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Nigel Platts-Martin

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Nigel Platts-Martin
MBE
Born1954/1955 (age 70–71)
Germany
🏳️ NationalityBritish
🎓 Alma materUniversity of Oxford
💼 Occupation
  • Restaurateur
  • wine expert

Nigel Platts-Martin (born 1954/55 in Germany) is a British restaurateur and wine expert who has launched or co-owned several Michelin-starred restaurants in London.[1]

Personal life and pre-restaurant career

Nigel Platts-Martin was born in Germany in 1954 or 1955.[2][3] His father was an Army officer.[3] Platts-Martin attended The King's School, Canterbury and then, to study law, the University of Oxford.[3][2] After this he went on to work for law firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and S. G. Warburg & Co. before leaving to launch the restaurant Harveys in 1987.[3]

Platts-Martin has mostly avoided publicity.[4]

Restaurateur

During the 1980s, Platts-Martin met chef Marco Pierre White, then working at Lampwick's,[3] and as a result Platts-Martin became a regular customer there.[5]

Platts-Martin and another Lampwick's regular Richard Carr bought wine bar Harvey's, which was a couple miles away from Lampwick's at Wandsworth Common.[5] Platts-Martin and Carr wanted to replace the wine bar with a restaurant, so they recruited White as the head chef and renamed it Harveys.[6] The restaurant opened in January 1987.[7][8] Under White as chef patron and Platts-Martin as co-owner, Harveys earned its first Michelin star in January 1988 and then its second in January 1990.[9][10] In 1992 or 1993, White sold his shares to Platts-Martin and a third partner before leaving Harveys in July 1993.[2][11][12]

While operating Harveys, Platts-Martin and White planned their upcoming second restaurant to be located at West End in late 1980s or early 1990s.[13] Phil Howard was appointed head chef of the upcoming venture.[13][14] Platts-Martin's partnership with White for the upcoming second restaurant fell through.[13][15] Without White involved, Platts-Martin and Howard were left handling the project themselves. Neither had much experience running a restaurant,[13][15] but still launched the new venture on 13 December 1991 as The Square.[13][16]

With Howard appointed head chef and then chef patron, The Square earned its first Michelin star in December 1994.[17] It relocated to Bruton Street, Mayfair on 17 February 1997 and then earned its second Michelin star in January 1998.[18][19] After years of critical and commercial success, Platts-Martin and Howard sold The Square to Marlon Abela's restaurant group in March 2016 for US$4,000,000.[20][21] The restaurant was later closed in February 2020 for an indefinite amount of time.[22][23]

Chez Bruce replaced Harveys at Wandsworth Common in February 1995, and was launched with Platts-Martin as co-owner and Bruce Poole as chef patron. Poole had previously worked at The Square in its original St James's location until January 1994. Chez Bruce earned its first Michelin star in early 1999.[24] Platts-Martin and Poole also opened The Glasshouse at Kew in early 1999 and La Trompette in Chiswick in late January 2001.[2][25][26] The Glasshouse earned its first Michelin star in 2002 under its first head chef Anthony Boyd.[27][28] La Trompette has held one Michelin star since January 2008 under various head chefs, including Rob Weston, who joined in late February 2013 after sixteen years as the head chef of The Square.[29][30][31][32]

Platts-Martin also co-owns The Ledbury with Phil Howard. Platts-Martin has been more active in running the restaurant.[33] The Ledbury's chef patron has been Brett Graham, who worked at The Square from 2001 to 2005.[34][35][36] The Ledbury has been indefinitely closed since June 2020, citing social distancing measures amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as impractical for the restaurant.[37]

Accolades and honour

Platts-Martin won the Independent Restaurateur of the Year at the 2004 Catey Awards for "quality, consistency and innovation" of his restaurants,[38][39] one year before The Ledbury's establishment. He was appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) at the 2009 New Year Honours for serving the British hospitality industry.[40][41][42]

Out of top 100 most influential people in the UK hospitality industry, The Caterer ranked Platts-Martin 72nd in 2005,[43] 24nd in 2010,[44][45] 40th in 2011,[46] and 35th in 2012.[47] A magazine Restaurant ranked him 18th out of "100 most powerful people in the restaurant industry" in April 2016.[48]

Based on a 2006 survey of 8,000 participants, Harden's named Platts-Martin's restaurant group one of top three in London for "sheer consistency". The other two groups were that of Gordon Ramsay and of Caprice Group, owned by Richard Caring at the time.[49]

References

General

  • Howard, Philip (2012). "Introduction". The Square: The Cookbook – Volume 1: Savoury. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781906650599. Search this book on
  • White, Marco Pierre (2006). The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness, and the Making of a Great Chef. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781596919327. Search this book on

Notes

  1. ↑ Keeling, Dan (16 February 2018). "Where to find the world's greatest wine lists, from Paris to Ragusa". Financial Times. Retrieved 14 February 2021. Also accessible via ProQuest 2015191634.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Nigel Platts-Martin: The quiet man?". The Caterer. 29 June 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "The man who found Marco". The Daily Telegraph. Interviewed by Ross, Rory. 7 July 2001. p. 11. ISSN 0307-1235. ProQuest 317498245.
  4. ↑ Lander, Nicholas (13 July 2007). "Opinion: How to make the wish list". Financial Times : Europe's Business Newspaper. ISSN 0307-1766. ProQuest 250041859.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 White 2006, p. 98.
  6. ↑ White 2006, p. 98–99.
  7. ↑ White 2006, p. 100.
  8. ↑ White 2006, Ch. 17: "Not a Lot of People Know This" (eBook)
  9. ↑ Jennings, Luke (20 April 1998). "Bad Boy in the Kitchen". The New Yorker. Retrieved 18 February 2021. Also appeared in print edition of 27 April 1998 issue.
  10. ↑ Buford, William (2006). "Line Cook". Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 95. ISBN 1-4000-4120-1. LCCN 2005057868. Search this book on
  11. ↑ Hennessy, Charles (2000). "Chapter 8: Harbour Lights". Marco: The Making of Marco Pierre White, Sharpest Chef in History. London: Random House. ISBN 0-091-86819-X. Search this book on
  12. ↑ White 2006, Ch. 19: "The Dream Becomes Reality" (eBook)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Howard 2012, p. 12.
  14. ↑ "Philip Howard". The Caterer. 12 May 2005. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Hayler, Andy (March 2009). "Phil Howard". Andy Hayler's Restaurant Guide (Interview). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  16. ↑ Reynolds, Catharine (19 November 1995). "Choice Tables: Chefs Who Dare to Be British". The New York Times. Travel section, p. 6. ISSN 0362-4331. ProQuest 109471114. Retrieved 3 February 2021 – via ProQuest.
  17. ↑ Howard 2012, p. 13.
  18. ↑ Stock, Jon (15 February 1997). "Food and Drink: Anyone for plastic pop-up poultry timers?". The Daily Telegraph. p. 13. ISSN 0307-1235. ProQuest 317636615.
  19. ↑ Young, Robin (21 January 1998). "French food bible toasts great British pub grub". The Times. p. 10. ISSN 0140-0460. ProQuest 317895130. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  20. ↑ Megaw, Nicholas (18 January 2018). "Venerable London wine merchant imperilled by new owner". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 February 2021. Also accessible via ProQuest 2002889566.
  21. ↑ Harmer, Janet (22 March 2016). "Philip Howard leaves the Square as restaurant is sold to Marlon Abela". The Caterer. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  22. ↑ Stagg, James (3 February 2020). "Michelin-starred the Square restaurant closed by administrators". The Caterer. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  23. ↑ Armstrong, Ashley (20 February 2020). "Your lunch is off: Mayfair restaurant is closed mid-meal". The Times. p. 15. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 20 February 2021. Also accessible via ProQuest 2350008734.
  24. ↑ Fingleton, David (6 March 1999). "Restaurant: The Fat Duck and Chez Bruce". The Spectator. Vol. 282 no. 8900. p. 57. ISSN 0038-6952. ProQuest 201295767. Accession no. 04185267.
  25. ↑ Beckett, Fiona (6 January 2001). "Nibbles". The Times (1F3 ed.). p. 6. ISSN 0140-0460. ProQuest 318426398.
  26. ↑ Durack, Terry (5 July 2009). "Raise your glasses". The Independent on Sunday. p. 33. ProQuest 337032437. Reprinted online in 2011.
  27. ↑ Kühn, Kerstin (13 April 2010). "Anthony Boyd leaves the Glasshouse in Kew to join the Clarendon". The Caterer. ISSN 0008-7777. ProQuest 222751987. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  28. ↑ Kühn, Kerstin (5 August 2010). "Chef Anthony Boyd leaves the Clarendon after three months". The Caterer. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  29. ↑ "Full list of Michelin stars in Britain and Ireland". The Daily Telegraph. 24 January 2008. Archived from the original on 14 June 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  30. ↑ "Michelin star award for island restaurant". Yorkshire Post. Leeds: NLA Media. 24 January 2008. ProQuest 335480200.
  31. ↑ Kühn, Kerstin (14 February 2013). "Head chef Rob Weston leaves two-Michelin-starred the Square". The Caterer. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  32. ↑ "MICHELIN Guide Great Britain and Ireland 2019 Selection". Michelin Guide. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  33. ↑ Howard, Phil (21 October 2016). "Streets ahead". The Caterer (Interview). 206 (4947). Interviewed by Andy Lynes. p. 34. ISSN 2055-7817. ProQuest 1834003056. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  34. ↑ Ryan, Rosemary (January 2010). "Brett Graham is guest at 2010 Appetite for Excellence awards". Hospitality. Glebe, Australia. ISSN 1328-021X. ProQuest 929673077.
  35. ↑ Bowles, Tom Parker (23 October 2019). "Get ahead of the game: where to eat". Country Life. p. 68. ISSN 0045-8856. ProQuest 2313057445.
  36. ↑ "Just Opened – All the Latest Openings! (The Ledbury, London)". Caterer & Hotelkeeper. Vol. 194 no. 4373. 5–11 May 2005. p. 16. ISSN 0008-7777. ProQuest 222790875.
  37. ↑ "Le Caprice and The Ledbury close amid criticism of 'impossible' social distancing rules". The Daily Telegraph. 15 June 2020. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 15 February 2021. Also accessible via ProQuest 2413273636.
  38. ↑ Shrimpton, David (6 July 2004). "2004 Catey award winners unveiled". The Caterer. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  39. ↑ "Independent Restaurateur of the Year: Nigel Platts-Martin". Caterer and Hotelkeeper. Vol. 193 no. 4331. 8–14 July 2004. p. R5. ISSN 0008-7777. ProQuest 222805863.
  40. ↑ "New Year honours list: MBEs". The Guardian. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  41. ↑ Thomas, Daniel (2 January 2009). "Hospitality figures in New Year Honours list". The Caterer. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  42. ↑ Walsh, Dominic (5 January 2009). "Food for thought – Restaurateur celebrated". The Times. Retrieved 5 November 2021. Print edition (p. 47) available via ProQuest 320013431.
  43. ↑ "Nigel Platts-Martin". The Caterer. 12 May 2005. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  44. ↑ "Caterersearch.com 100: Nigel Platts-Martin". The Caterer. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  45. ↑ "Caterersearch.com 100 – The most powerful people in hospitality". The Caterer. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  46. ↑ "Caterer and Hotelkeeper 100: Nigel Platts-Martin, The Square, The Ledbury, Chez Bruce". The Caterer. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  47. ↑ "Caterer and Hotelkeeper 100: Nigel Platts-Martin, the Square, the Ledbury, Chez Bruce". The Caterer. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  48. ↑ "The Power List: Restaurateurs". Restaurant. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  49. ↑ "Press release". Harden's (Press release). Archived from the original on 30 October 2006. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

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