great value for money.
Paul was selected to compete to represent the South West in the finals of the Great British Menu against some of the most respected chefs in the country. In the final he won the dessert course and had his “Taste of the Fairground” served at a celebratory banquet for over 100 people at Leadenhall Market. His winning desert is now available on the menu at the restaurant.

Social Media links: For all the latest news at Number 6, visit the Paul Ainsworth at Number 6 Facebook page and Twitter. Read reviews of the restaurant on TripAdvisor.

Press contact: Jim Michell, Barefoot Media. Email Phone: 01208 895089
Client contact: Paul Ainsworth, Number 6 in Padstow. Email

Padstow chef represents South West in national television series

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Caragh O'Donnell
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Padstow’s Paul Ainsworth will face his toughest challenge yet against two of the South West’s leading chefs in the BBC2 series Great British Menu. Paul will pit his culinary skills against fellow Cornish based chef Nathan Outlaw and Torquay’s Simon …

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Banquets provide banker for Cornish charities

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Caragh O'Donnell
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Representatives from two Cornish charities were in Padstow yesterday to receive donations totalling over £2,500 from Paul Ainsworth’s Number 6 restaurant. Mr Ainsworth held four special banquet evenings last autumn which raised £2,573 for The Fishermen’s Mission in Newlyn, and …

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Padstow chef triumphs in national competition

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Sam Lynas
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A Padstow chef who triumphed on a national cookery series will serve his winning menu at two charitable banquets in the autumn. Viewers of the hit show Great British Menu will have witnessed Paul Ainsworth’s  dessert “Taste of the Fairground” …

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Padstow chef through to final of national TV series

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Sam Lynas
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A Padstow based chef who has won through to represent the South West in BBC’s Great British Menu has been overwhelmed with the level of support he has received since appearing on the show. Paul Ainsworth will now appear in …

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Padstow chef to compete in national television series

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Sam Lynas
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Later this month a Padstow based chef will compete in the regional rounds of BBC’s Great British Menu battling to represent the South West in the final against some of the nation’s top chefs. Being broadcast on BBC2 at the …

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