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
Celia Jiménez (chef) Celia Jiménez (chef) Celia Jiménez (born 19 February 1976) is a Spanish chef, who when she was head chef at El Lago restaurant became the first female chef in Spain to win a Michelin star. Celia Jiménez trained at La Cónsula de Málaga, a successful cooking school which went on to produce several Michelin star winning chefs. She said at the time, the expectation on menus was that it would feature staple fine dining dishes such as foie gras, cavier and scallops. While she found that when training there was a better split of male and female chefs, she later