Mark Sargeant

Mark Sargeant
Born	August 1973 (age 43–44) Kent, England
Education	West Kent College (1991)
Website	marksargeant.net
Culinary career
Cooking style	Modern British
Rating(s) Michelin stars
Current restaurant(s) Rocksalt Folkestone The Smokehouse Folkestone Plum and Spilt Milk The Duke William
Previous restaurant(s) Morden & Lea The Strand Dining Rooms Oxwell & Co The Swan at The Globe Theatre The Swan Foxtrot Oscar The Warrington The Devonshire The Narrow Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Aubergine Coast Restaurant Chez Nico Le Souffle Restaurant Read's Restaurant Boodle's Gentleman's Club
Television show(s) Saturday Kitchen Saturday Cookbook Hell's Kitchen (UK) The F Word Great British Menu
Award(s) won Young Chef of the Year National Chef of the Year 1 Michelin Star

Mark Sargeant (born August 1973) is an English Michelin starred chef and restaurateur from Larkfield, Kent.

Born in Kent, Sargeant grew up in Larkfield, Kent and attended Oakwood Park Grammar School in Maidstone. From an early age, Sargeant’s interest in food and cooking grew strongly, leading to his first work experience cooking in the kitchens of the Larkfield Priory Hotel in 1988.

Having graduated from West Kent College in 1991, Sargeant landed his first professional job at Boodle's Gentleman’s Club in St James, London working with Keith Podmore in 1991. During his early years as a professional chef, Mark also worked at several respected restaurants including the role of Chef de Partie at Read's Restaurant in Faversham. In 1994, Mark took up a position at Le Souffle Restaurant at the Hyde Park Hotel for 18 months where he then moved onto Oliver Peyton's Coast restaurant in 1996. Within the same year, Mark Sargeant was awarded ‘Young Chef of the Year’.

Sargeant first worked with Gordon Ramsay at Aubergine in 1997 before spending three years as Sous Chef at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea from 1998 to 2001, gaining 3 Michelin Starred Awards also in 2001. He then opened the highly acclaimed Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's where he was Head Chef from 2001 to 2008, which earned a Michelin star in 2002. At the time of his career at Claridges, Mark was awarded ‘Chef of the Year’ in 2002.