To make matters worse, the fiery cook has also been charged with resisting arrest.
The 52-year-old onion-botherer was stopped by police in a routine check in Strete, near his New Angel restaurant in Dartmouth, Devon, in the early hours of Friday morning.
The cook, who appeared on TV show I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here, was breathalysed and then arrested, well eventually anyway (allegedly).
A spokeswoman for Devon and Cornwall Police told Chef Sandwich: “John Burton Race, 52, was arrested on October 30 at about 1am.
“He has been charged with driving or attempting to drive with excess alcohol and resisting or obstructing a constable in the execution of their duty.”
He was released on unconditional bail and is due to appear before magistrates in Newton Abbot on November 17.
Burton Race was declared bankrupt in March this year.
He has appeared on a number of TV shows including French Leave and Return of the Chef which focused on him and his family setting up home in France and South Devon.