chef Tom Noest has garnered a reputation for turning out elevated pub classics (fish and chips, wood-fired pizzas).

When Lisa Goodwin-Allen first started as chef de partie at Michelin-starred Northcote nearly 20 years ago.

Jordan Bailey (previously head chef at Norway’s three Michelin-star Maaemo) has earned two Michelin stars.

Chef Dhirendra has been associated with Taj since 2001 when he joined the Taj Palace, New Delhi as Chef Trainee.

It seems fitting that for the last seven years Tristan Welch has been head chef at Askham Hall, where what’s grown and reared on the Lowther Estate dictates the tasting menu at Allium restaurant.

Turkish chef Shabaaz Ali is passionate about great-tasting comfort food with a distinctive Mediterranean twist. As head chef at Sahha restaurant at Grand Hyatt Abu Dhabi, Ali brings his Turkish flair to every dish on the menu.

Foodies may be familiar with Frog by Adam Handling, the Covent Garden flagship belonging to this multi award-winning Scottish chef.

Richard Swale spent much of his childhood in Cumbria fishing and shooting with his dad, then helping to prepare and cook the catch.

If it’s traditional Vietnamese cuisine you’re after, then you have to visit chef Le Thi Mau at the Park Bar & Grill at Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel and Resort.

Whichever way you slice it, executive chef Neel bohr’s accolades are impressive: he was named Michelin European Young Chef of the Year in 2018.

A Mexico City native, Stephanie is chef/partner of two contemporary Mexican restaurants in New York City.

Simple meals made from produce grown in the kitchen garden or sourced from within a 25-mile radius: that’s the calling card of the food-driven Pig hotels.