Chef, restaurateur and food writer Mark Hix opened his first restaurant – HIX Oyster and Chop House - in 2008 after 17 years working for Caprice Holdings. He now runs five restaurants and two bars in London and a restaurant and boutique hotel in Lyme Regis in Dorset. Following last month's relaunch of HIX Soho he speaks to Hospitality & Catering News about service, … [Read more...]
Five minutes with…. Simon Ulph
Simon Ulph talks to Hospitality & Catering News two months into his new role as head chef of I'll Be Mother's Kent restaurant The Twenty Six. The 26-year-old worked as a commis at The Swan (when co-owned by I'll Be Mother's Pete Cornwell) before spending a year working with Masahura Morimoto in California. He has spent the last three years working for Robert Thompson on … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Anthony Demetre
Anthony Demetre is chef/proprietor of Wild Honey, the restaurant he opened in Mayfair with former business partner Will Smith in 2007. Demetre took over the restaurant last June after buying Smith out and continues to run it as well as advise Searcys on its Barbican restaurant Osteria. Here he talks to Hospitality & Catering News about going his own way, championing … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Adam Reid
Adam Reid took over from Simon Rogan as chef-patron of The French at the Midland Hotel in Manchester in November last year, after working there as head chef since 2013. He talks about the challenge of re-launching the restaurant under his name, Great British Menu and why Manchester hasn't yet got a Michelin star. You're two months into the official launch of Adam Reid at … [Read more...]
Five minutes with…Matt Gillan
Matt Gillan left The Pass at South Lodge Hotel in West Sussex last year after 10 years as head chef to open 'dual concept' cafe and restaurant Red Roaster and Pike & Pine in Brighton. He speaks to Hospitality & Catering News about making the leap from employed head chef to business owner and shares his thoughts on the industry as well as his inspirations and … [Read more...]