ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks must be given firstly to Harry Handelsman for being a visionary risk taker!

A big thank you to Kevin Kelly and the team at the St Pancras Hotel for being wonderful partners in a great venture.

To Sergio Coimbra (photographer), who is one of the kindest, most generous and talented people I have had the pleasure of meeting. Thanks also to Luciana Bianchi for helping me in her native home of Brazil and introducing us to Sergio.

To Matt Hall and the White Label team for their passion and creativity (and strange cat stories).

To the Transworld team for giving us the opportunity to showcase our wondrous restaurant and bar.

To my treasured family: Jane, my wife, and my three children, Jake, Archie and Jessie.

To the team at my restaurant at the Berkeley Hotel for their continued support and dedication.

To the opening team alumni: Oliver Blackburn (Bar Manager), Dominique Corrolleur (Floor Manager), Claire O’Dowd (Reception and Reservations Manager), Oliver Wilson (Head Chef).

To the current team: Mark Cesareo (Restaurant Manager), Dav Eames (Bar Manager), Nick Ward (Head Chef).

Anastasija Popova, Giancarlo Cuccuru, Sangram Shinde, Rasa Potiomkina, Duncan Edgeley. Dorota Goksal, Francisco (Frankie) Benitez Coboz, Conrad Pohlinger, Shauna Caithness, Sarah Holah. Rhys Evans, Giulia Carboni. Davide Nizzola, Ama Fru, Laura Castellano, Toheed Arshad, Riccardo Trevisan, Stanislav Andrusjevic. François Marsal, Pawel Olszowski, Cristina Szakal, Mariann Rinfel, Donatas Sickus, Adam Kiss, Ildelfonso Fernadez, William Sanchos, Daniel Esteva, Enrique Baresquin, Federico Bassani, Ali Mehrfar, Richard Gomes de Sena, Mithun Cox. Adam Wood, Thomas Sargent, Dahiyah Yunos, Dale Deakin, Rhys Roberts, Nicholas Cantos, Pradeep Kosireddy, Tamas Patko, Tibor Rekasi, Marlon Clarke.

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