David Goodridge, is the Chef de Cuisine of the venerable

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restaurant at the

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hotel.

Biography

Goodridge joined

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, a two-Michelin-starred restaurant in Oxfordshire, England, owned by one of the world's finest chefs

Raymond Blanc Raymond Blanc OBE (born 19 November 1949) is a French chef. Blanc is the chef patron at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, a hotel-restaurant in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England. The restaurant has two Michelin stars and scored 9/10 in the ''Good Fo ...

, as a commis pâtissier at the age of 18. He was promoted to the position of Senior Sous Chef after five-year time and became the Senior Sous Chef at the age of just 25. Goodridge also spent time in the kitchen at Le Maison Troisgros, Restaurant Pierre Gagnaire and

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, all three-star Michelin restaurants. In 1999, Goodridge was honoured with the 1999 Acorn High Achievers Award by Caterer and Hotel Magazine, the award acknowledging young achievers aged under 30. He also won three gold medals and two silvers in Salon Culinaire national competitions. After spending eight years in Le Manoir, Goodridge worked in Tokyo and Tokushima, under respected chef Koyama Hirohisa at his eponymous restaurants. In 2004, he received an offer to helm the Gaddi's team and had become head chef at Gaddi's restaurant in 2005.

References

peninsula.com

raymondblanc.com
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