Clare Smyth

Clare Smyth, MBE
Born (1978-11-28) 28 November 1978 (age 45)
EducationDunluce School Bushmills
SpouseGrant
Culinary career
Cooking styleModern British
Current restaurant(s)
  • Core by Clare Smyth 3 Michelin stars
    Oncore
Previous restaurant(s)
Award(s) won

Clare Smyth MBE (born 28 November 1978) is a Northern Irish chef. She is the Chef Patron of three Michelin starred Core by Clare Smyth which opened in 2017. Previously she was Chef Patron at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay from 2012 to 2016, won the Chef of the Year award in 2013,[1] and achieved a perfect score in the 2015 edition of the Good Food Guide.[2] Smyth has also appeared on television shows such as Masterchef[3] and Saturday Kitchen.[4] Smyth also notably catered at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's 2018 wedding.[5]

In 2017, Smyth opened her first restaurant, Core, in London. It was awarded three Michelin stars in the 2021 Michelin Guide,[6][7] which made her the first Northern Irish[8] woman to have a restaurant awarded three Michelin stars.[9][10] Her second restaurant, Oncore, opened in Sydney in 2021. With Oncore gaining Three Hats honour in 2022, Smyth became the first ever female chef and second overall to gain three Michelin Stars and become a Three-Hatted Chef. The news was also mentioned when she was a guest judge in Season 15 of MasterChef Australia.[11]

  1. ^ "Good Food Guide's National Chef of the Year, 2013". The Good Food Guide. Waitrose. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ Gerrard, Neil (26 August 2014). "Clare Smyth scores 10/10 in Good Food Guide at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay". The Caterer. Travel Weekly Group. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Is Clare Smyth The Toughest Chef Ever?". 10 play. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Saturday Kitchen: 26/02/2011". BBC Food. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  5. ^ Chandler-Wilde, Helen (20 July 2021). "Clare Smyth: I don't know any male chef who has taken paternity leave". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Core by Clare Smyth - London: a Michelin Guide restaurant". Via Michelin. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Why you will be hearing a lot about this new London Restaurant". Eater.com. Vox Media. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  8. ^ Saner, Emine. "Clare Smyth: The Irish chef with three Michelin stars – and the poshest potato ever". The Irish Times. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Clare Smyth, UK's first female three-star Michelin winner: It's been unbelievably stressful". TheGuardian.com. 29 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Good news stories you might have missed this week". 29 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Clare Smyth's Career Timeline". ClareSmyth.com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

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