TIMELINE
2021
January - Core awarded three Michelin stars in the 2020 Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland, making Clare the first and only British female chef to receive three stars in the UK and only the 4th British chef in history.
2021
Clare appointed Global Chef Ambassador for the Bocuse d'Or UK team.
2020
Clare named Honorary President of Bocuse d'Or Europe 2020, as well as a judge and mentor for S. Pellegrino Young Chef Grand Finale 2020
2020
January - Clare announced opening of a
new restaurant in Crown Sydney in 2021
2019
June - Clare is awarded an honorary doctorate by Queen’s University Belfast
2019
Clare named Chef of the Year
at National Restaurant Awards.
2018
November - Clare appeared in Netflix's
The Final Table as a UK culinary icon
2018
October - Clare received two stars as a new entry in the 2019 Michelin Guide for Great Britain and Ireland
2018
September - Core awarded top accolade of five AA rosettes and became the first restaurant ever to enter the Good Food Guide 2019 with a perfect score of 10/10
2018
June - Core received the Service Award at the National Restaurant Awards
2018
May - Clare catered the private wedding reception for the Royal Wedding between
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
2018
April - Core by Clare Smyth named Best Restaurant at the GQ Food and Drink Awards and Clare voted the World’s Best Female Chef
by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants
2017
August - Core by Clare Smyth
opened in London's Notting Hill
2016
Clare was given a special award recognising her achievement as a female chef in the 2017 Michelin Guide for Great Britain and Ireland
2016
Departed Restaurant Gordon Ramsay to open first solo restaurant,
Core by Clare Smyth
2016
Received the Chef Award at
The Cateys
2015
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay was awarded five AA rosettes
2014 - 2016
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay awarded a perfect 10 score by the Good Food Guide
for 3 consecutive years
2013
Named the Good Food Guide’s National Chef of the Year
2013
Appointed Member of the
Order of the British Empire
(MBE) for services to the hospitality industry
2007 - 2012
Returned to London and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay as Head Chef. In 2012 she became Chef Patron, making her the fist and only female chef to run a three Michelin-starred restaurant in the UK.
2005 - 2007
Joined the team at Alain Ducasse’s Le Louis XV in Monte Carlo
2002
Joined Restaurant Gordon Ramsay and worked way up to become Senior Sous Chef
1995 - 2002
Honed her skills in UK and Australian restaurants, and worked and staged under influential chefs around the world