Hospitality app Code has announced its annual 30 Under 30 List which champions young achievers in the restaurant and hotel world.
In total, 17 London hospitality professionals make the list, including Abby Lee. The 29-year-old recently moved her modern Malaysian restaurant Mambow to a permanent new home in Clapton, having previously achieved success with a restaurant that opened on Commercial Street in 2020 and pivoted to Nyonya-style meal kits during lockdown. Lee’s regional Malaysian cooking includes dishes such as Sarawak-style coconut ceviche with tamarind granita and chive oil, and red curry and kaffir-lime spiced prawns with wild betel leaf.
Other London 20- and 30-somethings on the list include Alicia Latham, the finance manager of street-food operator Kerb, The Ledbury sous chef April Lily Partridge, Dorian general manager Callum Mash and The Standard hotel’s F&B marketing manager Cameron Malik-Flynn.
The inclusion of Charlotte Shaw, the 27-year-old head housekeeper of The Athenaeum Hotel & Residencies’ on Piccadilly, marks the first time the role has appeared in the list’s eight-year history.
Nominees were selected based on their outstanding achievements, leadership qualities and the impact they have had on the hospitality landscape in the past 12 months. Commenting on the inclusions, Code founder, Adam Hyman, said: "I love publishing our 30 Under 30 each year. It showcases what a rewarding career in hospitality is and what you can achieve at such a young age. It’s exactly what we should be shouting about as an industry to make sure we attract the next generation of people into hospitality.”
See the full list below:
Abby Lee (29), owner and head chef, Mambow, London
Alice Norman (30), director and chef, Pinch, Suffolk
Alicia Latham (26), finance manager, KERB, London
April Lily Partridge (30), sous chef, The Ledbury, London
Callum Mash (23), general manager, Dorian, London
Cameron Malik-Flynn (30), F&B marketing manager, The Standard, London
Charlotte Shaw (27), head housekeeper, The Athenaeum Hotel & Residencies, London
Ciaran Brennan (27), head chef, Osip, Somerset
Evan Williams-Box (28), food and beverage manager, The Fife Arms, Scotland
Florence Mae Maglanoc (27), chief executive office, Maginhawa Group
George Williams (30), head chef, The Bull at Charlbury
Georgia Sommerin (24), chef, Home at Penarth, Wales
Harvi Singh (30), business development manager, Notto, London
Hector Henderson (29), head chef, Rochelle Canteen, London
Henny Fox (30), operations director, KOKO, London
Kit McGrath (22), marketing manager, Season + Taste, Bristol
Matthew Jackson (28), head concierge, Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London
Ned Burrell (27), chef and director, Wilding Kitchen & Shop, West Sussex
Nikita Pathakji (26), private chef
Panayiota Soutis (29), head of projects, Gemma Bell & Company, London
Patrick McNulty (29), head chef, Ynyshir, Wales
Pierce Aungier (28), communications manager, Maybourne Hotel Group, London
Rebecca Dancer (29) and Joe Beckett (30), co-founders, Kinsbrook, West Sussex
Rose Gabbertas (24), head pastry chef, St JOHN Smithfield, London
Ryan Walker (23), head of fermentation and R&D, SILO, London
Safiya Robinson (29), chef and founder, sisterwoman vegan, London
Suzi Mahon (27), head baker, and Ella Williams (22), sous chef, Mountain, London
Tomás Gormley (29), chef patron, Skua, Edinburgh
Valentin Mouillard (30), head sommelier, L’Enclume, Cumbria
Yann Bouvignies (30), head of mixology, Rosewood London
Ones to Watch
Biba Majumdar-Swift (21), restaurant manager, Bench, Sheffield
Irene Hua (29), head chef, Hainan House, London
Albin Sunny (27), director, Little Kochi Restaurant, Wales
Elliot Hashtroudi (28), resident chef, 107 Wine Bar & Shop, London
Jack Fields (29), chef patron, Restaurant Orme, Manchester
