SCOTTISH CHEFS - Key Persons
Chloe although not a trained chef has always worked in the food sector - from food retail, marketing and logistics to food trends analysis. She graduated from Queen Margaret University with a Masters in Gastronomy in 2019 and is now a director of The Edinburgh Butter Company.
David has been involved with the Federation over many years, a seasoned competitor himself and has involvement with both culinary teams. He is currently Chef Director in Scotland for Inspire Catering part of Ch&Co Ltd.
Graeme trained as a chef at Esk Valley College and has worked in many different catering establishments from 4 star hotels, prestige venues to stadia catering. He opened his own award winning restaurant in 2004 and now heads up a multi-award winning in-house catering operation for Heart of Midlothian FC.
Hazel was a Senior Lecturer in Hospitality Management in the Further and Higher Education sector and has been a member of the Scottish Chefs Board of Management for over 25 years involved with many aspects of management and events.
Joe is an original board member and helped set up the federation 25 years ago. He was the president from 2005-2009 and is now still involved with the culinary team and competition at all national salon culinary events. He was the runner-up to chef Andrew Fairlie in the 1984 Roux Brother's Scholarship, winner of the Chris Beaumont special award from Springboard UK and was awarded the Industry Trust (HIT) Scotland lifetime achievement award. Joe is now Executive Chef at Archerfield Golf & Country Club and is a big supporter of all future chef programmes to help support young people to get into this fabulous industry.
Kevin has been involved with Scottish Chefs for over 20 years and has been President on two occasions. Kevin also competed, captained and was also manager with the Scottish Culinary Team winning Gold medals on the world culinary stage. Kevin is an A class judge for World Chefs and has judged at the Culinary World Cup in Luxembourg and at the Culinary Olympics in Germany. He now runs his own catering company Velvet Cuisine.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive
- Founding Member
Neil is a founding member of Scottish Chefs. Currently Chief Executive, he has over 40 years experience in the industry both in the UK and overseas, and has also held a number of senior management positions in education. Neil is an Honorary Life Member of Worldchefs and is the Continental Director representing North Europe.
Peter is an award-winning Director and Entrepreneur heading up Entier, the largest independent catering business in the UK.
Despite Entier's status as a multi-million pound, global business, Peter remains grounded and always remembers how he started his career as an Apprentice Chef. This is why Peter is committed to establishing development programmes and exceptional opportunities for young and developing chefs.
Robin is the current President of Scottish Chefs. He is a former Director of Heritage Portfolio and now works as a lecturer at Edinburgh College teaching Hospitality & Professional Cookery.
Stewart has been in the industry for over 50 years and worked in several restaurants and hotels including Gleneagles Hotel and Turnberry Hotel Ayrshire.