Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars: Worthing and Rustington micro pub owner is contestant on BBC One show

A Worthing and Rustington micro pub owner is set to battle it out to earn a £150,000 investment from TV and Michelin starred chef Gordon Ramsay.
By Sam Morton
Published 30th Mar 2023, 13:47 BST
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Craig Stocker, who owns the two Georgi Fin pubs in Goring-by-Sea and Rustington, is one of the contestants on series two of Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars.

Promoting the programme on its website, the BBC said: “Gordon Ramsay is a Michelin starred chef and CEO of a global business empire. Now, he continues his search for the country’s most exciting and innovative new food and drink business.

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“Gordon’s always been at the cutting edge of his industry and has hand-picked 12 of the UK’s best up-and-coming food and drink entrepreneurs, to compete to earn his investment – a whopping £150,000 of his own cash. But to be in with a chance of winning the life-changing reward, they’ll need to prove they have what it takes to partner up with Gordon.”

Craig Stocker, who owns the two Georgi Fin pubs in Goring-by-Sea and Rustington, is one of the contestants on series two of Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars, which begins on BBC on Thursday, March 30, at 9pm. Photo: BBC/Studio RamsayCraig Stocker, who owns the two Georgi Fin pubs in Goring-by-Sea and Rustington, is one of the contestants on series two of Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars, which begins on BBC on Thursday, March 30, at 9pm. Photo: BBC/Studio Ramsay
Craig Stocker, who owns the two Georgi Fin pubs in Goring-by-Sea and Rustington, is one of the contestants on series two of Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars, which begins on BBC on Thursday, March 30, at 9pm. Photo: BBC/Studio Ramsay

Craig, 39, said he is ‘one of the youngest founders in the country’ to open two of micro-pubs.

"I own two small craft beer independent ale houses called the Georgi Fins named after my two children,” he said. “We focus on using small independent non-commercial companies to serve the best ales ciders and wines on the market.

"I entered the show to show how amazing this market is and to showcase amazing beer by people that are unable to provide their products on a commercial stage and to get Gordon on board to dominate my market.”