Nathan Eades joins Simpsons Restaurant as head chef

Nathan Eades, former chef owner of Epi at The Courtyard in Bromsgrove has taken over from Matt Cheal to become head chef at Simpsons.

His appointment comes at a time of major change for the restaurant which is currently undergoing the latter stages of a refurbishment. Nathan will be in the kitchen ready for the reopening on Wednesday 16 September.

Nathan is ‘over the moon’ to be joining Simpsons and says, “Simpsons is the mecca of cooking in Birmingham and there are many chefs who would love to be in my position. It’s humbling to be following in the footsteps of so many great chefs and even more exciting to be joining now, at the start of a new era for the restaurant. I’m looking forward to building on the foundations of the past and bringing in my own perspective and style.”

Nathan began his culinary year as a catering student at Worcester College and spent two years working as an apprentice at Nailcote Hall in Warwickshire. In the past 11 years he has worked at Lainstone House in Winchester, Swinfen Hall Hotel and spent a year in Vancouver working at the Wedgwood Hotel and Spa. Prior to setting up his own restaurant Nathan spent more than a year working as senior sous chef at Fishmore Hall Hotel in Ludlow, the only restaurant in the area to hold three AA rosettes at the time.

Luke Tipping, chef director, is delighted to have Nathan on board,he said: “Nathan has proven himself to be a great chef and having previously run his own successful restaurant he appreciates what it takes to operate at this level. Nathan shares our values for using the best, seasonal ingredients and I’m sure that he’ll have plenty of great ideas to bring to the table.”

The new look Simpsons will be reopening with limited availability from Wednesday 16 September, please call 0121 454 3434 or email info@simpsonsrestaurant.co.uk to reserve your table.