Gerwyn Jones will now take up the position of head chef at the five-star luxury Pemborkeshire hotel, working alongside executive head chef Douglas Balish
CAREERS
The Simon Rogan Academy will see budding chefs train four days a week at Rogan's Lake District restaurant kitchens, with the aim to becoming commis chefs at the end of the training
As a result, current chairman of the group, Tim Rumney, is to take over later this month as interim CEO, as Rob Paterson moves on after three years
Scottish hotel group recently announced an investment of more than £1m into staff attraction, retention and development, as well as new employee benefits and the launch of the Crerar Academy
The five-strong group has ambitions to expand to an additional 1,200 / 1,500 rooms in the UK in the next seven years through management contracts
Jafari joined the 266-bedroom hotel as general manager in August 2018, ahead of its opening in July 2019, from her position with The Curtain Hotel and Members' Club
The portfolio, which includes the five-star hotel, Grove of Narberth and Michelin-starred Beach House Restaurant, is to transition towards its new working structure over the coming months, building on the success of a four-day week for chefs, which was introduced at the Grove in 2016
Matteo D’Elia joins from a vast hospitality background, having worked at the London Edition, Claude Bosi at Bibendum and Galvin at Windows
Will Oakley takes over as general manager of the five-star 21-bedroom hotel having moved back to the UK after seven years as general manager of Cobblers Cove in Barbados
Mishaal Eid joins the 35-bedroom hotel from Flemings Mayfair Hotel, where he joined in 2017 as front of house manager, before being promoted to rooms division manager in 2019
