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Michelin star holder on Wednesday 15th January 2020. At
16, Tom landed a job at Nigel Haworth's Northcote Manor,
scooping Young Chef of the Year in 2011 and becoming the
restaurant's youngest ever Sous Chef at just 21. He went on
to take the reins at The White Swan in Fence, and in October
2018, won his first Michelin Star, which he retained in 2019.
Next up is:
TOMMY HEANEY
First Englishman to hold 3 Michelin stars on Wednesday 29th
January 2020. Steven is a Master of Culinary Arts. He was
the first Englishman to hold and run a three Michelin Star
restaurant, at Le Gavroche. Steven joined Albert Roux’s iconic
Le Gavroche as a Commis Chef, working his way up to become
Albert’s sous chef. He was head chef for four years, maintaining
the incredibly high standards needed, until Michel Roux Jr
took over from him.
A genuine culinary legend Steven became only the fifth chef in
the country to win the Master of Culinary Arts award in 1991.
Only twenty chefs have been awarded the title to date.
KUBA WINKOWSKI
Great British Menu finalist on Wednesday 22nd January 2020.
Originally from a small town called Crumlin outside of
Belfast, Tommy is one of the country’s more recent culinary
stars. Tommy cut his culinary teeth in the US, before venturing
to Australia and Thailand, returning to the UK for a brief stint
under Richard Corrigan and latterly David Everitt-Matthias.
A regular on the small screen he opened his first restaurant,
Heaney's, in Cardiff in October 2018 and launched his second
standalone venture Uisce earlier this year.
And we conclude the series with:
STEVEN DOHERTY
Winner of National Chef of the Year 2019 on Wednesday 5th
February 2020. Kuba honed his skills at Le Manoir until 2009.
He joined The Feathered Nest Country Inn – not too far from
Le Manoir – as sous chef. A year later he was given the head
chef job, and over the next nine years he set about turning the
eighteenth century malthouse into one of the finest gastropubs
in the country.
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And finally, I was humbled to be awarded “Star of the Year” at
the Borough of Culture awards at the Lady Lever Gallery.
The distinguished panel of judges included Phil Redmond
and representatives from academia, the media and the Arts
Council amongst others. It has been an incredible year on the
peninsula for cultural events and I look forward to working to
secure the legacy and handing the batten on to Sefton.
May I wish you and yours a wonderful Christmas and the very
best for the New Year! Until next year.
Chef Askew.
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