Career timeline
Twenty years across hotels, Michelin kitchens, sporting estates, UHNW residences and superyachts from 30 to 85 metres.
May 2026 — Present
Adriatic
All galley operations aboard a 45m private motor yacht: refined Mediterranean and international cuisine for owners, guests and twelve crew, with menu development, provisioning and budgeting across an evolving itinerary.
May 2025 — Feb 2026
Mediterranean & Caribbean
A full Mediterranean season and the start of the Caribbean season aboard a 52m charter sailing yacht — diverse menus for ten crew and up to twelve guests across an intensive charter and owner programme.
Dec 2024 — Mar 2025
Shipyard period
Independent charge of galley operations, provisioning and crew catering for twelve, providing sole-chef cover for the permanent chef.
Sept — Oct 2024
Komodo & Raja Ampat
Rotational Head Chef on a busy timeshare yacht, leading a galley team of three for three owner groups and twenty-four crew, with menu planning and provisioning through remote cruising grounds.
Aug — Sept 2024
Capri, Amalfi & Sorrento
A two-month relief assignment closing the season on a busy charter yacht — six guests, six crew, provisioning along the Amalfi coast, and assisting with guest service when the interior team was short.
Aug 2024
Scottish Highlands & Outer Hebrides
Breakfast, lunch and dinner for nineteen crew alongside three other chefs aboard a boutique luxury ship carrying twenty-four guests, working with the best Scottish seafood.
2022 — 2024
Somerset
Farm-to-table cooking on a medieval estate: glasshouse produce, estate-reared lamb and locally dry-aged beef, almost all sourced within ten miles. Bread, pasta, condiments and ice creams made in-house, plus shoot days, summer theatre evenings and the refurbishment of the Manor House kitchen.
2017 — Present
United Kingdom, France & India
A trusted portfolio of repeat private clients across estates and residences — including the households of Mohamed Al-Fayed, Claudia Schiffer & Matthew Vaughn, Mikhail Fridman, Andrey Andreev and Adar Poonawalla, and seasonal appointments at Corrour Estate in the Highlands.
2019 — 2021
London & French Riviera
Private chef to an entrepreneur and family, travelling between residences in Kensington and Mougins. Seasonal menus from the estate kitchen garden, VVIP dinners and household events for up to twenty-five guests.
2018 — 2019
Scotland
A full shoot season on one of Scotland's premier sporting estates: breakfast, elevenses, lunch, afternoon tea and formal plated dinners daily, with estate game, loch-caught brown trout, locally landed shellfish and wood-fired feasts on the estate's private beach.
2018
Bray — three Michelin stars
Selected for the internship programme at a world-renowned restaurant, working across the development kitchen, bakery, pastry section and main restaurant.
2017
The Wimbledon Championships
Headhunted to join the senior kitchen brigade delivering hospitality for Royal Box guests, VIPs and corporate clients throughout the Championships.
2015 — 2017
Bristol
Leading a team of six at an award-winning boutique hotel in Bristol's Clifton Village, holding fine-dining restaurant standards alongside sixty-five weddings a year.
2012 — 2015
Wiltshire
Creating and costing menus for the fine-dining restaurant, weddings and banquets, while training and mentoring a team of eight chefs.
2011 — 2012
On location
Breakfast, lunch and dinner for crew and cast on location for major BBC, Sky Sports and HBO productions.
2009 — 2011
Bath
A contemporary Italian restaurant serving traditional dishes and handmade pasta in a modern setting.
2008 — 2009
Gibraltar
A fast-paced traditional Spanish kitchen — croquetas de morcilla, hand-carved jamón ibérico and pintxos-style dishes.
2006 — 2008
Bath
A first insight into the classical French brigade system, working under Michelin-starred chef Chris Horridge and his three-dimensional cuisine.
2003 — 2006
Bath
A modern apprenticeship preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner for up to a thousand students and lecturers, alongside events within the university grounds and for the chancellor.