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Adam Smith is the executive chef at Dorchester Collection's Coworth Park in Ascot which houses one Michelin-starred restaurant Woven by Adam Smith.
In his role as executive chef, Adam Smith oversees the food operations across all Coworth Park restaurants, as well as the room service and events catering.
Biography
Birmingham-born Adam Smith fell in love with the kitchen at the tender age of 13, when he had a part-time job as a pot wash at a local restaurant. It was after that that he decided to go to catering college, where, in his words, he "managed just a year" before the itch to go into the industry was too strong to contain.
Adam’s professional career began in 2004 at The Ritz London. At just 17 years old, he worked his way up from
In both 2007 and 2009, Adam represented the UK at the Bocuse
In 2013, Adam moved to, Bolton Abbey, as the head chef. During his time there, the restaurant was awarded four AA Rosettes and won The Yorkshire Post Hotel Restaurant of the Year award. In July 2016, it was announced that he would take on the executive chef role at Coworth Park.
Adam Smith John Williams MBE's Words
After he won The Roux Scholarship John Williams MBE said of Adam that he is “very much a wise, head-on young shoulders gentleman with great skills in his cooking.
"Looking back through history with respect enables him to move forward with his modern approach to cooking skills. He is a leader by example which is what every great chef should be, he has a great desire to learn and develop his style of cookery."
Coworth Park
Coworth Park is a luxury hotel and spa in Ascot, with several buildings spread across 240 acres, including the original late 18th- century mansion house.
The Dorchester Collection owns it and is the only hotel in the UK that has its own polo grounds.
The hotel has three restaurants: Woven by Adam Smith, The Barn and The Drawing Room. In his role as executive chef, Adam Smith oversees food operations across all three.
Woven by Adam Smith is in the Mansion House. The restaurant showcases Britain’s finest produce, from fresh seafood to locally foraged mushrooms, hand-picked herbs and native flowers. Each dish tells a story, and all these stories come together to create an extraordinary dining experience.
On being awarded the restaurant’s first Michelin star, Adam said: ‘I’m overjoyed to have reached this milestone with my driven and dedicated team, who have worked so hard, and with such passion, since we launched the restaurant in 2022.’
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1 Michelin Star Chefs: Adam Smith, executive chef, Woven by Adam Smith at Coworth Park
