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3 unusual facts about Simon Hopkinson


Jeremy Lee

He started working in the kitchen there instead, and after three years he moved to London where he worked under Simon Hopkinson at the Bibendum.

Simon Hopkinson

Following on from this in 1978 he became the youngest chef to acquire an Egon Ronay Guide star with his restaurant The Shed in Dinas in Pembrokeshire, West Wales.

A friendship with the Conrans led to the establishment of Bibendum in 1987, where he worked as chef and joint proprietor with Sir Terence Conran and the late Lord Paul Hamlyn.



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