From radio DJ and TV presenter to star of stage and screen – in the media world Murray’s done most things. He’s the busiest compere in Jersey and an expert in charity fundraising, as well as being a writer and a chef. His passion though is Murray’s and most of the time [...]
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Nicolas Valmagna is L’Horizon’s Executive Head Chef and has been at L’Horizon Hotel & Spa for almost 6 years. Before that he was in New Zealand working as a Sous Chef. Originally form Paris, Nic learned the culinary arts in Nice in his native France.
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Steve became a chef after his mother talked him into it – to try and avoid him joining the army. It turned out that his cheffing career took him around the world instead, working in the buzzing Sydney Opera House restaurant Bennelong, where he’d escape to the roof during his breaks [...]
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Cooking professionally since he was asked to leave school at 14, Danny has run many of Jersey’s finest restaurants including Zest and Cyrano’s. Three years ago he opened his own restaurant with his wife Janie and business partner David Haynes and serves an eclectic blend of food based on his travels, with [...]
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After starting out in the kitchen at the tender age of 15, Mark went on to train under some of the country’s best known chefs including the late, great Keith Floyd and Jean-Christophe Novelli, the Roux brothers and Steven Saunders. His career has been marked by success at every turn, taking him [...]
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Having grown up at Longueville Manor, it was Paul’s destiny to follow the family tradition and enter the hospitality industry himself. After university, Paul worked for Starwood Hotels in London, then opened the Crowne Plaza in Shoreditch for Intercontinental Hotels and worked in Toronto to be closer to his girlfriend Tara. They [...]
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Originally from Belfast, Damon had a whirlwind few years in Jersey in the 80s and 90s, working in many of the best known island restaurants before falling head over heels in love with Natalie and together launching their own business, the Salty Dog in 1998. After joining his brother-in-law Andrew Hosegood to [...]
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Sheffield-born Andrew Baird first started work at Longueville Manor when he was 23. Over twenty years later, and with several awards under his belt, he couldn’t imagine being anywhere else. A keen proponent of local produce, Andrew’s also a keen diver, and likes nothing more than diving for scallops himself.
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Jersey-born Marcus began his catering career pushing the dessert trolley at his father’s restaurant ‘La Buca’. After boarding school at Oxford, and a four year degree at the Ivy League Cornell Hotel School in New York, Marcus embarked on a career developing and designing restaurants and resorts, before returning to Jersey with [...]
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