Dave, who heads up the team at Munch, has had a hugely distinguished 18-year career in the hotel and catering industry achieving many accolades and awards. He has to his credit 2AA Rosettes, an RAC Dining Award, The Best Restaurant in Leeds Award, was runner up in The Best Restaurant in Yorkshire Awards, won the Hotelympia ‘Salon Culinaire’ competition and was Chef de Partie at the Clivedon Hotel when its restaurant ‘Waldo’ won its first Michelin Star. Dave has also been short listed for the best Head Chef in Leeds awards for the last two years – a crown he fully intends to lift shortly.

Dave started out working under head chef Ron Maxfield at the Clivedon Hotel in Berkshire in 1990, after becoming Head/Executive Chef in a further four hotels he moved to the to the uber-stylish restaurant Mononi in Leeds in 2003 to become executive chef of this new venue.

2004 saw a move to become Group Executive Chef for the Sound Activity group also based in Leeds, consisting of a nightclub, popular bar and restaurant. They played host to many external events including weddings, themed evenings and a range of corporate functions. In early 2007 he joined ‘Dine’ a Leeds based outside Events Company, before now taking the helm here at Munch, creating mouth-watering dishes for you and your guests.