Matt Budden

Matt Budden brings over ten years’ experience as an Executive Chef, he started his training in several Michelin starred country house hotels and used this grounding to travel extensively and further his culinary knowledge he has experience around the world working in first class kitchens in Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam as well as Europe. He has headed up many prestigious kitchen brigades achieving 2AA rosettes and being Michelin recommended for the last 10 years.

He brings with him a passion for culinary excellence and a keen eye on developing talent, dedicated to ensuring young talented chefs get the best start in the industry. His passion & love for food stems from time spent with his grandparents, growing tomatoes and runner beans with his grandfather and baking cakes with his grandmother. Matthew is a proud member of “The Chef Forum” bringing together chefs, suppliers and colleges – to help inspire the next generation of chefs into the industry. He has earnt numerous accolades in his career to date including the Marriott Hotels ACE (award for culinary excellence) European Chef of the Year for Europe 2013 & the F&B Culinary Achievement award for 2013-14. Most recently Bournemouth Hilton Hotel has won Gold BAPTAS for Best Large Hotel & Matt was awarded a Silver BAPTAS for Chef of the Year. He works closely with the sustainable fish organisation Fish2Fork achieving a high 4/5 for his sourcing of sustainable seafood and is involved with the Dorset Seafood Festival.