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
Steve Drake (chef) proprietor at Drake's, purchasing the restaurant from Michel and Dorothy Albina. It was awarded a Michelin star in its first year, and three AA Rosettes. Michelin-starred chef Steve Drake left Drake’s restaurant in Ripley, Surrey at the end of August 2016 to set up his own venture In 2017 Drake launched Sorrel a 32 cover restaurant in a red brick building on South Street in Dorking, Surrey 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