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Chef Interview: Alyn Williams (January 2012)
Alyn Williams may not have had the conventional path to the upper echelons of restaurant chef, having spent six years pursuing his second love, ski-ing, but his rise through the ...
Interview: Michelin Editor, Rebecca Burr (October 2011)
Rebecca Burr has just completed her first year as editor of the industry's leading guide - The Michelin Red Guide to Great Britain & Ireland. She also maintains responsibility for ...
Interview: Thierry Tomasin, Angelus (Sept 2011)
Thierry Tomasin is the owner and restaurant director of Angelus. With a long and distinguished career, having served as both restaurant manager (Aubergine) and Head Sommelier (Le Gavroche), Thierry shared ...
Interview: Peter Egli, GM Whatley Manor, (July 2011)
Peter Egli has been General Manager, Whatley Manor Hotel for some seven years. The hotel, under Swiss ownership, is a beautiful five star property set in a country idyll - ...
Chef Interview: John Campbell (May 2011)
Having achieved a first Michelin star at Lords of the Manor and a second at The Vineyard at Stockcross, John Campbell has firmly established himself as one of the industry ...
Chef Interview: John Williams, MBE (Ritz, March 2011)
The current Chairman of The British Academy of the Culinary Arts, John Williams has transformed the fortunes of The Ritz restaurant. From humble beginnings John has climbed to the heights ...
Chef Interview: Martin Burge (March 2011)
As one of the elite band of Michelin two star chefs, Martin Burge has achieved his success by focused dedication to the craft. With years, not months, in the kitchens ...
Interview: Joss Fowler, Berry Bros. (February 2011)
WC Fields once famously said 'who took the cork out of my lunch?' Indeed wine has proven an enduring pleasure for drinking with or without food. It certainly plays a ...
Interview: Derek Bulmer, (January 2011)
Derek Bulmer has thirty plus years of experience at the world-renowned Michelin Guides. Having just retired after thirteen years as editor of the Great Britain and Ireland Guide, Mr Bulmer ...
Interview: John Stauss, Regional VP Four Seasons (Jan 2011)
John Stauss, Regional Vice President of Four Seasons Hotel Group, knew his vocation would be in the hotel business at the age of fourteen. Twenty-nine years ago he joined Four ...
Interview: Jaume Tàpies, Review Helene Darroze (2010)
Known originally as Relais de Campagne (1954), Relais & Châteaux was an association started by a small group of like minded hoteliers, who went on a journey south along the ...
Interview: David O’Connor (October 2010)
David O'Connor has managed the front-of-house in three of the Nigel Platts-Martin group of restaurants - Chez Bruce, The Square and most recently The Ledbury. The journey within the group ...



