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70. The Performance Chef, Alan Murchison
Alan Murchison is a Michelin-Starred chef. He's also a nutrition coach and cook to some of the world's top cyclists. But like all things in life, success is hard-won, and you can't just expect to keep it once you've got it. In this episode, Alan - aka The Performance Chef - tells Anthony and James what it takes to get to the top, and discusses the high and lows of staying there.
Alan is also the author of The Cycling Chef series of recipe books for cyclists, whose recipes feature each month in Cyclist magazine, and which are published in full by Bloomsbury.
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