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| While at culinary college,<ref name=picasso/> she served an apprenticeship at ], ],<ref name=eatswords/> |
While at culinary college,<ref name=picasso/> she served an apprenticeship at ], ],.<ref name=eatswords/> She left that post to work full-time at ]'s restaurant at ], London. She followed this with a six-month period in Australia to work for a catering company,<ref name=picasso/> and on her return to the UK she worked at a variety of restaurants including ] and ].<ref name=womechefs/> She worked at the restaurant of the St Enodoc Hotel in ], first as sous chef and then afterwards as head chef.<ref name=picasso/> While there she won the title of Young Cornish Fish Chef of the Year.<ref name=firstfemalemichelinstars/> | ||
| In 2002 ] offered her a post at ].<ref name=womechefs/> She later said of her first Ramsay job, "When I started in this kitchen six years ago, everyone, including Gordon, said I wouldn't last a week. It was full of testosterone and lots of the guys said I didn't belong here. Even though they were often in tears from stress, cutting their fingers or burning themselves, I had to cover anything like that up as it would have been seen as a sign of weakness because I was a woman."<ref name=eatswords/> She had a disagreement with head chef ] and threatened to quit when he was contemplating promoting a less experienced chef over her to the sauces section.<ref name=eatswords /> | In 2002 ] offered her a post at ].<ref name=womechefs/> She later said of her first Ramsay job, "When I started in this kitchen six years ago, everyone, including Gordon, said I wouldn't last a week. It was full of testosterone and lots of the guys said I didn't belong here. Even though they were often in tears from stress, cutting their fingers or burning themselves, I had to cover anything like that up as it would have been seen as a sign of weakness because I was a woman."<ref name=eatswords/> She had a disagreement with head chef ] and threatened to quit when he was contemplating promoting a less experienced chef over her to the sauces section.<ref name=eatswords /> | ||
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| Ramsay sent her to work at ] in California to gain experience. In 2007 she was announced as the new head chef of the restaurant, becoming the first female chef in the United Kingdom to run a restaurant with three ]s.<ref name=firstfemalemichelinstars>{{cite news|last=Gardham|first=Duncan|coauthor=Peterkin, Tom|title=Revealed: First three Michelin star female chef|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/1570604/Revealed-First-three-Michelin-star-female-chef.html|accessdate=29 January 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=27 November 2007}}</ref> Of 121 Michelin starred restaurants worldwide, at the time of her appointment only seven had female head chefs.<ref name=eatswords>{{cite news|title=Gordon Ramsay eats his own words|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1576029/Gordon-Ramsay-eats-his-own-words.html|accessdate=29 January 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=20 January 2008}}</ref> She had previously taken a break from Ramsay's restaurant to work as a private chef and for a year and a half in ]'s ] in ], before returning once more to the UK to run the Chelsea based restaurant.<ref name=firstfemalemichelinstars/> She took over from Zanoni, who was heading to ] to open a new Gordon Ramsay restaurant.<ref name=firstfemalemichelinstars/> | Ramsay sent her to work at ] in California to gain experience. In 2007 she was announced as the new head chef of the restaurant, becoming the first female chef in the United Kingdom to run a restaurant with three ]s.<ref name=firstfemalemichelinstars>{{cite news|last=Gardham|first=Duncan|coauthor=Peterkin, Tom|title=Revealed: First three Michelin star female chef|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/1570604/Revealed-First-three-Michelin-star-female-chef.html|accessdate=29 January 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=27 November 2007}}</ref> Of 121 Michelin starred restaurants worldwide, at the time of her appointment only seven had female head chefs.<ref name=eatswords>{{cite news|title=Gordon Ramsay eats his own words|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1576029/Gordon-Ramsay-eats-his-own-words.html|accessdate=29 January 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=20 January 2008}}</ref> She had previously taken a break from Ramsay's restaurant to work as a private chef and for a year and a half in ]'s ] in ], before returning once more to the UK to run the Chelsea based restaurant.<ref name=firstfemalemichelinstars/> She took over from Zanoni, who was heading to ] to open a new Gordon Ramsay restaurant.<ref name=firstfemalemichelinstars/> | ||
| Smyth was appointed ] (MBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to the hospitality industry.<ref>{{LondonGazette|issue=60534|supp=yes|startpage=23|endpage=|date=15 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=claresmythmbe>{{ |
Smyth was appointed ] (MBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to the hospitality industry.<ref>{{LondonGazette|issue=60534|supp=yes|startpage=23|endpage=|date=15 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=claresmythmbe>{{cite news|title=Top chef Smyth 'honoured' by MBE|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/top-chef-smyth-honoured-by-mbe-29346025.html}}</ref> | ||
| ==Charity work== | ==Charity work== | ||
| Since taking over as Head Chef at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Clare has worked with the following charities:{{ |
Since taking over as Head Chef at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Clare has worked with the following charities:{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} | ||
| Annual dinner at the Royal Hospital to raise funds for HemiHelp – a charity set up to help children living with Hemiplegia. | Annual dinner at the Royal Hospital to raise funds for HemiHelp – a charity set up to help children living with Hemiplegia. | ||
| * Action Against Hunger | * Action Against Hunger | ||
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| Born | 1978 County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Education | Dunluce School Bushmills |
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Clare Smyth MBE (born 1978) is an Northern Irish chef who is Chef Patron at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay. She became the first female British chef to hold and retain three Michelin stars. Before returning to London in 2007 as Head Chef for Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Clare worked at Louis XV by Alain Ducasse in Monaco.
Early life
Smyth grew up on a farm in County Antrim. She was the youngest of three children to her father William, a farmer, and mother Doreen, who worked as a waitress at a local restaurant.
At the age of fifteen, Smyth held a job over a holiday period at a local restaurant, inspiring her to become a chef. Clare left school at sixteen to study catering at Highbury College in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Career
While at culinary college, she served an apprenticeship at Grayshott Hall, Surrey,. She left that post to work full-time at Terrance Conran's restaurant at Michelin House, London. She followed this with a six-month period in Australia to work for a catering company, and on her return to the UK she worked at a variety of restaurants including The Waterside Inn and Gidleigh Park. She worked at the restaurant of the St Enodoc Hotel in Rock, Cornwall, first as sous chef and then afterwards as head chef. While there she won the title of Young Cornish Fish Chef of the Year.
In 2002 Gordon Ramsay offered her a post at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay. She later said of her first Ramsay job, "When I started in this kitchen six years ago, everyone, including Gordon, said I wouldn't last a week. It was full of testosterone and lots of the guys said I didn't belong here. Even though they were often in tears from stress, cutting their fingers or burning themselves, I had to cover anything like that up as it would have been seen as a sign of weakness because I was a woman." She had a disagreement with head chef Simone Zanoni and threatened to quit when he was contemplating promoting a less experienced chef over her to the sauces section.
Ramsay sent her to work at The French Laundry in California to gain experience. In 2007 she was announced as the new head chef of the restaurant, becoming the first female chef in the United Kingdom to run a restaurant with three Michelin stars. Of 121 Michelin starred restaurants worldwide, at the time of her appointment only seven had female head chefs. She had previously taken a break from Ramsay's restaurant to work as a private chef and for a year and a half in Alain Ducasse's Le Louis XV restaurant in Monaco, before returning once more to the UK to run the Chelsea based restaurant. She took over from Zanoni, who was heading to Versailles to open a new Gordon Ramsay restaurant.
Smyth was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to the hospitality industry.
Charity work
Since taking over as Head Chef at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Clare has worked with the following charities: Annual dinner at the Royal Hospital to raise funds for HemiHelp – a charity set up to help children living with Hemiplegia.
- Action Against Hunger
- Scottish Spina Bifida
- Bobbi Bear Foundation South Africa (Johannesburg)
- Who’s Cooking Dinner?
References
- ^ Day, Elizabeth (16 December 2007). "'She dresses food like Picasso'". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "Women chefs: Claire Smyth, Skye Gyngell, Thomasina Miers, Maria Elia, Emily Watkins". The Daily Telegraph. 18 October 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "Gordon Ramsay eats his own words". The Daily Telegraph. 20 January 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ Gardham, Duncan (27 November 2007). "Revealed: First three Michelin star female chef". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|coauthor=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - "No. 60534". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 15 June 2013. - "Top chef Smyth 'honoured' by MBE".
External links
- Clare Smyth at IMDb