Daniel Clifford (chef) first commis chef at The Bell Inn in 1992, and became a demi-chef de partie at Marco Pierre White's Box Tree through 1993. He gradually moved up in responsibility through a variety of restaurants including working in France until becoming a senior sous chef at Rascasse in Leeds in 1996, where he worked until being named head chef of his current restaurant, Midsummer House, in 1998. Clifford was awarded his second Michelin star at Midsummer House in the 2005 list. It was the only new restaurant to earn a second Michelin star that year, and became one of eleven restaurants
Olivier Elzer Michelin stars) under chef Émile Jung as a chef de partie. Elzer worked as a sous chef between 2001 and 2005 in restaurants La Pyramide (two Michelin stars) under chef Patrick Henriroux, Fouquet’s Barriere in Hôtel Barrière Le Fouquet's under chef Jean Yves Leuranguer and Les Elysees of Hôtel Vernet (two Michelin stars) under chef Éric Briffard. Elzer became the head chef of Abbaye De La Bussière – La Bussière sur Ouche – Côte d’Or in 2006 and was awarded his first Michelin star in 2007 and retained it in 2008. He moved to Hong Kong in 2009 to become