Executive chef Martyn Nail leaves Claridge's after 36 years

14 April 2022 by
Executive chef Martyn Nail leaves Claridge's after 36 years

Claridge's hotel has confirmed that executive chef Martyn Nail has left the five-red-AA-star hotel alongside head chef Adam Peirson.

Nail and Peirson had worked at the hotel for 36 and 22 years respectively. Nail joined Claridge's as a third commis chef under maître chef des cuisines Marjan Lesnik in 1988. He would go on to be named Hotel Chef of the Year (more than 250 covers) at the 2011 Cateys.

In the same year Peirson received an Acorn Award, recognising the 30 brightest prospects under 30 in the hospitality industry.

In a statement Claridge's said: "Claridge's has been privileged to work with chef Martyn Nail for over 36 years and chef Adam Peirson MBE for 22 years.

"They are both extremely talented chefs and their culinary creativity and dedicated contribution to Claridge's has been outstanding during that time.

"We are sorry that they will be leaving Claridge's and we wish to take this moment to thank them for everything during their time with us, and wish them every future success."

In November last year Claridge's ended its restaurant partnership with chef Daniel Humm after the hotel objected to his plan to move Michelin-starred restaurant Davies and Brook, which opened in 2019, to a fully plant-based menu.

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