Executive Chef
Paul Linden
From an early age I have been infatuated by food, and enjoyed cooking, so I decided to become a chef.
I attended Westminster Hotel School, London from 1984 – 1987 where I gained my City & Guilds 706 1 & 2 chefs exams, Hotel School Diploma in Professional Cookery and O.N.D in Hotel & catering management.
All in 3 years !!!
1987 - 1989
Chef manager for Sutcliffe catering at various sites such as Kodak, Heathrow airport and other locations, and eventually became area chef manager.
1989 - 1992
Manager @ Dining in Style and worked along side the previous owner and gained significant experience both in the kitchen and front of house.
1992 - 1995
Chef Tournant at BP Oil, catering for 1500 lunches a day and was envolved in the food production for the directors in the fine dining suite.
1995 - Present
Chef proprietor @ Food For Thought
I have developed an understanding of food, service and attention to detail from some of the top mentors in the business, and to add to my knowledge I have dined at some of the best restaurants in the UK, such as The Waterside Inn, The Aubergine (Gordon Ramsey) L’Ortolan & The Landmark Hotel (John Burton-Race) Le Manoir Quat Saisons, The Savoy Grill, The Ivy, The Restaurant (Marco Pierre White) Loccanda Locatelli & Quaglinos, to name just a few.
Some memorable moments.
1995 - Presented Christmas cakes to Mrs Major & Mrs Clarke @ 11 Downing Street. SW1P
1996 - Catered a dinner party for Margaret Thatcher.
1997 - Desserts for The Brit Awards !!
2004 - Lunch @ R.N.O.H Stanmore for HRH Prince Andrew.
2007 - Catered a dinner party at a clients home in Northwood for their guests, a few of the "Eastenders" cast and Nigel Barden
(BBC TV & Radio Food Critic)
2008 - Cooked in Celebrity chef kitchens @ Grand Designs Live with John Burton - Race.
My objective is to develop and maintain a unique approach to food and entertaining and to pass this on to clients in their event experience.
Paul Linden
MCFA
paul@foodforevents.co.uk