Michael Moore
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Michael Moore is a sensationally talented chef who has exploded onto the London restaurant scene.
Amongst his many awards his restaurant has just been voted number three in the top ten best London restaurants by www.london-eating.co.uk Michael`s restaurant is in Blandford Street, London W1 www.michaelmoorerestaurant.com
Savoy trained and extensively traveled, globetrotting Michael is Chef/Proprietor at Michael Moore of Blandford Street Restaurant and he describes his cuisine as `modern global` incorporating influences from culinary experiences acquired in Canada, the Far East, Europe and the Caribbean, “My food is an amalgamation of the experiences and tastes I have acquired from my work abroad.”
This charismatic and amusing personality uses a combination of such wide-ranging ingredients and national tastes that make his dishes unique in character and flavor and sets him apart from his peers. Food writers and journalists from around the globe sing his praises.
Born in london`s East End, Michael is the second youngest of eight and an exotic mix with a Bajan mother and Brazilian father. His first big break in the kitchen was at the Savoy Hotel in London, under the watchful eye of Anton Edelmann. Following this, Michael took up his first position abroad, at the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Hamburg, Germany, before venturing into Switzerland and Canada. Michael came back to Britain, for the pre-opening of the Dorchester. After three years at the Dorchester, Michael became executive chef at the luxury Island Inn Hotel resort in St Michael, Barbados, before moving onto the exclusive Soneva Fushi resort in the Maldives, via Berlin`s Intercontinental Hotel.
He was lured away from the Far East to oversee the opening of the Circle Bar and Restaurant in London`s fashionable Docklands before taking residence as executive group chef for Simpsons of Cornhill, where he was in charge of 14 restaurants including 190 Queensgate in Knightsbridge.
In his precious spare time Michael is a fanatical Arsenal Football fan and he also likes to relax in Ronnie Scott`s Jazz Club.
Michael has appeared on television many times including his UK TV debut live on Gloria Hunniford`s Open House on Channel 5, BBC Saturday Kitchen and as guest chef on BBC UK Food Great Food Live! Michael represented the UK at the fabulous Epcot International Food and Wine Festival in Florida and demonstrates around the world.
Please use this link to see Michael on Norweigan TV on 13th April 2008:
www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/indeks/128521
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