Lee Clarke

Lee Clarke
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Lee Clarke
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Lee Clarke

von Essen is pleased to announce the appointment of Lee Clarke as head chef at The Ickworth Hotel near Bury St Edmonds in Suffolk.

Clarke joins the von Essen collection from Shell, where he spent two years as head chef, responsible for the private fine dining and hospitality facilities at Shell Tower in London.

Raymond is assisted by an aspiring young chef, Lee Clarke, who trained at Gravesend Catering College under the guidance of Raymond, and together they create a menu that is both traditional as well as original and mouth watering.

Lee, pictured with Gary Rhodes, has cooked for more celebrities than you can shake an asparagus spear at, but success hasn't been handed to him on a plate.
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WHEN 29-year-old Lee Clarke studied hotel and catering at a Peterborough college, he had no idea it would lead him to cooking for the stars. For Lee has worked at some of the most prestigious restaurants in the country, including The Ivy and Dauphine's of Kensington â€" counting Hugh Grant, Madonna, Celine Dion and Prince among his customers.
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Former Arthur Mellows Village College pupil Lee, who grew up in Helpston Road, Glinton, said: "When I was at Peterborough Regional College I struggled to start with. "However, I learned so much from the tutors there and have gone on to work at some amazing places since."

This is the second time Lee, who is currently a personal chef for directors at Shell's headquarters, in Waterloo, London, has taken part in the competition â€" narrowly missing out on reaching the final in a previous heat.

He said: "I had to submit a written application to get selected.
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"We are thrilled to see that Lee has continued in the hospitality industry and is a potential celebrity."

Lee Clarke, Honda VFR (Tail)
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Lee Clarke joined the group at Tretower and we headed over to Talgarth and on to Builth Wells . Pulling in to the little chef at Builth, the riders from the SAM group had just finished breakfast as planned and were waiting to join the group - having a chat while everyone else took the opportunity to take in some much needed liquid.

This year's line up includes: two past national finalists (Ben Webb of Cliveden and Matthew Tomkinson of Ockenden Manor), five past regional finalists (Matthew Shropshall of Birmingham College of Food, Jacqueline Jenkinson of Brian Turner Restaurant at the NEC, Graham Walker of The George in Yarmouth, Bryn Williams of Orrery and Lee Clarke from the Shell Tower at Waterloo); and four from the brigades of Roux Scholars, Matthew Tomkinson of Ockenden Manor, Ethan Rodgers of Bailiffscourt Hotel in Climping and Christopher Norman of the Spread Eagle in Midhurst - all part of Historic Sussex Hotels, where Martin Hadden is executive chef and Bryn Williams of Orrery where Andre Garrett is head chef.
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Lee Clarke (29) Shell, Waterloo

von Essen is pleased to announce the appointment of Lee Clarke as head chef at The Ickworth Hotel near Bury St Edmonds in Suffolk.

Clarke joins the von Essen collection from Shell, where he spent two years as head chef, responsible for the private fine dining and hospitality facilities at Shell Tower in London.
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von Essen is pleased to announce the appointment of Lee Clarke as head chef at The Ickworth Hotel near Bury St Edmonds in Suffolk. Clarke joins the von Essen collection from Shell, where he spent two years as head chef, responsible for the private fine dining and hospitality facilities at Shell Tower in London.

von Essen is pleased to announce the appointment of Lee Clarke as head chef at The Ickworth Hotel near Bury St Edmonds in Suffolk.

Clarke joins the von Essen collection from Shell, where he spent two years as head chef, responsible for the private fine dining and hospitality facilities at Shell Tower in London.

von Essen is pleased to announce the appointment of Lee Clarke as head chef at The Ickworth Hotel near Bury St Edmonds in Suffolk.

Clarke joins the von Essen collection from Shell, where he spent two years as head chef, responsible for the private fine dining and hospitality facilities at Shell Tower in London.