| | Richard
Phillips
Chef and Co-Proprietor
Richard the Kentish based celebrity chef is presently appearing on ITV's
new daytime series Daily Cooks. Richard also can be seen regularly on UKTV Foods
daily live show 'Great Food Live' .
Richards's latest venture is Perfect
Catering by Richard Phillips, an outside catering company dedicated to bringing
the very finest food and service to the private dining rooms and corporate boardroom
tables of Kent.
His restaurant Thackeray's in Tunbridge Wells is widely
recognised as one of the best restaurants in the county gaining a Michelin star
in its first year of operation and holds three AA rosettes for its culinary expertise.
With the Hengist providing the third element of the culinary equation over in
Aylesford Richard believes in delivering modern French cuisine with complimentary
flavours, textures and colours. He believes in adhering to traditional culinary
techniques whilst modernising the execution.
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Richard started his award-winning
food career under the wing of Albert and Michel Roux as by far the youngest Commis
Chef at Le Gavroche in London. He worked his way up to Chef Tournant. It was during
his time at Le Gavroche he was asked by Albert Roux to spend 8 months working
in there Hotel in Courchevel, France.
Richard was then asked to work
within the Marco Pierre White empire of top London restaurants, overseeing the
kitchens of such famous restaurants as The Oak Room (3 star) and The Mirabelle
(1 star) The Criterion and Les Saveurs in central London.
Before making
the step into his own restaurant, Richard was asked to front the kitchens (Executive
Chef) of the Schrager hotel group, putting together teams in both The Sanderson
Hotel and St Martin's Lane Hotel, the first hotels opened by this group outside
of the US.
TV
| BBC2 | Ready
Steady Cook, Guest Chef September 2007 - ongoing | | UKTVFood | Market
Kitchen April 2007 - ongoing | | ITV1 | Saturday
Cooks, Guest Chef March 2007 - ongoing | | ITV1 | Daily
Cooks, Guest Chef January 2007 - ongoing | | ITV1 |
Too Many Cooks, Presenter Chef, 25 part series, April 2005 | | UKTVFood | Great
Food Live, Guest Chef Appearances, 2003 - 2007 | | UKTVFood | Taste,
Guest Chef Appearances 2005 | | UKTVFood | Food
Un Cut, presenting and Guest Chef Appearances |
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