We are delighted and honoured to announce that Celebrated chef, restaurateur and food writer Mark Hix MBE has agreed to become a Patron of the Country Food Trust. Mark said “ I am delighted to have been asked to be a Patron of The Country Food Trust. This charity has already produced 130,000 meals for people in need using British Game and is aiming to produce a million meals. Anybody who shoots game in this country should be supporting this worthy charity “
Celebrated chef, restaurateur and food writer Mark Hix is known for his original take on British gastronomy. After 17 years as Chef Director at Caprice Holdings, he opened his first restaurant in 2008 – the distinguished
HIX Oyster & Chop House in Smithfield, followed by HIX Soho, and the chicken and steak concept restaurants ‘Tramshed‘ in Shoreditch, and Hixter Bankside. Located in the basement of HIX Soho and Hixter Bankside is Mark’s Bar with a cocktail list full of historical curiosities.
Outside of London in Mark’s native Dorset, is HIX Oyster & Fish House and a boutique guesthouse, HIX Townhouse, both in Lyme Regis. Mark is frequently lauded as one of London’s most eminent restaurateurs with an unrivalled knowledge of ingredients with provenance.
He is the author of a number of cookbooks on British cuisine, including Mark Hix on Baking, Hix Oyster & Chop House, British Regional Food, which received a Guild of Food Writers’ Award and the Simon the André Simon Book Award – Special Commendation, British Seasonal Food, which was named The Guild of Food Writers’ Cookery Book of the Year in 2009, and his latest book Mark Hix The Collection. Most recently Mark received an MBE for services to hospitality, appointed within the New Year’s Honours 2017 list.
