Kevin Ashton is a chef and a member of the Guild of Food Writers.
He has worked around the world, cooking for many famous people including Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, American Presidents Nixon, Reagan, Bush and movie stars Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Newman, Linda Carter and Omar Sheriff.
Aged 18, Steven Doherty began as an apprentice at the Savoy.
He then moved to Le Gavroche as a Commis Chef and gradually worked his up to the role of Chef de Partie followed by a two year stage to the Alain Chapel’s restaurant in France before returning to become a Sous Chef for Albert Roux’s.
Thanks to his Mum encouraging him to bake cakes, Bryan Webb side-stepped a job down the mines – as a school-leaving Valleys boy at that time was expected to do – opting to become a chef instead.
“As a naive sixteen-year-old, I thought cooking would be an easier option,” he recalls ruefully.
Gary Rhodes is one of Britain’s best-loved Michelin-starred chefs.
He has restaurants in London, Dublin, Grenada and on board a cruise ship in the Mediterranean sea.
He appears regularly on television, most recently in Hell’s Kitchen and Local Food Heroes
