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Newell's career at new heights
Adam Newell is to join London's Fulham Road restaurant next month as head chef.
He replaces Richard Corrigan, who has made a surprise move to the London Stadium Hackney (News, 24 August).
Mr Newell was previously head chef at The Heights restaurant, which opened last October on the 15th floor of Forte's St George's Hotel in London.
He is replaced at The Heights by Nick Evenden, head chef at London's Café Royal.
Chambers to set up glasgow dso
Fergus Chambers, depute director of Strathclyde's in-house catering organisation Catering Direct, has been handed the job of setting up a new direct service organisation (DSO) for the City of Glasgow Council.
Between now and 1 April 1996, Mr Chambers will establish a new structure and recruit a management team to run what will be Scotland's largest DSO with turnover of about £45m and 5,700 employees.
His appointment as director of catering and cleaning services for the new City of Glasgow Council comes in the wake of the decision by Strathclyde region's 12 new unitary authorities to disband Catering Direct.
The organisation's director, Avril Robertson, who led a seven-month campaign to save Catering Direct, said she expected to "retire gracefully" when it disbands on 1 April.
Meanwhile, Margaret Lang, Catering Direct's human resources manager, is to join BET Catering Services next month to develop its business and industry division. She will be deputy divisional director under Chris Davies.
Collar moves up a rank at nidd hall
Jeremy Collar has been promoted to head chef at Nidd Hall hotel, near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, where he had been deputy for two years.
His predecessor, Glen Elie, has become head chef of Rouxl Britannia restaurant, café and bistro in London, which the Roux brothers unsuccessfully tried to sell last year.
Mr Elie, who had been at Nidd Hall for two years, previously worked at Le Gavroche in London.
Phillips fills gm post at howard
Jonathan Phillips, formerly general manager at Newby Grange Hotel, Carlisle, has been appointed general manager at the Howard, a town house hotel in Edinburgh.
He replaces Adrian Hanger, who has gone to the Maitland Hotel, also in Edinburgh. The Maitland is undergoing a £2m renovation and extension programme, which will increase its number of bedrooms from 22 to 72 by April 1996.
Two recruits at mickleover court
Mark Holmes, food and beverage manager at the Leeds Marriott, has moved to Derby's Mickleover Court Hotel as conference and banqueting manager.
Another new recruit to the Virgin-operated property is front of house manager Iona Morris, who previously held the same position at the Cheltenham Park Hotel.
People on the move
ANTON ESCALERA to head chef, Midsummer House restaurant, Cambridge, from senior sous chef, Albero and Grana in London's Chelsea.
PHILIPPE PICHON to head chef at London's Waldorf Hotel, from sous chef, Le Negresco hotel, Nice.
HOLGER LENZ to British Tourist Authority representative in Berlin, from marketing executive BTA, Frankfurt.
JO DAINTY to consultant with London-based LCP Chef Selection, from assistant manager, H„agen-Dazs.
TRISH NORTON to conference sales manager with Meetings Management, the Dudley-based venue-finding agency, from conference sales manager, Thistle and Mount Charlotte Hotels.
MIKE HARVEY, general manager of the Swallow Hotel, Waltham Abbey, has become chairman of the Hertfordshire Hoteliers Association.
DOMINIC McVEY, general manager of the Forte Crest, Newcastle upon Tyne, has been elected chairman of the Newcastle Hotel Managers Association.
NINA MARKHAM to catering development manager, Ind Coope Retail, from house manager, the Green Dragon, St Albans, Hertfordshire.
MICHAEL FERNANDES to director of business development, Supranational Hotels, from sales manager, The Leading Hotels of the World.
