Mark Sargeant

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Mark 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 left there to open the highly acclaimed Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's where he has been Head Chef since 2001, earning a Michelin star in 2002.

Mark trained at West Kent College and worked at several respected restaurants including the role of Chef de Partie at Read's Restaurant in Faversham. Mark is a talented and well respected member of the Gordon Ramsay team who was voted Young Chef of the Year in 1996 and National Chef of the Year in 2002.

More recently Mark led one of the competition kitchens in the first series of 'Hell’s Kitchen' on ITV1 and 2 in May 2004 and was responsible for managing the kitchen in the first series of 'The F Word' programme on Channel 4. On The 'F Word', Ramsay described Mark Sargeant as his right hand man, and he is a key player in the Ramsay empire.

Mark also co-wrote "Gordon Ramsay's Secrets", which was published in 2004. He co-wrote the book with Gordon Ramsay, Roz Denny, and Georgia Glynn Smith. He also co-wrote "Gordon Ramsay makes it easy" which was published in 2005. He co-wrote the book with Gordon Ramsay, Helen Tilott, and Jill Mead.