This month’s Featured Chef…
Matthew Tomkinson
Head Chef, Montagu Arms Hotel
This month’s Staff Canteen, Chefs Web site featured interview is Matthew Tomkinson. Matthew who is Head Chef of the Montagu Arms Hotel Beaulieu Hampshire, where he and his team have won a converted Michelin Star in only his full first year.
Matthew was the Head Chef at the Goose in Oxfordshire, where he also held a Michelin star. Matthew’s CV offers a less than structured career path within his early years, where he never took a college course or Chef related qualification, proving that hard work and determination as well as the will to succeed can still deliver success at the highest level. Already a Roux Scholarship winner and a winner of a second Michelin star; Matthew is certainly a Chef with a very bright future.
Matt, thank you very much for agreeing to talk to us today.
A pleasure.
First of all, congratulations to you and the team on your Michelin star.
Thank you very much.
Well done. Now Matt Tomkinson, this is the second Michelin star in your career.
Yes.
Matt, I’d like to start by asking you to outline a bit about your role today; your current role; number in your team; responsibilities – that sort of thing.
OK, here I am the Head Chef of the Montagu Arms. We have two restaurants – the Terrace, which is the fine dining restaurant; and then Monty’s which you could call a pub or Brasserie – nice simple food that’s done really well. Mark does an excellent job of running that for me and then the team in total is currently 10.
Is this the biggest thing you have done, as a Head Chef?
Yes, absolutely. I have had all sorts of dodgy jobs over the years!
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