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Britain's Clare Smyth awarded World's Best Female Chef 2018

Clare Smyth of Core by Clare Smyth has been awarded the Female Chef of the Year 2018 by the World's 50 Best Restaurants.
Clare Smyth of Core by Clare Smyth has been awarded the Female Chef of the Year 2018 by the World's 50 Best Restaurants.Anne Emmanuelle Thion

Clare Smyth, chef-owner of Core by Clare Smyth in London's Notting Hill, has been awarded the elit® Vodka World's Best Female Chef Award 2018, ahead of The World's 50 Best Restaurant awards in Bilbao in June.

The peer-voted award seeks to shine a spotlight on extraordinary talent and excellence among female chefs. "This accolade is not for me but for all the women working in the hospitality industry around the world." said Smyth upon accepting the award. "I hope to use this platform to encourage and mentor more women to achieve success."

Smyth grew up on a farm in County Antrim in Northern Ireland, and was the first and only female chef in the UK to hold three Michelin stars for Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London. She opened her own fine dining restaurant, Core, in 2017, with an emphasis on natural, sustainable food sourced from dedicated producers and farmers from around the UK.

As well as 13 years working with Gordon Ramsay where she won a 10/10 score in the Good Food Guide and five AA rosettes, Smyth worked at some of the world's most celebrated restaurants including Alain Ducasse's renowned Le Louis XV in Monte Carlo. She was also honoured with an MBE in 2013 for services to the hospitality industry.

"It's an absolute honour to receive the elit® Vodka World's Best Female Chef Award, particularly as the category is voted for by my peers and international food experts," said Smyth.



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