Jon Wise worked as a journalist and TV critic for 15 years before realising his dream of opening a restaurant. In 2010 he bought his local restaurant - The Laughing Gravy on London's Blackfriars Road - with plans to serve good quality food in a relaxed setting. Today the restaurant is a thriving business serving locals as well as those from other areas of London. Jon talks to … [Read more...]
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Five minutes with… Adam White
Adam White is co-founder and managing director of Village London, which includes Village East in Bermondsey, the Riding House Café, and the recently-opened Rail House Café in London. The restaurateur was born in London, but grew up in New Zealand, moving back to the city of his birth in 1994 with plans to work in industrial design. However, he caught the hospitality bug through … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Andre Garrett
Andre Garrett is executive chef at Cliveden House where he runs his eponymous restaurant and oversees all food and beverage outlets at the 47-bedroom hotel. Starting out as a commis chef at Huntstrete House Hotel in 1989 Garrett went on to work with Nico Ladenis at Chez Nico in London in 1991. He remained in the capital, working with Bruno Loubet, at the Landmark Hotel and then … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Edmund Inkin
Edmund Inkin worked in banking before he joined his brother Charles in the family-run hospitality business EAT DRINK SLEEP in 2002. The business has grown from one site – the Felin Fach Griffin near Brecon in 2000 - to three in the last 17 years, with The Gurnard's Head and The Old Coastguard in Cornwall joining the fold. Inkin tells Hospitality & Catering News about … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… James Dugan
James Dugan joined the 303-bedroom Sheraton Grand London Park Lane hotel as executive chef four months ago where he oversees three food and beverage venues as well as banqueting and other food operations within the property. His career as a chef started at Chewton Glen in 1993 where he worked as a commis before leaving two years later to join Jean-Christophe Novelli at the Four … [Read more...]