The Interview – Neil Pinel, managing director, Dunell’s Premier Wines, Jersey
10 Nov 2006
Dunell’s is an independent, family-owned wine merchant that has been in business for over 100 years. In addition to listing 1,100 lines, Dunell’s also supplies wines en primeur and offers storage solutions. Regular tastings and themed dinners keep the events calendar...

View issue Harpers 10 November 2006

The Interview – Angela Hayward and Paul Raymonde, directors, AP Vino
03 Nov 2006
Angela Hayward and Paul Raymonde met in 2002, and discovered that they shared a passion for Italian wines. The couple launched AP Vino in 2004 with input from Angela’s stepfather, Fausto Pesci, who worked for many years as a restaurateur, Italian...

View issue Harpers 3 November 2006

The Interview – Thierry Trigeau Chef sommelier, Simpsons Restaurant, Birmingham
27 Oct 2006
Thierry Trigeau, 44, was born in Rouen and has been a sommelier for the past 10 years. His previous experience was with the Brasserie au Theatre in Bordeaux, Restaurant Alexandra in Montreal, Canada, and at Thornbury Castle near Bristol, and he...

View issue Harpers 27 October 2006

The Interview – Seumas MacInnes Proprietor, Café Gandolfi
20 Oct 2006
Did you change many things when you took over the business? This is one of those places where if you change anything you get millions of letters complaining! We’ve got a very loyal customer base. We have, of course, developed things...

View issue Harpers 13 October 2006

Cyrus Todiwala MBE – Chef, restauranteur and educator
02 Oct 2006
You have just come from speaking to the BBC on issues that you clearly find emotive. What’s going on? The Government has put forward a new proposal that restaurateurs cannot import staff from India who don’t speak English. But people who...

View issue Harpers 29 September 2006

Andrew Bennett
21 Sep 2006
What brought you to Lincolnshire? My partner, Vicky Herring, and I wanted a complete change of scene after working for high-tech companies in Cambridge. ...

View issue Harpers 22 September 2006

Emma Ford
15 Sep 2006
This is a fine Georgian building for your first hotel Yes, although when we bought it, it was in a real state. It looked beautiful from the outside, but the bathrooms were yellow. They weren't even avocado green – it was...

View issue Harpers 15 September 2006

Aldo Zilli
23 Aug 2006
This a big year for you with the 10th anniversary of Zilli Fish as well as the publication of a new book. Are you doing anything to celebrate? We’ve given the restaurant a facelift. It used to be all blue and...

View issue Harpers 25 August 2006

David Morgan-Hewitt: Managing director, The Goring, London
28 Jul 2006
You started off in public relations and now you’re the managing director of one of London’s flagship hotels. How did that happen? ...

View issue 28 July 2006

John Power Head Sommelier, Prestonfield
06 Jul 2006
Prestonfield Priestfield Road Edinburgh EH16 5UT Tel: www.prestonfield.com John Power began his career at the five-star Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire, where he trained as a sommelier before moving to the Witchery by the Castle in 1998. Earlier this...

View issue Harpers 7 July 2006