Mark Reynolds founded pub company Three Cheers with friends Tom Peake and Nick Fox in 2003 where they continue to run the business's eight sites together. The 44-year-old father-of-three's passion for hospitality started at an early age when his parents set up one of their first bistros in Kensington Church Street in the 1970s. He joined their second restaurant The City Circle … [Read more...]
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Five minutes with… Wendy Bartlett
Wendy Bartlett is executive chairman of catering company Bartlett Mitchell, which she founded with her business partner Ian Mitchell in 2000. The business currently employs more than 800 people across 90 sites in London and the South East and continues to grow while firmly retaining its independence. Wendy, who has worked in contract catering for 37 years, also sits on the … [Read more...]
Five minutes with…Simon Addison
Simon Addison joined Chewton Glen as head chef in January 2016 to lead The Dining Room and allow the hotel's executive chef Luke Matthews to step back from day-to-day responsibilities and focus on new projects. Originally from Somerset, Simon learnt his craft in a number of restaurant kitchens, working with chefs such as Paul Kitchin and Aaron Patterson before taking on the … [Read more...]
Five minutes with…. Steve Groves
Steve Groves is head chef at Roux at Parliament Square, the London restaurant operated by Restaurant Associates in consultation with Michel Roux Jr. He was sous chef at Launceston Place before taking part in and winning MasterChef: The Professionals in 2009 and after impressing Michel Roux Jr took up a sous chef role at Roux at Parliament Square a year later. The restaurant, … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Fred Sirieix
Fred Sirieix is general manager of Galvin at Windows in the London Hilton Park Lane and fronts the popular Channel 4 TV show First Dates as host and maître d'. An advocate for service inside and outside the industry, Fred co-hosted Michel Roux's Service on BBC2 in 2011 and established National Waiters' Day in 2012. The 45-year-old Frenchman is also heavily involved with … [Read more...]