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SIMON BONWICK (born 7th December 1969) is a British Chef, Food Consultant and Food Writer who lives in Marlow, Buckinghamshire.

Bonwick was Brought up in Croydon, South London with five sisters. As the youngest and only Boy, Bonwicks life was a tough Victorian one, shoes were polished from heel to toe each morning after doing a milk round and a paper round, finally each night before bed the Stairs were swept with a hand brush.Sunday afternoons were spent in the Laundrette with his Sisters!

It was one bleak Winter (perhaps the famed Winter of discontent?) when a culinary epiphany exploded in Bonwicks mind. At about the age of 8 and while lying on the family sofa, quilt covered and suffering with mumps! His loving single father brought to him a bowl of Beef Stew and Dumplings (recipe from Delia Smiths Complete Cookery collection?) He began to eat for the first time in weeks, whilst watching Mr Ben a TV series of that time. On, after, or between other TV programmes "Pipkins" or "Crown Court" he does not know? Mr Ben ventured in to the old Shop. The shopkeeper appeared as if by magic and Mr Ben was ushered by the shopkeeper to go and get changed, as that was the shows idea. This time Mr Ben turned into a Chef or a Baker instead of a Safari hunter or Genie keeper. The white uniform of the caterer struck a chord with Bonwick. The Beef stew and fluffy Dumplings, the sound of fanfares in Bonwicks blocked mind of mumps made him feel totally rejuvenated and well for the first time in what seemed like weeks, he duly asked for more Beef and Dumplings from his father and indeed, did get more. It was on these notes that food became Bonwicks absent Mother and he would become the award winning Chef he is today!

On moving to the rural, baron, desolate land of the Wash and its River Nene, in Lincolnshire, in his mid teens and the mid 80's, Bonwick found the transition from Urban life to Country life a Subconsciously good one. The ways of nature and the Country side were,observed and taught.It was here Bonwick learn't to walk with Poachers and Gamekeepers with ease.

Forever the worker, Bonwick began work at THE BRIDGE HOTEL in Sutton Bridge part-time at weekends and when ever David Rollo the Chef needed him, whilst Bonwick should have been in School.On leaving School Bonwick went on to attend Boston College in Boston, Lincolnshire to obtain City & Guilds. Bonwick went on to train and work his way up through the traditional ranks of 5 star hotels, Private Residences and Michelin Starred Restaurants in England and France. After slogging away in all sections of the Kitchen and while in pursuit of mastering his craft,the relentlessly arduous grind of Culinary life submitted to him and Cooking recognition for Bonwick finally came to him while as Head Chef at THE BULL & BUTCHER, TURVILLE and THE BLACK BOYS INN, HURLEY-on-THAMES, between 1999 and 2009!

Bonwick sites inspiring heroes in no particular order as; The Late Nicholas Abingdon-Abbott, The Right Honourable Gilbey Family, The Salisbury Family, The Bannister Family, The Roux Family & Diego Masciaga, AL Fayed Family & Bill Knott.(Knotty)

BONWICKS AWARDS:

Michelin Bib Gourmand (10 years) 2 Egon Ronay Stars and Top 10 Gastro (2006) Good Food Guide 5/10 (7 years) Hardens Top 100 2 stars Good Hotel Guide 2007 (Chef Caesar award) Game Master, Restaurant Magazine 2009 Sopexo Goats Cheese Recipe Winner 2007 AA Restaurant Guide 2 Rosettes (5 years)

BONWICKS PRESS:

THE TELEGRAPH,Jan Moir:Are you ready to order. There's a threat of a jolly good lunch in the air, February 2006

THE TELEGRAPH MAGAZINE,Rose Prince:Good Bye Leftovers, October 2008

THE TIMES MAGAZINE,Giles Coren:The Crab was from Salcombe-Hand picked like a cowardly Boxing Champion, September 2006

WAITROSE FOOD ILLUSTRATED, Nikki Duffy:Chef Bonwick is Talented and mad as a Badger, June 2006

MORNING ADVERTISER,Humayun Hussein:Chef Bonwick has that other worldly air of a loveable, eccentric, genius, April 2006

THE RESTAURANT MAGAZINE,Bill Knott: Local Food Hero, August-September 2008

HARINGEY INDEPENDENT,Liz Carter: Michelin Crowns local Chefs, February 2006

FRENCH LIVING,SUE BERD:Desert Ireland Dish, April 2008

LITERARY EFFORTS

CRIPES AND CRIKEY, TRANSITA ISBN (on hold) MARVELLOUS RECIPES FROM MYSTERIOUS STORIES, TRANSITA ISBN (on hold)

SINCE 2009,

Simon Bonwick works exclusively and discretely in Private Service as a House Manager/Chef for (HNWI). He also Contributes in a Consultancy capacity to Beluga Gastro Consulting,who specialise in regenerating failing Restaurants and Public Houses.

When asked by Mrs H.Green toilsomely, "has a Michelin Star escaped you Simon?" Bonwick replied softly "I sometimes wonder if I did not escape it! lets not forget, Stars that have been burning long and hard since the beginning of time are discovered in the Universe all the time!"