Adam Handling
Returning chef Adam hopes third time's the charm, as he finds himself back in the GBM kitchen.
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This time he’s determined to get to the banquet, and is hoping his unique cooking style will get him there.
Across all of his restaurants and bars - including Frog by Adam Handling, and Eve Bar in Covent Garden - sustainable British luxury is the ethos to Adam's approach to food. He even cooked for the G7 Summit leaders when they were at the Carbis Bay Resort in Cornwall in 2021.
Adam started at The Gleneagles Hotel at the age of 16, and during his early career he won several major awards including Scottish Chef of the Year, and the British Culinary Federation’s Chef of the Year.
In 2016, The Adam Handling Restaurant Group was born and Adam went on to open The Loch & The Tyne in the countryside of Old Windsor - which was included in the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropub Awards 2022 - then Ugly Butterfly on the beautiful Cornish coast at Carbis Bay. Adam was named Restaurateur of the Year in British GQ Food and Drink awards in 2020, and Frog by Adam Handling, his flagship restaurant, was awarded a Michelin star in 2022. Now he’s hoping to add a victory at GBM to the list.
This year Adam looks to ‘Wind in the Willows’, written by Edinburgh-born Kenneth Grahame, for his menu inspiration.
