Don't miss out on this incredibly insightful chat with ambassador for the Burnt Chef Project and good personal friend Adam Simmonds.

With years of experience in the trade including time at Le Gavroche, the Ritz, the Halkin, L'Escargot, the Lanesborough, Les Saveurs, Heathcotes, the Greenway in Cheltenham, Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons and, of course, Brockett Hall with Jean-Christophe Novelli.

Adam worked hard for a Michelin star but has taken a complete u-turn compared to his interview with The Caterer in 2006 where he stated

"Staffing was a nightmare. I was on a mission and I expected everybody else to be as committed as I was. I'd come straight from Le Manoir and I was fiery, boisterous. I was also trying to be far too elaborate with the cooking too early. I can see that now, but at the time I was working in a bubble, isolated. The staffing was never stable and I just hit a brick wall after a crazy year of no holidays and hardly any sleep."

We hope that you enjoy this chat.