Robin is the current President of Scottish Chefs. He is a former Director of Heritage Portfolio and now works as a lecturer at Edinburgh College teaching Hospitality & Professional Cookery.

Board Responsibilities: Membership & Sponsorship

Neil is a founding member of Scottish Chefs. Currently Chief Executive, he has over 40 years experience in the industry both in the UK and overseas, and has also held a number of senior management positions in education. Neil is an Honorary Life Member of Worldchefs and is the Continental Director representing North Europe.

Jamie trained at Edinburgh College then worked for companies such as Heritage Portfolio, Chez Roux and the Royal College of Surgeons. He is now a New Site Openings Manager for Deliveroo.

Board Responsibilities: Membership

Joe is an original board member and helped set up the federation 25 years ago. He was the president from 2005-2009 and is now still involved with the culinary team and competition at all national salon culinary events. He was the runner-up to chef Andrew Fairlie in the 1984 Roux Brother’s Scholarship, winner of the Chris Beaumont special award from Springboard UK and was awarded the Industry Trust (HIT) Scotland lifetime achievement award. Joe is now Executive Chef at Archerfield Golf & Country Club and is a big supporter of all future chef programmes to help support young people to get into this fabulous industry.

Board Responsibilities: Culinary Competitions

Stewart has been in the industry for over 50 years and worked in several restaurants and hotels including Gleneagles Hotel and Turnberry Hotel Ayrshire.

Board Responsibilities: Scottish Chefs Ambassador

David has been involved with the Federation over many years, a seasoned competitor himself and has involvement with both culinary teams. He is currently Chef Director in Scotland for Inspire Catering part of Ch&Co Ltd.

Board Responsibilities: Sustainability

Chloe although not a trained chef has always worked in the food sector – from food retail, marketing and logistics to food trends analysis. She graduated from Queen Margaret University with a Masters in Gastronomy in 2019 and is now a director of The Edinburgh Butter Company.

Board Responsibilities: Website & social media

Graeme trained as a chef at Esk Valley College and has worked in many different catering establishments from 4 star hotels, prestige venues to stadia catering. He opened his own award winning restaurant in 2004 and now heads up a multi-award winning in-house catering operation for Heart of Midlothian FC.

Board Responsibilities: Sponsorship/FAB 50/Business Partners

Jacky has worked in PR, graphics and marketing for many years and runs her own design agency in the NE of England. She has become increasingly involved with the culinary industry over the past few years, initially through her work with the Riso Gallo brand and their Young Risotto Chef competition and works directly with many chefs and colleges around the UK. Whilst not a chef herself Jacky has a great grasp of the industry and very much enjoys thinking outside of the box and creating wonderful opportunities, particularly for young people starting out in their careers. 

Having worked in Edinburgh’s hospitality scene for over 18 years Alan has gained a huge amount of experience in many different hotels, bars & restaurants, cooking food from around the world with incredible chefs. He has won many awards along the way including Scottish Hotel Chef of the year. Having worked as executive chef at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh for seven years he is now co-owner and director for @prime_privatechef operating private events and dinners across Scotland who also operate @primemealprep one of Edinburgh’s premium prepared meal services.