A former award-winning chef has been jailed after leading police on a 29 MILE high speed chase from Skelmsdale to Salford. Daniel Wallace, 26, previously won the Observer Food Awards (OFA) Young Chef of the Year Award in 2019 whilst working as a chef de partie at Gary Usher’s restaurant, Kala, based in Manchester.
However, after losing his job due to the COVID pandemic, his relationship with his partner deteriorated and they later split in December last year. prosecutor Nicholas Flanagan said. Matters came to a head in March this year following an argument, after which he accused her of treating him ‘poorly’ and became ‘aggressive and violent’.
He then packed up his belongings and left, taking her blue BMW, Manchester Crown Court heard. “After that, the defendant constantly threatened to kill her and burn her car out,” Mr Flanagan said. He also made threats to take his own life.
