Celebrity Chefs

Speakers Corner has a hearty list of food and wine experts including Gregg Wallace, Anthony Worall Thompson and Gordon Ramsay. Celebrity chefs, TV wine experts and food related speakers will bring a touch of taste to your event. Most are available for cookery demonstrations – always a crowd pleaser!
Additionally, under the title of celebrity chefs, Speakers Corner has included hospitality experts and food and drink entrepreneurs. Essentially, these pages highlight the great and the good food and wine speakers.

AinsleyHarriott, Aldo Zilli, James Martin and Nigella Lawson, amongst others, share their passion for food, flavours and culinary delights from every corner of the globe, to excite and inspire corporate audiences with mouth-watering demonstrations and foody talk. Their knowledge and expertise on the subject compliments their effervescent passion – to create the most thrilling sensory experience for an increasingly culinary aware corporate world.

For more information on passionate, articulate and charismatic food and wine speakers or details for booking a food and wine speaker for your next corporate event, please contact us on +44 (0)20 7607 7070 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk

Ferran Adria

Ferran Adria

What makes El Bulli worthy of three Michelin stars? And what is it about Ferrán Adrià that makes him one of the best-regarded chefs in the world today?

James Averdieck

James Averdieck

James Averdieck is the man who built and sold Gü ! A master entrepreneur who realised his dream, lost it, and has invaluable lessons to impart.

Heston Blumenthal

Heston Blumenthal

Heston researches the molecular compounds of dishes to enable an understanding of flavour. He is a compelling keynote speaker and after dinner speaker.

Antonio Carluccio

Antonio Carluccio

In 2008, Antonio Carluccio, the much loved & respected Italian cookery writer, celebrated 50 years of cooking and eating genuine, regional Italian food & wine

Oz Clarke

Oz Clarke

Wine expert, best selling author, star of food and drink alongside Jilly Goolden, Oz Clarke's wine tasting sessions and speeches about wine are always a hit

Simon Davis

Simon Davis

Country House Rescue presenter Simon Davis is an entrepreneur, restaurant and event consultant, country house specialist, journalist, publisher, keynote speaker and broadcaster.

Martyn Dawes

Martyn Dawes

Martyn Dawes, founder of Coffee Nation and entrepreneur was always destined to do things his own way. As a keynote speaker he is inspirational and charismatic.

Clarissa Dickson-Wright

Clarissa Dickson-Wright

Clarissa rode into fame in the sidecar of Jennifer Paterson's motorcycle in the TV series Two Fat Ladies and she was often seen as the slightly saner sidekick.

Mark Edwards

Mark Edwards

Head Chef at Nobu, Mark Edwards imparts the secrets of his success and how to run a world renowned Michelin starred kitchen

Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones

Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones

Responsible for the successful food launch, The Black Farmer® label, Wilfred is a classic entrepreneur with an “anything is possible” attitude.

Jilly Goolden

Jilly Goolden

Jilly is one of Britain's top wine tasters and taught the nation everything there was to know about wine for nearly two decades on Food & Drink

Willie Harcourt-Cooze

Willie Harcourt-Cooze

Entrepreneur, and star of the hit Channel 4 series, Willie’s Wonky Chocolate Factory, Willie Harcourt-Cooze is the man for whom chocolate is a way of life.

Ainsley Harriott

Ainsley Harriott

Celebrity chef and presenter of Ready Steady Cook and Can't Cook, Won't Cook

Paul Hollywood

Paul Hollywood

Paul Hollywood is the baker’s baker. Author, Great British Bake-Off presenter, TV food expert and awards host, Paul also does baking demonstrations for corporate events.

Atul Kochhar

Atul Kochhar

Atul Kochhar has re-invented Indian cusine. The twice michelin starred chef is the creator of world reknowned restaurant Benares

Nigella Lawson

Nigella Lawson

Author of 'How to be a Domestic Goddess' and 'How to Eat: the Pleasures & Principles of Good Food'

James Martin

James Martin

Celebrity Chef, James Martin regularly appears on televsion on programmes such as 'Ready Steady Cook' and 'Saturday Kitchen'

Barry McGuigan

Barry McGuigan

One of the finest Irish boxers, Featherweight Champion of the World Barry McGuigan is now a renowned boxing commentator on television & radio

Graham Mitchell

Graham Mitchell

Entertaining & witty, wine expert Graham Mitchell will take you on a fascinating and amusing journey on the perils and joys of wine

James Nathan

James Nathan

Since winning MasterChef 2008, ex lawyer James Nathan has focused on turning himself from a talented amateur to a professional chef working alongside the best

Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay

Star of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares & Hells Kitchens, Michelin starred chef Gordon Ramsay is owner of numerous restaurants including Gordon Ramsay at Claridges

Paul Rankin

Paul Rankin

Paul Rankin is an award winning television Chef from Northern Ireland. A vivacious personality, Paul performs cooking demonstrations and is an experienced and popular awards host.

Jay Rayner

Jay Rayner

Jay Rayner is a regular on the One Show and the Guardian Food Critic. His observations on the restaurant business are ideal for either an after dinner speech or keynote session

Richard Reed

Richard Reed

Co-founder of Innocent Drinks, the UK's fastest growing food and drinks company, Richard with his 2 buddies are truly great entrepreneurs

Oliver Rowe

Oliver Rowe

BBC2's Urban Chef, Oliver Rowe is the founder of Konstam at the Prince Albert, a restaurant sourcing 80% of produce locally

Olly Smith

Olly Smith

Olly Smith is a uniquely enthusiastic British TV presenter, wine expert, foodie, writer and awards host.

Gregg Wallace

Gregg Wallace

Gregg Wallace is a fruit and vegetable expert, writer and media presenter. He is probably best known for co-presenting Masterchef along with John Torode.

Lesley Waters

Lesley Waters

Lesley Waters is one of the regular star chefs on Ready Steady Cook, an accomplished cookery author, Lesley has her own cookery school in Dorset

Nick Weston

Nick Weston

Best known as the survival expert on Channel 4's Shipwrecked, Nick Weston is a wild food enthusiast, chef, writer and public speaker with a passion for the outdoors.

Sarah Willingham

Sarah Willingham

Sarah has won multiple entreprenuerial and business awards and has appeared on television programmes as a business expert including 'The Restaurant.'

Antony Worrall Thompson

Antony Worrall Thompson

Television celebrity cook, Antony Worrall Thompson is an award-winning chef with a string of restaurants and is a great asset at any event

Aldo Zilli

Aldo Zilli

One of the most flamboyant chefs in the UK, Aldo is patron of the Zilli restaurant chain and TV personality ideal for any cookery inspired event