Gary Kilminster

Business Development Manager, Essential Cuisine

Trained at the Bournemouth & Poole College from 1997-2000, Gary has a wealth of experience as a chef, including positions working at The De Vere Royal Bath Hotel, Bournemouth; The House of Commons, London; The De Vere Belfry, West Midlands; Whittlebury Hall, Management Training Centre Hotel & Spa, Northampton; Suvretta House Hotel, St Mortiz Switzerland; Careys Manor Hotel in the New Forest and as a personal chef aboard a luxury charter yacht, Masquerade of Sole in the Mediterranean.

Since 1997 Gary has competed in over 50 competitions here and abroad, winning 35 medals & trophies including, The William Heptinstall Scholarship 2002; First in Class & Best of the Day Food Hygiene Live Theatre Hotelympia 2002; The Midlands Association of Chefs Young Chef of the Year 2003 and the 2005 Dorset & Hampshire Chef of year. In 2013, he was awarded the Ken Fraser MBE memorial award for Education by the British Culinary Federation.

Formerly a chef lecturer at Bournemouth and Poole College, Gary now works as Business Development Manager at Essential Cuisine.