Russell Norman (1965–2023) was an award-winning restaurateur, writer and broadcaster. His book POLPO - A Venetian Cookbook (of Sorts) is published by Bloomsbury and won Waterstones Book of the Year 2012. In 2014 he presented The Restaurant Man, a six-part prime-time documentary for BBC2, and his second book SPUNTINO - Comfort Food (New York Style) was published in September 2015.