Culinary Workshops
Thursday 26th June 2025
The business programme will include impressive Culinary Workshops that spotlight the best of British produce and provide key insights into skills and techniques being used in some of the top kitchens in the UK.
WORKSHOP CHEFS IN 2025
GARETH WARD
Gareth Ward’s two-Michelin-starred Ynyshir restaurant-with-rooms is in the Welsh countryside, and he is cited as one of the most exciting chefs in the UK today. The restaurant offers a multi-layered menu that is unlike anything else in the world, full of rich flavours that combine Japanese techniques and flavours with many Welsh ingredients.
Michael Wignall, Chef Patron of The Angel Inn at Hetton delivers food that wows on every plate. His ever-evolving style creates unique dishes full of flavour, underpinned by a contemporary, less formal approach to fine cuisine. In addition to the coveted Michelin Star, The Angel Inn has been presented with five AA rosettes.
MICHAEL WIGNALL
ADAM SMITH
Birmingham born Adam won the Roux Scholarship in 2012, aged just 24-years old. In 2016, Adam joined Coworth Park as Executive Chef and now leads a team across three sites including the Michelin-starred Restaurant Woven by Adam Smith. In 2024, Adam cooked his fish dish at the Great British Menu banquet in Paris.
MARTIN ECCLES
Martin provides butchery information to the multiple retail and foodservice sector, and works closely with the AHDB events team to provide butchery demonstrations. He also assists in product development information and development of the meat education programme.
TOM BOOTON
Having entered the world of professional cooking at the age of just fifteen, Tom Booton has gone on to become one of the UK’s most exciting chefs. In 2019, he became the youngest head chef in The Grill at The Dorchester’s history.
LEWIS WILSON
Lewis Wilson is the Head Pastry Chef at the prestigious Ritz hotel in London where he, with his team, creates amazing desserts. Starting at the bottom and working his way up, he now oversees a team of 18 pastry chefs. Previously Lewis worked at Deca with Nico Ladenis and Mirabelle with Marco Pierre White.
CHEF’S PANEL 2025
The business programme for 2025 will conclude with a panel of chefs chaired by Joe Hurd.
JAMES GOULDING
James is the Head of Food Education for the Prept Foundation who are focused on helping to inspire a new generation through food. James was previously the Chef Director of the Pig Hotel Group and he is also a regular presenter on TVs Sunday Brunch.
LOUISA ELLIS
From culinary college to the kitchens of multi-rosette hotels and Michelin-star restaurants, Louisa is an inspiration to many. She was a champion on BBC's MasterChef: The Professionals and also participated in Great British Menu 2024.
TIM ALLEN
Tim opened sō-lō in 2021, after receiving accolades in all the major guides. The restaurant has been met with critical acclaim and was awarded a Michelin Star in 2023.
PREVIOUS CHEFS AND PRESENTERSSally Abe
Roy Ackerman
Tom Aikens
Paul Ainsworth
Tim Allen
Lisa Goodwin-Allen
Mark Allison
Sandy Anderson
Andreas Antona
Andy Aston
Jason Atherton
Kenny Atkinson
Andrew Baird
Richard Bainbridge
Ed Baines
Dhruv Baker
Sat Bains
Richard Bainbridge
Ben Bartlett
Dani Barry
Christopher Basten
Andrew Bennett
Joe Berry
Richard Bertinet
Galton Blackiston
Raymond Blanc
Heston Blumenthal
Martin Blunos
Tessa Bramley
Adam Brown
Mick Burke
Tom Booton
Claude Bosi
Henry Brosi
Aiden Byrne
Michael Caines
Tracy Carr
Murray Chapman
Eric Chavot
Claire Clark
Daniel Clifford
Richard Corrigan
Gennaro Contaldo
Frank Coughlan
Jordi Cruz
William Curley
Andy Cuthbert
Paul Cunningham
Hrishikiesh Desai
Stephen Doherty
Martin Eccles
Anton Edelmann
Cem Erol
Anthony Flynn
John Feeney
Paul Foster
Matthew Fort
Luke French
Daniel Galmiche
Graham Garrett
Paul Gayler
Jordi Gallego
Omero Gallucci
Matt Gillan
James Golding
Peter Gordon
Peter Gorton
Peter Griffiths
Rose Gray
Paul Da Costa Greaves
Peter Gorton
Debbie Gooder
Andrew Gravett
Valentina Harris
Chris Holland
Shaun Hill
Nigel Haworth
Angela Hartnett
Sarah Hartnett
Paul Heathcote
Will Holland
Jason Howard
Mark Hix
Simon Hulstone
Joe Hurd
David Hunt
Ken Hom
Jonray Sanchez Iglesias
Peter Sanchez Iglesias
John Jackaman
Ernest Jagodziński
Madhur Jaffrey
Peter Joyner
Robert Kennedy
Tom Kerridge
Robert Kirby
Tom Kitchin
Atul Kochhar
Pierre Koffmann
Tom Lawson
Prue Leith
Paul Leonard
Martin Lippo
Giorgio Locatelli
Gary Maclean
James Martin
Francesco Mazzei
Ian McAndrew
John McGeever
Colin McGurran
David McKown
Lorna McNee
Anton Mosimann
Mike Morphew
David Mulcahy
Alan Murchison
Nick Nairn
Chantelle Nicholson
Jean Christophe Novelli
Jeroen Van Oijen
Robert Ortiz
Alan Paton
Adam Palmer
Andrew Pern
Karl Pendlebury
Henrique Sa Pessoa
Tom Phillips
Florian Poirot
Ralph Porciani
Franck Pontais
Eugeni Pons
Glynn Purnell
Willie Pike
David Randolph
Simon Rimmer
Ruth Rogers
John Burton Race
Theo Randall
Rupert Rowley
John Roberts
Angel Salvador
Steven Saunders
Geoffrey Smeddle
Adam Smith
Steve Smith
Steven Smith
John Benson Smith
Clare Smyth
Fred Sirieix
Simon Shaw
Eric Snaith
Ross Sneddon
Sonia Stevenson
Mark Stinchcombe
Germain Schwab
Bruce Sangster
Adam Simmonds
Peter Sidwell
Tony Singh
Andy Toh Chye Siong
Ross Sneddon
Ben Spalding
Neil Taylor
Cyrus Todiwala
Brian Turner
James Tanner
Chris Tanner
Marcel Thiele
Stevie Toman
Liam Simpson-Trotman
Ryan Simpson-Trotman
Charlie Trotter
Andy Twells
Chris Wheeler
Marco Pierre White
Len Unwin
Nick Vadis
Marcus Wareing
Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall
Andy Waters
Steven Walpole
Lai Min Wei
John Williams
Michael Wignall
Bryn Williams
Aldo Zilli