Simon Smith

Simon Smith

Simon has had a varied worldwide culinary career over the past forty years . He did his training in Switzerland and then Paris. From there he moved on to London and worked as Chef saucier at ‘’The Inn on The Park’’ Park Lane.

In addition he has worked at the British embassies in both Paris and Vienna, catered for a wedding for 4000 in New York and worked as a private chef aboard super yachts.

Simon has appeared on several TV shows and was a regular on The Carlton Food Network. He has also appeared on television in Lyon and Bologna and done many demonstrations throughout Europe promoting British food.

After 23 as chef/patron of Thrales Restaurant in Lichfield, Staffordshire he now runs his catering business from home.

Simon has won many prizes for his craft including three gold medals at Salons Culinaires competitions throughout the UK, The Tudor France award for contribution to the hotel and catering Industry and achieved Thrales’s Michelin rating.