The Drinks Business
10 December 2020 By Lucy Shaw
Having trained under the wing of Pierre Koffmann, Bruno Loubet and Gary Rhodes, industry veteran Anthony Demetre founded several top London restaurants, including Arbutus in Soho and Les Deux Salons in Covent Garden. He is currently chef/proprietor of Wild Honey St James and, due to a passion for aromatised wine, runs a vermouth bar in Coal Drops Yard.
Describe to me your earliest food memory….
Helping my grandmother in the kitchen from an early age. She was a typical Greek granny – always busy in the kitchen. From the age of about 10 I’d act as her commis chef, putting egg whites into chocolate mousse; pulling the flesh from chickens. I loved both the solace of being in the kitchen with my granny, and getting away from my warring parents!