About Adam
Adam Gray grew up in East Haddon, Northamptonshire. He attended Northampton College where he completed a three-year day release City and Guilds Catering Course whilst working full time at The Red Lion in East Haddon, and then at Broomhill Hotel in Spratton.
Shortly after 1989, Adam moved to London to embark on his career working for Bruno Loubet at the Four Seasons Hotel on Park Lane until 1992. After a short spell in Melbourne, Australia, Adam returned to the UK to work at the world-famous Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons in Oxfordshire for two years.
In 2001, Adam met Gary Rhodes, and was appointed Head Chef at City Rhodes until 2003, where he maintained a Michelin star.
Adam went on to open the new restaurant Rhodes Twenty Four at Tower 42 in the heart of the city of London. Under his direction the restaurant was awarded the BMW Best New Restaurant in the 2004 spring edition of The Square Meal Guide and in 2005 Rhodes Twenty Four was awarded a Michelin star and in 2007 Rhodes Twenty Four went on to receive three AA rosettes.
In 2003 Adam set up the “Adam Gray Chef’s Academy” at Northampton College to offer work experience opportunities to gifted catering and hospitality students. The success of the “Adam
Gray Chef’s Academy” speaks for its-self as over 30 students have completed work experience placements at Rhodes Twenty Four and some of the students have been so impressive, securing full time employment within the kitchen and the restaurant.
Adam is a member of the Academy of Culinary Arts and he has also been made an Ambassador of Northampton in recognition for the commitment he has shown to training and development of catering and hospitality students within Northamptonshire.
In 2010 Adam became co owner of The Red Lion in his home village of East Haddon with Nick Bonner. Their partnership has gone from strength to strength at the pub and in the summer of 2011 they opened the Shires Cookery School within a grade three listed barn conversion with fellow director Wendy Carter, in the grounds of The Red Lion. The school offers an extensive range of courses from bread making, to fish master classes and a range of specialist courses designed to improve culinary skills and techniques.
The Red Lion has very proudly been included in the 2012 Good Food Guide and most recently it has been awarded a Bib Gourmand in the 2012 UK Michelin Restaurant Guide, which is a first for the county of Northamptonshire.
In September 2011 Adam left Rhodes Twenty Four after maintaining a Michelin star for over ten years to focus on his own businesses.