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
Clare Smyth 2017. In April 2018, Core was named Best Restaurant at the GQ Food and Drink Awards. Clare Smyth was named the World's Best Female Chef 2018 by the World's 50 Best Restaurants. On 1 October 2018, Core was awarded two Michelin stars in the 2019 Michelin Guide. Clare Smyth Clare Smyth MBE (born 1978) is a Northern Irish chef. She was Chef Patron at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay from 2012 to 2016. She became the first female British chef to hold and retain three Michelin stars. Smyth won the Chef of the Year award in 2013 and achieved a perfect score