8. charles segond edit
Charles Segond is now deputy director of food and beverage and director of wine at the Hotel Cafe Royal. He was most recently at The Connaught's Espelette Restaurant, and before that worked with the Maybourne Hotel Group, including five years as Claridge's wine executive. He has also held various sommelier roles in London, including with Alain Ducasse, Gordon Ramsay, and at Galvin at Windows as head sommelier.