Welcome
Located in St James’s and Bayswater, with plans to expand to other areas of the capital, our restaurants are all very different yet united by our approach: we create restaurants where we ourselves would love to go, restaurants where anything can happen, restaurants for any occasion, restaurants for everybody. Restaurants to which people return, time and time again; where they feel they belong.
LEADERSHIP
Meet our senior team.
Jeremy King
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Jeremy King
After an initial career in merchant banking, Jeremy King has been in the restaurant business since 1975. He is a director at Jamie Oliver Limited. Jeremy was awarded an OBE in the 2014 New Year’s Honours List for services to the hospitality industry and voluntary services to the Arts.
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Robert Holland – Partner/Director in charge of Operations
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Robert Holland – Partner/Director in charge of Operations
Robert Holland first started working with Jeremy King in 1991, when he joined The Ivy as a chef de rang. He was promoted to Assistant Manager in 1995 and when the company acquired J. Sheekey in 1998, he was appointed General Manager. He left J. Sheekey in 2003 to open The Wolseley with Jeremy. He was made Operations Director for Corbin and King in 2012, eventually leaving Wolseley Hospitality Group in 2023.
David Stevens – Group Executive Chef
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David Stevens – Group Executive Chef
David started his career in hotels in his native Australia before travelling overseas for work experience. He has been Group Pastry Chef at Caprice Holdings and Executive Pastry Chef for Four Seasons Hotels in Dublin and Houston before travelling to the West Coast of Scotland where he was Head Chef at Fairfield House Hotel. After some years running his own pastry and bakery supply company, he joined The Wolseley as Head Pastry Chef in 2014, rising to Group Executive Chef. In 2024, he rejoined Jeremy as Group Executive Chef.
Sean Kelly – Group Beverage Director
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Sean Kelly – Group Beverage Director
With a background in politics and terrorism studies, Sean took an alternative route, starting at Il Buco Alimentari in New York as Head Bartender before joining Danny Meyer at The Modern as Bar Director. Upon arriving in London in 2018, he became Bar Manager at the Bassoon Bar at The Corinthia. He started as Bars Manager at The Wolseley Hospitality Group in 2019, rising to become Director of Bars & Beverage, before rejoining Jeremy in 2023.
Ola Oluajo – Head of People, Personnel & Development
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Ola Oluajo – Head of People, Personnel & Development
After 8 years at One Aldwych Hotel, Ola joined Principal Hotels (subsequently Kimpton Hotels) at their new flagship hotel on Russell Square as People Development Co-Ordinator, quickly rising to become People and Culture Officer. He joined Wolseley Hospitality Group as Senior Personnel and Development Officer, leaving in 2023 to help Jeremy launch Jeremy King Restaurants, as his Head of People, Personnel & Development.
Erin McGuinness – Senior General Manager | Arlington
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Erin McGuinness – Senior General Manager | Arlington
Erin started her career in hotels, working for Hotel du Vin in Scotland and the North of England, culminating as Deputy General Manager in Newcastle upon Tyne, before joining the Draycott Hotel in London as Deputy General Manager in 2016. She joined Wolseley Hospitality Group, first as General Manager at Fischers, before becoming Head of Management Development. Prior to rejoining Jeremy as General Manager of Arlington, she was General Manager of Bellanger.
Michelle Chillingworth – General Manager | The Park
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Michelle Chillingworth – General Manager | The Park
Michelle has worked with Jeremy since 2011, when she joined as Private Dining & Events Manager from the same position with Gordon Ramsay. She rapidly rose through the ranks, and was appointed Restaurant Manager at Fischers when it opened in 2014. Following 4 years there, during which time she became General Manager, she moved to The Delaunay as its General Manager. She re-joined Jeremy in 2024 to open The Park.
Michael Johnston – General Manager | Simpson’s in the Strand
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Michael Johnston – General Manager | Simpson’s in the Strand
Having started his career running bars in hotels, Michael first joined Jeremy in 2013, as Bar Manager at Bar Américain in Brasserie Zédel. He rapidly graduated to Restaurant Manager, then Assistant General Manager of the Brasserie. After a brief foray elsewhere, he returned to become General Manager of Colbert on Sloane Square, before being promoted to General Manager of Brasserie Zédel in 2019. He re-joined Jeremy in 2024 to run Simpson’s in the Strand.
Harrison Britton – Head Chef | Arlington
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Harrison Britton – Head Chef | Arlington
Harry joined The Delaunay as an apprentice when he was just 16 years old and rapidly worked his ways through the various kitchens, moving to The Wolseley in 2021 and Chef de Partie, after which he was promoted to Junior Sous Chef. In 2023, he moved to The Wolseley City as Sous Chef, before joining Jeremy at Arlington when it opened in 2024, as Senior Sous Chef. He was promoted to Head Chef in 2025.
Alexandre Nicolas – Executive Chef | The Park
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Alexandre Nicolas – Executive Chef | The Park
Trained in France, where he started his career, Alexandre moved to London with Alain Ducasse, working at The Sanderson and The Dorchester, before returning to Paris as Head Chef at Spoon. After a number of years in Paris and St Petersburg, he came back to London as Executive Chef at The Bulgari. His most recent position was as Executive Chef at The Ivy West Street and The Ivy Club.
Sam Samyani – Head Chef | Simpson’s in the Strand
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Sam Samyani – Head Chef | Simpson’s in the Strand
Sam joined The Wolseley in 2017 as Chef de Partie, working his way up to Senior Sous Chef in 6 years. He was Executive Sous Chef at Manzi’s for a short while before being asked to go to Bangkok to open Café Wolseley as Chef de Cusine. He returned to The Wolseley in London as Executive Sous Chef before joining Jeremy at The Park in 2024. He will move to Simpson’s in the Strand as Head Chef, when it opens around the end of 2025.
Ed Ross – Head Chef | Simpson’s in the Strand
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Ed Ross – Head Chef | Simpson’s in the Strand
Ed started his career with Jeremy as a Junior Sous Chef at The Wolseley in 2014. After a short stint at Restaurant Story, he returned to The Wolseley as Sous Chef in 2018, where he rose to become Head Chef, then moving to open The Wolseley City as Head Chef. He returned to work with Jeremy in 2024 and will join Simpson’s in the Strand as Head Chef, when it opens around the end of 2025.
OUR VALUES
We believe in listening, building genuine connections, celebrating each other, being open-minded.
We are dedicated to long-term relationships with our staff, our customers, our suppliers, our investors and our wider community, to everyone’s benefit.
WORK WITH US
Jeremy King Restaurants is known for helping keen individuals build rewarding careers in the hospitality industry. With a refreshingly different approach to hospitality, ours is a dynamic, fun, supportive, flexible environment offering many opportunities to suit personal needs and career goals.
