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
Kenny Atkinson (chef) decided to move with his family to the Scilly Isles to work at the St Martin's on the Isle restaurant. It was there that he won his first Michelin star, which was covered in the national press as the reviewer needed to travel some 400 miles to visit the restaurant. Success led to a new head chef position at the White Room restaurant within Seaham Hall in County Durham. Again, he won a Michelin star. Whilst working there in 2009, he was offered the opportunity to appear on the BBC Two television show, "Great British Menu". Another chef had dropped