A few of our highlights
With a few achievements
- Fifty years of operational experience in the F&B industry
- Fifteen years plus as a professional Consultant, advisor, expert & confidant to the Catering industry
- Career experience in two-star and three-star Michelin Restaurants, including L'Oasis, La Napoule, South of France, with Chef Louis Outhier, Paris House, Woburn and Chez Nico, Shinfield
- Member of the Society of Authors
- NHS Better hospital food initiative (one of six Chefs engaged by Loyd Grossman, during which I visited 48 hospital food units)
- Concept consultant & creator of Morrisons retailer's winning 'Market Kitchen'
- Etihad Street food concept collaboration with Marco Pierre White
- 'Thought Sherpa' for Des Hagues' thinking academy
- Experience in Five Star Hotels, Country houses, Castles, including Browns, Westbury & Grosvenor House
- Original flavour designer 'Walkers Sensations Crisps'
- Former judge BBC MasterChef
- Consultancy for www.gastronomica-me.com in the GCC region on QSR
- 'Menu of the Year' winner, Caterer Magazine
- Judge for the best Foodvenience store in the World 2025
- Member of the HRC advisory board 2026
- Range Rover Experience VIP Chef cooking in Stately Homes
- Former NRB Top 50 in power list for Hospitality
- Promotional launch Chef for the first and original Philips Airfryer in 2010
- Client/experience in Spain, Greece, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Italy, France, the Faroe Islands
- New Restaurant opening in Saint Aubin, Jersey Ci
- Twenty years as Consultant Chef to Manchester City Football Club and City Football Group
- Designer of Catering City Football Academy (MCFC) F&B Facilities, including First team, Directors & Mini Stadium
- Consultant to FC Bayern, Real Madrid, Fulham FC, Crystal Palace FC, new Tottenham Hotspur FC stadia, Watford FC, Hull City, etc
- Principal of Cookery school for nine years (Professional and Domestic)
- F&B Consultant to Arts Council, Arts about Manchester
- Former Vice President of Euro Toques GB
- Culinary Arts Commission KSA and Saudi Tourism promoting Gastronomy in Travel
- Promotional Neff Chef - Promotional Chef for Nestle Chocolate Cuisine
- Promotional Chef for Prestige Pressure Cookers
- Elected Master Chef of Great Britain for over thirty years
- The 2020 inaugural race was held at King Abdulaziz Racecourse, Riyadh, Catering for the King, Crown Prince and members of the KSA Royal Family
- New Restaurant concept openings and F&B business mergers in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
- Dundee & Angus and West Lothian College, in Scotland, featured the John Benson-Smith Scholarship
- £4.8m project managed design & operational installation of the Etihad Stadium of 122 Catering areas, including CPU
- TV, Radio, and media appearances include BBC Good Food show, Ideal Home exhibition, and Restaurant Show
- Over forty new openings and mobilisations over forty years
- Various awards, including Hotel of the year, Restaurant of the year, Gold medal winner, Chef of the Year
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