This year visitors can again enjoy watching award-winning Island chefs create new dishes from the highest quality local produce live on stage. Chefs confirmed so far include local legends Jose Graziosi, Tyler Torrence, Roger Serjent, Charlie Bartlett, Adam Fendyke and this years very special celebrity guest chefs Anton Edelmann and Aneke Spacie.

Anton Edelmann

Following an apprenticeship in Ulm, Germany, Anton spent a year in London as a commis chef at the Savoy Hotel before going to Geneva to the Hotel de la Paix. Little did he know that he would return one day to the Savoy as Head Chef and return from Geneva with his future wife.

A return to London in 1976 as Senior Sous-Chef at the Dorchester Hotel led to his becoming the Executive Head Chef at the Grosvenor House Hotel where he opened the illustrious 90 Park Lane Restaurant.

From there he was appointed Maitre Chef des Cuisines
at the Savoy Hotel, London where he worked for 21 years leading a brigade of 80 chefs and cooking up to 2,000 covers a day. Among many famous guests Anton cooked for the Queen Mother, the Queen and Princess Diana and President Clinton.

During this time, he published 10 books including The Savoy Food and Drink Book, Fast Feasts and Music and Romance and has made numerous TV and radio appearances, with, among others, Martha Stewart, Floella Benjamin (Caribbean Light) and as a judge on BBC TV’s Masterchef and Desert Island Disc radio 4.

He has also taken part in world-wide food promotions at, among other famous venues, the Oriental, Bangkok, the Four Seasons, Los Angeles, the Hotel Okura in Kobe and Tokyo, Japan, the Hotel Pierre New York, Le Cirque, New York, James Beard, New York and the Ritz-Carlton Boston.

In 2003 Anton left the Savoy to become Principal Chef of Directors Table, where his role included, running of Allium, the training of chefs, producing innovative menus and managing the large company contracts, such as the Restaurant at Hampton Court Flower Show. He also has part ownership of well known Knightsbridge restaurant, Brasserie St. Quentin An unexpected and greatly appreciated accolade came in November 2006 when Anton received an honorary Professorship from Thames Valley University.

Others are:

Chef of the year: Caterer and Hotelkeeper,
Menu of the year; Caterer and Hotelkeeper
Special Award Craft Guild of Chefs

In January 2008 Anton opened Anton’s Restaurant at Great Hallingbury Manor Hotel near Bishop Stortford.


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Aneke is an exceptional Chef. She has an impressive resume, having run high profile Restaurants with 3AA Rosettes, high volume, gourmet Event Caterers and most recently she has worked in a Development capacity for some of the top Contract Caterers in London.  Aneke has excellent communication skills, enabling her to manage, motivate and develop more junior members of the team with great success. Aneke is now looking for her next challenging role, where she can be pre-dominantly ‘hands-on’, lead and motivate her brigade into producing seasonal, fresh, delicious food!!


Aneke Spacie quick CV (Below)