Alex Costa Gregoriou, who works at the Manoir au Quat’ Saisons, has joined as the latest Cooks Company apprentice. Three years ago Alex was an apprentice chef attending Westminster Kingsway College. At the time he was mentored by Nick Gunyon from Westminster and Benjamin Jegu, head chef at The Royal Automobile Club. He achieved “Distinction” …
Charlotte Kenyon Charlotte Kenyon was elected as a Court Assistant in November. She became a Freeman of the Company in 2009 and was admitted to the Livery in 2014. The Kenyons’ connection with the Company began with Charlotte’s Great Grandfather Sir Harold Kenyon, who was Master in 1945 and 1949. Sir Harold’s sons and grandsons, …
David McGarel David McGarel moved to the Livery 20 years after beginning his association with the Company when, as Head of Royal Navy Catering and standards and policy for Armed Forces catering, he was invited to become an Honorary Freeman. He joined the Royal Navy at HMS Ganges as a Junior Assistant Cook in 1975, …
Members Emma CleughAfter 20 years as a Freemaiden, Emma has stepped up to join the Livery and we welcome her as a Liveryman. Jemima BrimacombeJemima Brimacombe joins the freedom through patrimony, her father being Court Assistant, David Brimacombe. Richard LakinAs Head of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts, Richard Larkin has stepped into the big …
The Cooks’ new officers and members were sworn in during the Court meeting on 15th November last year. The crowning ceremony took place at Innholders’ Hall that evening on the occasion of the Confirmation Dinner with Associated Companies (the Masons, Mercers, Broderers, and Innholders, celebrating the long-held association between our companies that dates back to 1609).
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