Trevor Stagg – Head chef, Baxter & Platts, London

Trevor Stagg

- Aged 28, head chef, Baxter & Platts, London

Nominated by Caroline Gardiner, managing director, Baxter & Platts, London

"An accomplished chef and an equally accomplished manager," is how Caroline Gardiner, nominator of Trevor Stagg, describes his attributes.

Although Stagg moved last month to the London office of investment banker Paribas, it was his achievements at his previous place of work - when he was head chef at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in Greenford, Middlesex - that he is particularly praised for.

In just three years Stagg went from senior sous chef to taking over the top kitchen position of the world headquarters of GSK. In gaining the responsibility, he headed a team of nine working an all-day service for up to 600 covers and managing an annual catering budget of £500,000.

As well as looking after staff training and development, Stagg helped various junior chefs to achieve successes and medals in competitions.

Gardiner says: "His commitment to Baxter & Platts, and the food service industry generally through the Craft Guild of Chefs, is demonstrated not only by his ongoing training and development of colleagues and up-and-coming chefs, but also by his success in regional and national culinary competitions."

Granada Chef of the Year 1999 is one of his many awards.