BaxterStorey Establishes Regional Network of Michelin Star Consultant Chefs
• BaxterStorey team to be trained by Chefs with 3 Michelin Stars between them
• Consultant chefs for South East and Midlands in place, Scotland to Follow
• Regional training underpins national success
Michelin star chef, Nigel Haworth has joined forces with BaxterStorey as the leading independent food services management company seeks to strengthen its expanding regional presence with a focused programme of mentoring and training for its chef brigade and management teams, reflecting commitment to delivering a truly local service.
Nigel Haworth who has been awarded 1 Michelin Star will work alongside 2 star Michelin chef John Campbell, to deliver BaxterStorey’s fresh food focused training which includes the company’s acclaimed Chef Academy. Training sessions with Nigel will be open to BaxterStorey’s teams operating across the North of England and John Campbell will support the company’s teams located in the South-East, providing them with a more accessible base for development and an opportunity to work in a kitchen that truly reflects the community it serves.
“We’re working towards establishing a core team of the nation’s most highly acclaimed chefs who’ll inspire and guide our chef brigades and management teams. Nigel’s approach in his kitchen absolutely reflects the activity that takes place daily across our sites. Our focus on fresh, locally sourced food that revels in seasonality and provides customers with the best possible dining experience and that is true to the community it serves. This is exactly what is found in Northcote and is what you will undoubtedly find again in John Campbell’s new kitchens at Coworth Park.” Says Alastair Storey, Chief Executive, BaxterStorey.
Nigel Haworth added: “Our chef training programme and apprentice scheme at Northcote has had great success in driving the numbers of skilled chefs available to our industry over recent years. Working with a food service operator such as Baxter Storey whose approach has a great synergy with our beliefs, gives me the opportunity to drive the quality and skills to a larger workforce of chefs. To be able to play a role in helping build a new generation of chefs who possess the knowledge and skill to truly deliver regional menus was simply a programme that I felt compelled to be a part of and I’m delighted to be working with BaxterStorey.”
BaxterStorey is looking to expand its consultant chef team and is hoping that its growing Scottish operation will soon also have a dedicated mentor chef. “The fit has to be exactly right,” explains Storey. “We’re in discussions with one or two people, but there’s no rush. We want somebody who is as focused on chef development, regional food and seasonal produce and absolutely we are, and who believes passionately about sharing their talent with contemporaries from within food service market. “