Fred Sirieix has worked front-of-house at some of the country's top restaurants including La Tante Claire and Le Gavroche, and is general manager at Michelin-starred Galvin at Windows in the London Hilton Park Lane. He is the iconic host and maître d' in Channel 4's First Dates, now into its seventh series, and is author of the First Dates book, The Art of Love. He also presents the spin-off show First Dates Hotel, and co-hosted Michel Roux's Service on BBC2 in 2011. In 2012 Fred established National Waiters' Day in order to celebrate and inspire young people working in the service industry.