New head chefs for Mottram Hall and The Jam House
Mark Bennett, former sous chef at The Midland Hotel has joined De Vere’s Mottram Hall as executive head chef.
The 38-year-old chef from Stockport, will head up a team of chefs in the kitchens at the hotel in Prestbury where he intends to champion produce from the North West and North Wales and win the venue a host of awards.
He said: “Everything at Mottram Hall will be freshly made and I am continuing to source locally grown and produced food.”
Bennett has also worked at Malmaison and the Moulin de la Gorce in Limoges, France. He was spotted by North West chef Robert Kisby when he worked at the Village Hotel in Cheadle who asked him to join him at the Midland.
Edinburgh restaurant and live music venue The Jam House has also appointed a new head chef.
Nicholas Baldwin has moved from the Jam House's sister venue in Birmingham where he worked as sous chef to take up the new position.
The 38-year-old has worked in fine dining for the past 15 years, including a stint at Ynyshir Hall hotel in Wales and will head up a kitchen of six staff in his new role.
He said: "This is a really exciting move for me and I’m very much looking forward to developing a menu that showcases the best of Scottish fayre. “I’m really keen to get to know local producers because Edinburgh, and the rest of Scotland, is bursting with fantastic, fresh ingredients - seafood, cheese, game, Arbroath smokies and, of course, Aberdeen Angus beef."
