Patrickdrake

From the world's most powerful investment bank to the world's most respected restaurant Patrick Drake's journey has been anything but conventional. Though food was a passion from day one, education took Patrick through Oxford Law School before he wound up on the hallowed steps of Clifford Chance and then Goldman Sachs. But the corporate conveyor belt never really gripped his imagination and so began a secret double life. Lunchtimes hiding out with the chefs in his firm's fine dining restaurant, evenings in the kitchen of The Cuckoo Club in Mayfair and weekends with the team at institutional Borough Market restaurant Brindisa. Eventually he couldn't pretend to love his day job any longer and so he set up a VIP concierge service for high profile nightclubs and used the extra time to set up www.dinnerwithdrake.com. Dinner with Drake is not just about food, it's about lifestyle and bringing a sense of panache and even chivalry to the everyday kitchen. Its not just abut the food on the plate, but about all the theatre and creativity that goes into hosting the ultimate dinner. Nowadays Patrick splits his time between numerous restaurant kitchens, food writing for the likes of Soho House and Asmallworld.net, and travelling wherever his taste buds lead him... Check out my website at http://www.dinnerwithpatrick.com/