TIMELINE
2020
In January, Clare announced she will open a new restaurant in Crown Sydney in February 2021
2019
In December, Core entered La Liste 2020 with a score of 96.0
2019
2019
In September, Clare is featured in Vogue's 'Forces for Change' issue guest edited by Meghan Markle.
In September, Core became the first restaurant ever to enter The Good Food Guide with a perfect score of 10/10
2019
In June, Clare is awarded an honorary doctorate by Queen’s University Belfast for service to the hospitality industry
2019
Clare named Chef of the Year
at National Restaurant Awards.
Core awarded 4th Best Restaurant in the UK.
2018
In November Clare appears in Netflix's
The Final Table as a UK culinary icon
2018
In October Clare received two stars as a new entry in the 2019 Michelin Guide 2018
2018
In September Core scored a perfect 10 and was awarded the highest ever new entry in the Good Food Guide 2019. Core was also awarded AA rosettes and received Top Gastronomic Experience at the Harden’s Restaurant Awards
2018
In June, Core was named New Restaurant of the Year by the Craft Guild of Chefs. Core also received the Service Award and was named
4th Best Restaurant in the
UK at the National Restaurant Awards
2018
In May, Clare catered the private wedding reception for the Royal Wedding between
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
2018
In 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
Core by Clare Smyth
opened in August in Notting Hill
2016
Clare was given a special award recognising her achievement as a female chef in the 2017 edition of the Great Britain and Ireland Michelin Guide
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
Appointed Member of the
Order of the British Empire
(MBE)
2013
Named the Good Food Guide’s National Chef of the Year
2012
Became Chef Patron of Restaurant Gordon Ramsay
2007
Returned to London and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay as Head Chef
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 skills in UK and Australian restaurants, worked and staged under influential chefs around the world