Sam Ashton-Booth
Born in Worcester, Sam is a development chef for Great British Menu Veteran Tom Aikens, at his Michelin starred restaurant Muse in Belgravia, London.
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Sam has worked in a plethora of Michelin starred kitchens. When he first started out, he did stages at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay (3*) and Marcus Wareing (2*). He has also worked at Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester (3*) Story (2*) and Michael Caines’ Gidleigh Park, where he has honed his skills.
Before working as a senior sous chef at the Ledbury (2*) Sam had his own six month residency at Counter Culture, in Clapham, where he really began to develop his own cooking style. Sam likes to highlight the vegetable on the plate and allow the protein to help elevate it.
Sam’s creativity stems from his family who are all in creative industries, and he likes to embrace this with his ability to create food that excites people.
His menu will celebrate the Paralympics opening ceremony.
