Chef Paul Bloxham is
the driving force behind Junction Eight. His career began in the
prestigious kitchens of the Dorchester Hotel on London’s Park
Lane before moving on to become Head Chef at the South Bank’s
fashionable Waterloo Fire Station Restaurant where he secured Dining
Room of the Year in both the Good Food Guide and The Evening Standard.
His most recent venture is The Tilbury in Datchworth, Hertfordshire, which opened October 2006.
His previous restaurant picked up a 2006 Remy Martin Award of
Excellence for his culinary efforts as well as others from Egon Ronay,
The AA and Michelin.
He is
also a regular on the small screen where he can be seen on Sky
One’s ‘Taste’, ‘Great Food Live’ on UKTV
and presenting cookery strands on the ITV News at Six. Paul has also
notched up a few international awards including a host of medals from
The New York Restaurant Show and Sweet Success in The International
Banqueting Competition, France, conquering the world as part of The
British Team of Chefs.
No
stranger to celebrity, Paul’s previous clients include some of
the biggest names in showbusiness.