{"id":30736,"date":"2023-10-23T18:14:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T17:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.splendidhospitality.co.uk\/?p=30736"},"modified":"2024-01-03T16:00:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T16:00:23","slug":"chef-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendidhospitality.co.uk\/chef-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Chef of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within the Splendid Hospitality group we\u2019re committed to supplying a top-quality service for our guests, and we\u2019re delighted that we\u2019ve been recognised once again for outstanding hospitality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ahmed Abdalla, the Head Chef at York\u2019s only five-star hotel, Grand York has been awarded Chef of the Year at the 2023 Be Inclusive Hospitality Spotlight Awards. This award recognises outstanding achievements from Black, Asian, and ethnic minorities working within hospitality, food, and drink.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judged by industry leaders like restaurateur Shelina Permalloo, and cofounder of Tayer + Elementary, Monica Berg, the award is a testament to the incredible work and innovation the team at The Grand shows consistently.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After two and a half years at the Grand York, Ahmed Abdalla has been able to create a menu for the hotel\u2019s fine dining restaurant, Legacy, that highlights local produce with a modern twist. His innovative approach to the menu has earned him the Chef of the Year award that highlights those who make waves within the industry, push boundaries, and create dishes that captivate the imagination of customers and professionals alike.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This award follows an extremely successful year for Chef Abdalla and his team at Legacy after receiving Michelin Guide mentions and being awarded three AA rosettes. Legacy is cementing its reputation as an establishment to be watched within the British culinary scene and we\u2019re excited to see what follows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations to everyone at Grand York and to Ahmed Abdalla for this incredible achievement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within the Splendid Hospitality group we\u2019re committed to supplying a top-quality service for our guests, and we\u2019re delighted that we\u2019ve been recognised once again for outstanding hospitality.\u00a0 Ahmed Abdalla, the Head Chef at York\u2019s only five-star hotel, Grand York has been awarded Chef of the Year at the 2023 Be Inclusive Hospitality Spotlight Awards. This\u2026 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendidhospitality.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendidhospitality.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendidhospitality.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendidhospitality.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendidhospitality.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30736"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendidhospitality.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30738,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendidhospitality.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30736\/revisions\/30738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendidhospitality.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.splendidhospitality.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendidhospitality.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.splendidhospitality.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}