Stephen Gomes

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Stephen Gomes is a Welsh chef, and restaurateur, based in Cardiff and Essex, and originally from Mumbai. He represented Wales in Series 10 of the Great British Menu in 2015.[1][2] He won accolades for his restaurant Moksh[3] in Cardiff but Wales Online reported that the curry house boss Gomes has been declared bankrupt.[4]

His father, James Gomes,[5] worked as an Executive Chef in India at the first five-star beach hotel there. He then amassed over 40 years experience across the world working in India, USA & UK, as an executive chef in a variety of hotels and restaurants. Gomes's grandfather served as a chef on board a battleship during World War II. His great grandfather was Head Chef at the Eastern Shipping Company during the Raj.[6]

Gomes has received a number of accolades including the Ethnic Chef of the Year Award at the UK Craft Guild of Chef's award 2015,[7] Goldstar Welsh Curry Chef of the Year at the Welsh Curry Awards 2014[8] and Goldstar English Curry Chef of the Year at the English Curry Awards 2013.[9] He has held the title of 'Best UK Indian Chef' with the Cobra Good Curry Guide for a large part of the last decade (2007/8/9/10/11/13-14)[10][failed verification] [11][12]

In 2019 he took up the position of executive head chef at DUSK restaurant in Brentwood, Essex. The restaurant had a soft opening on 7 June[13] before its full launch on 11 July.[14][15]

He won 'Dessert of the Year 2019' at the Feed The Lion Food Awards [16] who have tipped them as a strong contender for the UK's first fullu halal Michelin-ranked menu. [17]

Gomes is on the panel of judges for the Asian & Oriental Chef Awards organised by the Asian Catering Federation, with the winners being presented at the House of Lords.[18][19]

References[]

  1. ^ Misstear, Rachael (11 June 2015). "Great British Menu: These three chefs are vying to represent Wales at this year's banquet". Wales Online.
  2. ^ Bevan, Nathan (11 November 2015). "Anyone for Lamb Cheesecake?". Wales Online.
  3. ^ Day, Liz. "Anyone for a Curry Macaroon? Indian restaurant Moksh wins three AA Rosette awards". Wales Online. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  4. ^ Mosalski, Ruth (11 January 2019). "Top curry house boss Stephen Gomes of Moksh declared bankrupt". walesonline. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Food gene pool: Two 'famous' families talk about their kitchen memories". mid-day. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Food gene pool: Two 'famous' families talk about their kitchen memories". mid-day. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  7. ^ Pearce, Nathan. "Craft Guild of Chefs Announces Winners for 2015 Awards". Craft Guild of Chefs.
  8. ^ "Chef Stephen Gomes from Cardiff crowned Gold Star Welsh Curry Chef of the Year 2014". Welsh Curry.
  9. ^ "The English Curry Award 2013". Love Curry.
  10. ^ Chapman, Pat (5 November 2013). "Cobra Good Curry Guide". Pat Chapman's Curry Curry Club. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  11. ^ "England's top Indian chef comes home". 29 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Stephen Gomes".
  13. ^ "Asian & Oriental Chef Awards open | Asian Catering Federation". acfederation.org. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Latest opening: Dusk".
  15. ^ "Brentwood News | Romford Recorder".
  16. ^ "With 61 nominations across 12 categories, here are the WINNERS of the #FtLionAwards 2019". January 2020.
  17. ^ "Can DUSK be the first Muslim-owned Halal restaurant in the UK to win a Michelin star?". 5 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Our Award Judging Panel | Asian Caterers in UK". 13 August 2017.
  19. ^ "Professional Asian chefs can submit recipes for the Asian & Oriental Chef Awards 2021". 7 May 2021.
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