1974-1976
REIGATE MANOR SURREY,UK
Reigate
Hill, Raigate, Surrey RH2 9PF
Position: Apprentice Chef
1976-1979
PORTMAN HOTEL
Portman Square, London W1
Position: Demi Chef
1979-1987
CONNAUGHT HOTEL
Mayfair, London, W1
Position: Chef De Partie
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
1987 - Guest Chef aboard Cathay Pacific Airways
1981-1982
CASTLE RESTAURANT MASSACHUSETS, USA
1230 Main Street. Leicester, Massachusets
Position: Sous Chef
1982-1987
CONNAUGHT HOTEL
Mayfair, London, W1
Position: Executive Sous Chef
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
1983 -1984- Chef Lecturer, Le Petit Cuisine
1984 - Finalist Prix Pierre Taittinger
1984 - Guest Chef Academie Culinaire de
France Careme Bicentennial
BOCUSE D'OR
1987 - Concours Mondial De La Cuisine
1987 - Guest Chef L'Arc-En-Ciel
(Les Bocuse D'or)
STAGIAIRE
Restaurant Le Crocodile Alsace (Chef Emile Jurg)
Restaurant Troisgros Rhone
(Chef Troigros Brothers)
1987-1991
BELL INN ASTON CLINTON
(Relais et Chateux, Tradition et Qualite)
Aston Clinton Aylesbury Bucks. HP22 5HP
Position: Executive Chef
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
1988 - Chef Lecturer at Milton Keynes College
1988 - Guest Chef at Continental Restaurant Pan Pacific Hotel, kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1988 - Host Chef United Nation's Anglo French
Culinary Alliance (Bell Inn)
1989 - Chef Lecturer at Accrington & Rossendale
College (Ice Carving)- Instructor
1989 - Finalist of Egon Ronay's rest of the year
1989 - Guest Chef at Tunny Net Restaurant Melieha, Malta
1989 - Guest Chef at Pan Pacific Singapore
1991 - Guest Chef at Stables Grillroom, Mandarin Hotel Singapore
STAGAIRE
Restaurant Auberge De Lill Alsace (Chef Paul et Marc Heberlin)
Restaurant Les Pres D'Eugenie Sud Quest (Chef Michel Guerard)
1991-1993
TARNHOUSE HOTEL
Hawkshead Ambleside, Cumbria, UK
Position: Executive Chef
1992 - Awarded Three Star Rosette from Automobile Association
1992 - Awarded Best New Comer of the Year
1992 - Salon Culinaire, Awarded Gold Medal
1992 - Awarded 3rd Best in Salon
1993 - Present
EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS
100 Beach Road #32-01/03
Shaw Towers, Singapore 189702
Position:
Executive Chef
Chef Consultant - Road to Mandalay, Burma
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
1997 - Guest Chef at '21' Club, New York
1997 - Guest Chef at James Beard Foundation, New York
1997 - Guest Chef at Embrose Restaurant Boston, USA
1997 - Chef Consultant at The Fortune Bluewave Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
1998 - Guest Chef at The Hotel Okura, Tokyo, Japan
1998 - Guest Chef at The Hotel Kayu Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan
1998 - Guest Chef at The Ritz Carlton Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1998 - Guest Chef at The First Annual Gourmet Safari Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1999 - Guest Chef at The Blue Train, South Africa
1999 - Guest Chef at The MasterCard Cape Gourmet Festival, Cape Town, South Africa
1999 - Guest Chef at The Second Annual Gourmet Safari Kula Lumpur, Malaysia
1999 - Chef Consultant at Shook! Restaurant Kuala Lumpur, Malysia
2000 - Eastern & Oriental Express Awarded Five Star Diamond Award of Excellence
2000 - Guest Chef at The Hotel Okura - "The Terrace Restaurant" & "The Orchid Restaurant", Tokyo Japan
2000 - Guest Chef at The Third Annual Gourmet Safari Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2001 - Guest Chef at The Datai Langkawi, Malaysia
2003 - Guest Chef at the Luxury Cruise Ship, M/S Silja Symphony and M/S Silja Serenade which operates between Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden.
2003 - Guest Chef at Doc Cheng's Restaurant, Raffles Hotel Singapore
EDUCATION
CRAWLEY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY UK
Hotel, Catering & Institutional Management Association and The Cookery & Food Association
- Certificate in Basic Cookery for Catering Industry
CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE
Hotel & Catering Industry Training Board
- Certificate in Basic Skills on the Job Training
SLOUGH COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION UK
Hotel Catering & Institutional Management Association and The Cookery & Food Association
- Certificate in Cookery for Catering Industry
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN CULINARY FEDERATION INC.
- Certificate in National Apprenticeship Training Program
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
* Ice Carving
* Martial Arts
* Photography
* Computer Studies
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
* Academie Culinaire de France
* Chaine de Rotisseurs (Thailand)
* Cercle de Ambassadeurs de Excellence
* Singapore Chefs Association
