Drew Dawson beat off strong competition in a four-day final, which saw 12 college and apprentice finalists overcome a series of challenges
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After over 100 entries and four rounds of heats, the competition has been whittled down to the final 10 cooks from hotels such as The Ryebeck and The Zetter
The new ‘roomtel’ has been designed to ‘shake up traditional hotel thinking’, when it opens after five months of construction work
Great Scotland Yard Hotel, London is to open as the first hotel in the UK under the Unbound Collection by Hyatt when it launches in the summer, and will be headed up by general manager
The Michelin star chef will open The Betterment inside The Biltmore, Mayfair, the first European property from Hilton’s LXR Hotels & Resorts brand
Chris Hull joins the 133-bedroom hotel with more than 20 years’ experience, and fresh from the GM role at Mercure Atlantic Tower Hotel in Liverpool
Mehdi Amiri joins the four-star hotel from Swinton Park, where he spent the last two years as executive head chef
The five-star, 49-bedroom luxury hotel has appointed Adam Simmonds for the role, who previously worked at the new Belmond Cadogan for just five months
Barry Soars was previously working at Pen Yen, the fine-dining Japanese Restaurant as well as the Main Barn at Soho Farmhouse
The four-star hotel welcomed Brad Jasper to the role on April 1 to head up the property’s 2 AA Rosette restaurant
