Rice prepared by fellow (4)
I believe the answer is:
eric
'fellow' is the definition.
(a man's name)
'rice prepared' is the wordplay.
'prepared' indicates an anagram.
'rice' is an anagram of 'ERIC'.
'by' is the link.
(Other definitions for eric that I've seen before include "- Morecambe, comic" , "-- Sykes; -- Idle" , "Man" , "Fine" , "Ernie's comic partner" .)