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Essential Cuisine has signed up to become two-year lead sponsor for The Culinary Ability Awards, as the not for profit organisation, dedicated to championing people with disabilities in working kitchens, embarks on a journey towards competing in the 2020 IKA Culinary Olympics.

A proud patron of The Culinary Ability Awards for over a decade, Essential Cuisine is yet again throwing its support behind the organisation as it prepares for its greatest challenge.

One of the most well-regarded members of the Essential Cuisine brigade, Gary’s career as a chef has seen him travel the world, beginning in his native Bournemouth, before taking to the high seas to work aboard a luxury charter yacht, then via the Swiss alps cooking at one of St Moritz’s most iconic hotels. There’s no place like home for this native south westerner, however.

With the increasing demands for businesses to reduce plastic pollution in the environment Essential Cuisine has been reviewing its plastic packaging formats with the aim to increase our reusable and recyclable content and reduce our total plastic usage over the coming years.
 

Starting out as a pot wash when he was just 14, Rob’s career as a chef has gone from strength to strength ever since. Whilst studying at university, he took a job with Gloucester Rugby in their catering division before going on to work his way up through the ranks at The Cheshire Pub Company, his dedication and kitchen skills ultimately helping him to secure the position of ‘Roaming Chef’ within the estate.