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BBC Saturday Kitchen star Russell Norman leaves huge sum of money to estranged wife in will after he took his own life following drunken argument with girlfriend


Mr Norman was an award-winning chef and restaurant owner, who regularly appeared on BBC's Saturday Kitchen and also presented The Restaurant Man.

Mr Norman (right) regularly appeared on BBC's Saturday Kitchen (pictured with Chris Evans, James Martin and chef Jason Atherton on the cooking show in 2015) An inquest at Oakwood House in Maidstone in February heard he had twice the amount of alcohol in his system than the legal drink-drive limit, and a conclusion of suicide by hanging was recorded. Mr Norman was lauded as the 'new king of Soho dining' when he established himself on the London restaurant scene in 2012 after he invented the concept of small Italian plates and revived the Negroni cocktail.

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