Jesse Dunford Wood

Who is Jesse Dunford Wood?

Jesse Dunford Wood is an award winning Brazilian-born English chef. Dunford Wood is considered an expert in modern British food, is a frequent guest on the BBC program Celebrity MasterChef, and won Time Out's 2007 Best British Restaurant Award.

After schooling at Leighton Park in Berkshire, he began his cooking career by training in the kitchen of Scotland's The Witchery by the Castle. From there he moved to a more contemporary Scottish restaurant, the Atrium, run by Andrew and Lisa Radford, which over the years has won numerous awards for its food, modern design and wine list.

Dunford Wood then relocated to the West Country where he studied French cooking at Gidleigh Park Hotel in Devon under Chef Michael Caines, holder of two Michelin stars.

Moving to Australia, he worked in Sydney's 'Best New Restaurant' VII under Japanese Chef Nori Sugie cooking French-Japanese fusion, and went onto work with Chef/owner Mark Best at Marque, considered as one of Sydney's top French restaurants, cooking contemporary French food.