David Moore (restaurateur)

David Moore (born August 4, 1964) is a restaurateur based in the United Kingdom.

Biography

Moore was born in Ireland. He is the owner of Michelin starred restaurants Pied à Terre, situated on London’s Charlotte Street in an area called Fitzrovia, and L'Autre Pied in the fashionable Marylebone in London’s West End. He is also a non executive director of award-winning Van Zeller restaurant. Van Zeller is in Harrogate in North Yorkshire, in England and is run by head chef Tom van Zeller.[1]

After achieving his Higher National Diploma in Hotel, Catering and Institutional Management (HCIMA), Moore seized the opportunity to do a work experience in the highly regarded The Box Tree, Ilkley in 1985 when the restaurant was of two Michelin Star status. In 1986, he took a position in Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, Great Milton, Oxon working alongside world renowned chef Raymond Blanc. It is here where Moore learned more about the high end Michelin Star dining trade.[2] Moore also worked for a stint in Le Louis XV restaurant in Monte Carlo’s Hotel de Paris.

In 1991, Moore opened his first French fine-dining restaurant, Pied à Terre on Charlotte Street in London’s West End. Pied à Terre was an instant success, gaining Michelin star status just thirteen months after opening, and in January 1996 the second Michelin star was achieved. These two stars were retained until 1999. Marcus Eaves is the head chef at Pied à Terre and gained his first Michelin star at just 27-years-old - fourteen months after opening the doors of L'Autre Pied in 2007. Eaves runs the Pied à Terre kitchen and heads up the fantastic team, producing creative and exciting food that continues to delight both diners and critics alike.

In November 2004, a fire forced the closure of the restaurant for most of 2005 but Moore insisted it was immediately rebuilt, redecorated and resurrected back to life to re-open on September 26, 2005.

With Moore as part-owner, Pied à Terre has achieved many more awards including: Four Red Rosettes AA, 8/10 in the Good Food Guide, 29/30 in the Zagat ‘Readers Choice’ and Best Restaurant in the World 2007 as voted in the Top 50 Restauant Magazine. Also it was voted Number 4 in UK Top One Hundred Restaurants in 2008. More recently, Pied à Terre's wine list has been awarded second place in the 2013 Hardens/Sunday Times list of restaurants in the UK and they have also been voted within the top 20 of the 2013 Hardens/Sunday Times list of top 100 restaurants in the UK.

2007 saw the opening of Moore’s second restaurant L'Autre Pied, in the fashionable Marylebone, London, with Chefs Marcus Eaves and Shane Osborn as co-owners. L'Autre Pied is a one star Michelin restaurant which, like its big brother, also specialises in French-style cuisine, in a relaxed environment. Moore can often be seen front of house in both Pied à Terre and L'Autre Pied where he is known for his meticulous attention to detail. In keeping with the Pied tradition which sees head chefs nurture and mentor rising stars in the industry with the intention of one day passing on the culinary baton, Andy McFadden was invited to take up the top position at L’Autre Pied when Marcus moved over to Pied à Terre, where Andy continues to show his star quality in preparing creative, innovative and delicious dishes.

Moore took on his first non-executive director’s role in 2008 with the opening of Van Zeller in Harrogate, the creation of chef Tom van Zeller which has gone on to win a selection of awards including The Good Food Guide Restaurant of the Year 2013.

In October 2013 Moore opened his first pop-restaurant, Pieds Nus just a stone's throw away from L'Autre Pied. The restaurant is only around until April 2014 and is focused around simple dishes best shared. In the short time it's been open, Pieds Nus has gone on to receive many raving reviews from The Telegraph, Hello Magazine, The Evening Standard and many more.

David Moore has made several TV appearances including BBC MasterChef: The Professionals and BBC Out of the Frying Pan, both of which aired in summer 2010. He is most likely to be remembered as an inspector on BBC The Restaurant, series 2 and 3, alongside his former mentor Raymond Blanc and fellow inspector Sarah Willingham.

References

BBC programme - MasterChef: The Professionals

BBC Programme - The Restaurant (Inspector Profiles)

  1. ↑ BBC "Meet David Moore" The BBC Retrieved on 03-08-2010.
  2. ↑ "The Spectator" 2009

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