JOE ALLEN RESTAURANT - Key Persons

Armed with a degree in Hospitality Management from London Metropolitan University Deborah has held most of the jobs a restaurant requires: from kitchen porter to gastropub landlady. Along the way, she helped open early branches of Livebait and The Real Greek. All this simply served as preparation for the labour of love that is Joe Allen, where she is Assistant General Manager. A people pleaser at heart Deborah finds the ultimate job satisfaction is a busy, buzzy shift featuring happy customers and contented staff.

Starting his hospitality journey in the Kitchens at St John's restaurant. Tim has become one of London's most celebrated restauranteurs. Opening A Cena with his renowned chef wife Camilla in 2001, Tim hasn't slowed down. Tim and Paul Cummings founded A Cena on the Hill Deli, Richmond Hill Butchers & the Richmond Bakery; he purchased Joe Allen's and Orso with his business partner Lawrence Hartley in 2011. Tim has a long-standing relationship with Joe's and the theatre, frequenting the restaurant since he was a child with his father - infamous stage and film star David Healy. His passion and love for New York, food, theatre and restaurants is huge. Tim has genuinely been the beating heart of keeping Joe's alive through thick and thin.