Liam Finnegan

Liam Finnegan has been head chef at The Castle Hotel in Taunton since 2012 and heads up the hotel’s newly refurbished Brazz brasserie. He grew up in Carlingford, Co Louth in Ireland, and still sources the famous oysters from his home for The Castle’s menu. However,...

Dan Moon

West Country-born Chef Dan Moon is head chef at the Gainsborough Bath Spa restaurant. Originally from Exmouth, Devon, he has previously worked at a number of top restaurants where he has achieved numerous awards and accolades, including three AA Rosettes and The...

David Kelman

Chef David Kelman was inspired to become a chef at the age of 13 and spent more than four years training at Llandrillo College in North Wales. A Welshman born and bred, growing up in those lush valleys had a profound effect on him helping him to gain a keen...

Matthew Tomkinson

Matthew Tomkinson, innovative head chef and Roux scholar of The Terrace at The Montagu Arms, Hampshire, creates a seasonal, enticing 3AA Rosette menu capturing a delicious and exciting range of flavours, textures and aromas. Matthew’s commitment to the perfect dining...

Angela Hartnett & Luke Holder

Limewood Hotel, in Hampshire, has a dream team of chefs with Michelin-starred credentials: Angela Hartnett and Luke Holder. Chef Angela Hartnett is one of the most high-profile female chefs in the restaurant world. She is a recognisable face having appeared regularly...

James Golding

Uncomplicated, simple British food, is how the menu at The Pig Hotel, in Hampshire, is described. It’s a hotel where forager and gardener are as much part of the team as the sous chef. Chef James Golding has been at the helm since The Pig opened in 2011. James’s...

Harriet Mansell

Harriet Mansell has fond food memories from around the globe. As a child living in Sidmouth, her family hosted children from a local international school. She was fascinated by the foods from around the world they would bring, especially exotic herbs and spices....

James Chase

James Chase is the fifth generation farmer on the Herefordshire Chase potato farm, now famous for Tyrrells crisps and Chase Distillery vodka, gin and liqueurs. His father William launched Tyrrells in 2002 after suffering bankruptcy in the 1990s. Chase Distillery...

Rachel Demuth

Rachel Demuth is on a mission to teach everyone that meat-free cooking isn’t a challenge or a chore. At Demuths cookschool she run courses that are fun, relaxed and brimming with flavour. Her lessons offer something for everyone, and are vegetarian, as well as...

Louise Hutton

Lou Hutton is one of the ingredients that makes Food of Course a very special place to spend a month discovering the joys of cooking. Renowned chef Louise Hutton is founder of Food of Course Cookery School in Somerset which she runs with husband Roger from their 16th...

Caroline Waldegrave

Caroline Waldegrave runs Dudwell School, a cook school set in the heart of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. Caroline has an impressive culinary CV having learnt a great deal from Michelin-starred restaurateur and well-known television cook queen Prue Leith. Caroline was,...

Michael Wignall

Chef Michael Wignall is one of the most respected chefs in the UK and has won Michelin stars in every kitchen he has headed since being awarded his first star in 1993. After leaving catering college, Chef Michael found himself in Spain, cooking and working front of...