Mark Stinchcombe Young Chef of the Year October 2010

Lucknam Park Chef Completes the Treble with another Prestigious Award Mark Stinchcombe is Young Chef of the Year at The Restaurant Association Awards Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa, Colerne, Wiltshire is delighted to announce that their Brasserie Junior Sous Chef, Mark Stinchcombe has been awarded ‘Young Chef of the Year 2010’ at The Restaurant Association Awards. This comes at a particularly exciting time for Mark who has recently won ‘Young National Chef of the Year’ at the Craft Guild of Chefs Awards and also the ‘Award of Excellence’ at The Academy of Culinary Arts Awards 2010. The Competition, which is organised by The Restaurant Association, is a national competition for youngsters aged 25 and under. Mark was awarded his prize at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower on Wednesday 20th October. It is an enormous achievement that 22 year old Mark has won all three of these prestigious awards at this stage of his career. This latest achievement once again highlights Hywel Jones, Executive Chef’s skills as an excellent team leader who balances motivation, discipline and praise. Mark can now look to follow in the footsteps of Lucknam Park’s very own Roux Scholar, Hrishikesh Desai, and aim for some senior accolades. Lucknam Park is an AA 5 Red Star Hotel and is a member of Relais & Châteaux. In the last six months the hotel has won a hat trick of awards which includes “Team of the Year” from the Institute of Hospitality, “Independent Hotel of the Year” at the Catey Awards and “Hotel of the Year for England” at the AA Hospitality Awards. For further information or reservations please call Lucknam Park Hotel & Spa on 01225 742 777 or visit www.lucknampark.co.uk For press information please contact Lucy Forsyth or Catherine Aird at Ann Scott Associates on 020 78239988 or lucy@annscott.co.uk / catherine@annscott.co.uk