| Location: | The Culinary Theatre |
| Date/Time: | 13 Apr 2010
14:45-15:30 |
Seminar Details
Stephanie Moon began her training at Skipton College, and after cooking her way around the world, came back to Yorkshire to work at Rudding Park. From her training at the Dorchester working for Anton Mossiman to working further a field in Australia, Germany, Switzerland and America, Stephanie has gained many invaluable skills.
Visit Stephanie's blog at www.thewildcook.co.uk, 'Foraging for food in Yorkshire’s hedgerows'. |
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Her career highlights include:
- winning Deliciouslyorkshire Yorkshire Champion award 2009/10
- Finalist at Hotelympia in the British Culinary Federation Chef of the Year 2010 (Final 1st March 2010)
- winning Yorkshire Life Chef of the Year 2004/5
- being promoted to Executive Head Chef at Rudding Park with a team of 28 chefs working over four kitchens including a 2 AA rosette restaurant and large banqueting operation
- meeting the Queen and members of the Royal Family as a “young achiever” at Buckingham Palace
- winning a gold medal at Salon Culinaire in Sydney
- cooking for famous people during her time at Rudding Park including George Bush Snr, Michael Gorbachev and Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Stephanie’s inspiration is Anton Mosimann, her head chef at Dorchester Hotel; to this day she praises him as “an inspiration and a gentleman”. Stephanie says that Anton has great confidence in his staff and this is something that she endeavours to emulate. She takes pride in encouraging her Chefs to excel in all areas and the Head Chef at Clocktower, Jerome Gaudre, became a “Disciple of Escoffier”. The Head Chef of the Conference and Banqueting Kitchen, Stephen Ashburn, was also voted “Banqueting Chef of the Year” at the Craft Guild of Chefs Awards 2008.
At Rudding Park, Stephanie promotes the use of local produce on the menu at Clocktower with a menu that changes daily where the principal ingredient in each dish travels no more than 75 miles.
Stephanie not only enjoys cooking good-quality food, she also enjoys fine dining: When questioned about how she would spend her last £100 she responded “£99 on a fine meal and £1 on a lottery ticket!”
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