Steve Drake (chef) 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 Nico Ladenis and Marco Pierre White. He began his culinary career working in a café making bacon sandwiches. After culinary school he began working under Keith Stanley at The Ritz London Hotel, at the age of 17 in 1990. He was staying in shared accommodation, and met a fellow chef who was working at Nico Ladenis' restaurant. Drake went for an interview and gained a job there,
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