Alastair Little
Alastair is a self-taught chef and former head chef at Old Compton Wine Bar London, from 1974 to 1976. His cookery has been a major catalyst in the evolution of modern British cuisine. Pedigree As a boy, Alastair travelled widely across Europe because his father was a naval officer. His travels ignited his passion for food, although he didn’t study cooking formally, preferring to read archaeology at Cambridge. After university, he returned to the kitchen and learned his trade at London venues, before setting up on his own, first with Suffolk restaurant Le Routier and then Simpsons in Putney. Alistair’s eponymous restaurant, which he opened in Soho in 1985, soon became known as one of the great London eateries. It eventually closed in 2009. Alastair Little was also a chef at L’Escargot restuarant in London from 1981 to 82. He Continue Reading »
Antony Worrall-Thompson
Antony is an award winning celebrity chef, author, television presenter and broadcaster. His appearances in shows such as Ready Steady Cook, I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, and as the host of BBC2’s Saturday Kitchen, have made him one of the most popular chefs in Britain. Pedigree He studied hotel management at Westminster Kingsway College taking his first catering job in Essex. In 1978, he moved to London and became sous-chef at Brinkley’s Restaurant in the Fulham Road, becoming head chef one year later. The following year he took a sabbatical in France, eating and working his way around the local cuisine. After this he returned to England and started producing pans with his business partner Hassan. Antony Worrall Thompson opened his first restaurant – Ménage à Trois – in Knightsbridge in 1981, notable for only serving starters Continue Reading »
Skye Gyngell
Skye is an Australian cook who has written food features and recipes for The Independent on Sunday. She won a Michelin star at the Petersham Nurseries Café. Pedigree Skye is perhaps best known for her work as food editor for Vogue, and for winning a Michelin star at the Petersham Nurseries Cafe. She began her culinary career in France, training at the La Varenne restaurant in Paris, under chef Anne Willan. She later moved back to England to work at The French House, in Soho, London, and then at The Dorchester under renowned chef Anton Mosimann. Her biggest venture came in 2004 when she joined the Petersham Nurseries Cafe as head chef at its opening, having convinced the owners of the nurseries to allow her to create the “antithesis of a West End restaurant” there. The restaurant was awarded a Michelin star Continue Reading »
Tom Parker Bowles
Tom is the son of Prince Charles’ wife Camilla, and an Internationally Renowned Food Writer. He is also the author of The Year of Eating Dangerously and E is for Eating: An Alphabet of Greed, and has columns in The Mail on Sunday, “Night and Day” and Tatler. Pedigree Tom Parker Bowles was educated at Summer Fields prep school in Oxford. He then attended Eton College and Worcester College, Oxford, where he was a member of the Piers Gaveston Society From 1997 until 2000, Parker Bowles was a junior publicist for Dennis Davidson Associates public relations firm. For the past 10 years, he has been a food writer and broadcaster with a weekly column in The Mail on Sunday. He has recently moved from being a Contributing Editor at GQ to being Food Editor at Esquire magazine. His first book, Continue Reading »
