Personal Life
Bannatyne has four children by his first wife: Hollie, Abigail, Jennifer, and Eve; and two with his second wife, Joanne: Emily and Tom. He has two grandchildren Ava & Austin, from his eldest daughter.
McCue was Bannatyne's former director of nursing with Quality Care Homes. He proposed to her in Barbados in early March 2006, and married her on 11 November 2006 at St Mary's Church in Norton. Celebrities at the wedding ceremony included Anna Ryder Richardson, Cherie Lunghi, Gary McCausland, Dragons' Den presenter Evan Davis and fellow Dragons Theo Paphitis, Richard Farleigh, Simon Woodroffe and Deborah Meaden. Pop star Marc Almond then performed for 200 guests in the warehouse next to his company's head office.
Bannatyne was divorced from his second wife in December 2011.
Bannatyne owns a house in Wynyard Park, in the northeast of England. He has a holiday villa in Mougins, near Cannes. His French home was showcased in an article in the May 2010 issue of A Place in the Sun magazine.
Bannatyne was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science (D.Sc.) by Glasgow Caledonian University on 5 July 2006 for services to business and charity. He was also awarded an honorary Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) from the Teesside University, on 6 February 2009.
Bannatyne celebrated his 60th birthday at Murano's in London with celebrities such as David Coulthard, James Caan, Theo Paphitis and Anna Ryder Richardson. A second party was held in the North East and was headlined by UK soul singer Beverley Knight and featured Chesney Hawkes. The celebration took place in a converted warehouse in Darlington, County Durham.
Bannatyne openly discussed having had cosmetic surgery under his eyes on The Graham Norton Show. He appeared on the Irish chat show Tubridy Tonight. He had an acting role in the Tyne Tees Television comedy pilot Girl's Club where amongst other actors, he performed alongside the actress Georgia Taylor.
In 2011, Bannatyne announced on Twitter that he suffers from prosopagnosia.
On 1 October 2012, Bannatyne was taken to hospital after reportedly suffering a heart attack.
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