Chapter 7: Moore wit, wisdom and wiliness

Appears in
Pied à Terre: Celebrating 30 years
Pied à Terre

By Asimakis Chaniotis and David Moore

Published 2021

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Who dares wins, say the Special Air Service and they should know. David Moore has dared again and again and again and so has earned the glittering prizes, despite the times when things went pear-shaped.

Only the brave enter a top kitchen with its febrile intimacy and intensity found in few other occupations. It is an artist’s studio, cauldron, theatre and bear pit all in one. No two people in the restaurant business are the same except perhaps for being united by a kind of dogged bravery.

To listen to Moore is to enjoy a masterclass from one who had a dream, realised it against the odds and has sustained it over three decades. He is a man who perhaps embodies the unique qualities needed in a top class restaurant. He is resourceful, absorbs information like a sponge, is flexible, fleet of thought and socially fluent.