Steve Drake (chef) Steve Drake (chef) Steve Drake is a British chef who has held a Michelin star at two restaurants, including his current establishment, Sorrel. He has previously worked under a number of chefs, including Nico Ladenis and Marco Pierre White. He began his culinary career working in a café making bacon sandwiches. After culinary school he began working under Keith Stanley at The Ritz London Hotel, at the age of 17 in 1990. He was staying in shared accommodation, and met a fellow chef who was working at Nico Ladenis' restaurant. Drake went for an interview and gained a job there,
Paul Cunningham (chef) first Michelin stars awarded in the country, then at , where he trained , and at Coquus and Plaza before becoming co-owner and chef at The Paul, located in "Glassalen", the glass pavilion at Tivoli in Copenhagen. The park had had a reputation for poor food; at The Paul, Cunningham became a celebrity chef, cooking for Queen Margrethe, Helena Christensen, and for Bill Clinton, Paris Hilton and Metallica when they visited Denmark. The restaurant was awarded a Michelin star in 2003, nine months after opening. After the restaurant suffered from the financial crisis and after being hospitalised in spring 2011