Jocky Petrie (chef) Jocky Petrie (chef) James "Jocky” Petrie is a professional Scottish chef born in Duror in Scotland. He is best known for both his work alongside chef Heston Blumenthal as Head of Development of the Experimental Kitchen at The Fat Duck (one of five restaurants in Great Britain to have three Michelin stars), and his current work as Group Executive Development Chef for Gordon Ramsay. As a chef he has regularly appeared as mentor and judge on a number of television shows including Masterchef, Heston's Fantastical Food, In Search of Perfection and Top Chef Suomi. Petrie is the sous chef to
Daniel Clifford (chef) the BBC television show the "Great British Menu". He sees his television work as a good source of publicity, but prefers to concentrate on working in the kitchen. He was also one of a number of chefs scheduled to cook at a pop-up restaurant entitled "The Cube" on London's South Bank during the summer in 2012. On 5 October 2015 Daniel Clifford was awarded the prestigious award of Chefs Chef of the Year at the 2015/16 AA awards held at the Grosvenor House Hotel. Daniel Clifford was praised for turning Midsummer House into one of the country's finest restaurants, while