Moving from Anglesey, North Wales in 2001 he joined the Royal Air Force as a chef and has worked up through the ranks in what has been an illustrious career spanning over 23 years. Within this time, he has developed a unique understanding of modern gastronomy and the knowledge of how best to pair great drinks with great food. In his early years Gareth spent his free time going from restaurant to restaurant offering his services free of charge in order to find his own style and techniques to where he now utilises these daily in his current role.

Gareth has won many catering competitions over the last few years with the last one being in 2024 where both he and Brett teamed up together to take home the win. Gareth has also received a commendation in the Queens New Year Birthday Honours List. An advocate of mental health support in the industry, he is an Ambassador of the Burnt Chef Project which is a non-profit social enterprise setup which raises awareness, provides education around mental health issues within hospitality across the world.

Ultimately, Gareth wants his food to deliver a deeper sense of nourishment. “Of course, I want my food to be delicious and beautiful, but even more than that I want it to tell a story. There is a narrative to the menus I write. Whether it’s a trip to Northern Italy, San Sebastian in the Basque country or closer to home, I want the diners to feel that connection. I want my food to take people to these places with the addition of perfectly paired wines.”

In 2014, Gareth moved into Contract catering where he was in charge of catering operations for 400 diners daily, leading a team of 10 chefs.
Achieving a gross profit upwards of 10% each week whilst reporting to the Finance Director and senior stakeholders weekly, with a detailed disclosure briefings to all key players.

Early 2018, Gareth found himself leading a large team of chefs delivering bespoke catering whilst also mentoring his successor. Throughout this period Gareth catered for members of the Royal family and senior military commanders at intricate private residency dinner parties. This led to a Commendation in the Queens New Years Birthday Honours List. During this time Gareth also managed and led large bespoke catering events with 3, 5 and 7 course menus for up to 500 guests.

Since August of 2022, Gareth has been a private household chef and house manager in Germany where he designs and executes intricate dinner parties for between 6 and 50 guests for invited distinguished visitors from all over the globe. All this whilst maintaining full budgetary control. For the last 3 years Gareth has been providing his leadership at the Silverstone Formula 1 race weekend providing VVIP bespoke catering to invited guests of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Team as part of a wider event catering team.

When he’s not in the kitchen, Gareth is spending time with his family, eating out a new restaurants and sampling some of the best wines Germany and in particular the Mosel region has to offer.