Mark Sargeant

For the Australian rugby player and manager, see Mark Sargent.

Mark Sargeant

Born	1973 (age 37–38) Kent, England
Cooking style	French/Italian cuisine
Education	West Kent College
Rating(s) Michelin stars
Current restaurant(s) Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's
Previous restaurant(s) Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Aubergine Read's Restaurant
Television show(s) Hell's Kitchen (UK) The F Word Great British Menu
Award(s) won Young Chef of the Year National Chef of the Year

Mark Sargeant (born 1973 in Kent, United Kingdom),^[1] is an English chef, formerly head chef at Gordon Ramsay's Michelin starred restaurant at Claridge's in London.

Early life

Mark Sargeant grew up in Larkfield, Kent and attended Oakwood Park Grammar School in Maidstone. His first professional kitchen experience came as a part-time cook in the kitchens of the Larkfield Priory Hotel.

Career

Having subsequently trained at West Kent College and worked at several respected restaurants including the role of Chef de Partie at Read's Restaurant in Faversham, Sargeant first worked with Gordon Ramsay at Aubergine in 1998 before spending three years as Sous Chef at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea from 1998 to 2001. He then opened the highly acclaimed Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's where he was Head Chef from 2001 to 2008, earning a Michelin star in 2002.^[2] He oversaw the opening of Gordon Ramsay’s pubs including The Narrow. After 13 years working under Ramsay, Sargeant resigned in November 2009 and became creative director of the Swan Collection in December 2009.^[3] He will remain closely associated with Gordon Ramsay Holdings through his continued work on Ramsay's publishing and television work.

In summer 2011 Sargeant opened his first restaurant,^[4] Rocksalt Restaurant in Folkestone.

Television

Sargeant was featured in two fly-on-the-kitchen-wall documentaries about Ramsay: Boiling Point (1998) and Beyond Boiling Point (2000). In May 2004 Sargeant led one of the competition kitchens in the first series of Hell's Kitchen on ITV1 and ITV2. He was also responsible for managing the kitchen in the first series of The F Word programme on Channel 4.

Filmography

• Boiling Point (5 part documentary) (Channel 4, 1998)
• Beyond Boiling Point (6 part documentary) (Channel 4, 2000)

Notable television appearances

• Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares (Channel 4, 2004–present)
• Hell's Kitchen (UK) (ITV, 2004)
• The F Word (Channel 4, 2005–present)
• Great British Menu (BBC TWO, 2009), representing London and South East, losing to Tristan Welch in heats

Bibliography

Sargeant has appeared as co-author on two books alongside Gordon Ramsay, published in 2003 and 2005, with a third due out in 2009.

• Gordon Ramsay’s Secrets (2003)
• Gordon Ramsay Makes It Easy (2005)
• Gordon Ramsay's Cooking For Friends (2008)
• Gordon Ramsay's Healthy Appetite (2008)
• Gordon Ramsay's Great British Pub Food (2009)
• Gordon Ramsay's World Kitchen (2009)

References

1. ^ "Carry on Sargeant". Caterer Search. http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2002/10/03/45137/carry-on-sargeant.html. Retrieved 27 December 2008. 
2. ^ "Mark Sargeant – Head Chef at Claridge's". Gordon Ramsay Holdings. http://gordonramsay.com/claridges/chefs/headchef/. Retrieved 27 December 2008. 
3. ^ Vines, Richard (20 November 2009). "Ramsay’s Right-Hand Chef Mark Sargeant Quits After 13 Years". Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=al5jmr.0yp7A. 
4. ^ "Rocksalt Restaurant, Folkestone". thefoodplace.co.uk. http://www.thefoodplace.co.uk/restaurants/rocksalt-folkestone-mark-sargeant-101070/. Retrieved 23 February 2011. 

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