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Adam Maddock
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i. Biography
Adam Maddock is Executive Chef at Saltmoore, where the cooking is built around seafood and hearty game meat. The line holds because the kitchens behind it have been exacting: the work reads as grounded, precise, and shaped by repeated service in rooms that reward control over flourish.
Coming Up
A career in brigade kitchens began at TANNERS HOLDINGS LIMITED (2007–2009), where Adam Maddock entered the trade as chef before moving to Demi Chef De Partie at Gidleigh Park (2009–2011). The progression continued through chef roles at Whatley Manor Hotel and Spa (2011–2015), then back to Whatley Manor Hotel and Spa again (2016–2017), a return that points to continuity in the same discipline rather than a change in direction. Between those two stretches at Whatley Manor Hotel and Spa, Maddock worked as Junior Sous Chef at The Manor House (2015–2016), a role that carries the pressure of keeping service ordered and moving. He then took on snr sous chef at Driftwood Hotel (2017–2018), adding another brigade-led kitchen to a CV shaped by consistency and repetition. Business ownership followed at Maddock’s amusements (2018–2021), broadening the work beyond the pass and into the practical demands of running a business. In 2021, he became Executive Head Chef at Cleverchefs (2021), then moved the same year to Head Chef at The Elms (2021–2022). Another Head Chef post followed at The Fife Arms (2022–2024), where the accumulated discipline of earlier roles carried into a new house. Maddock arrived at Saltmoore in Whitby, GB as Head Chef (2024–2025), taking charge in a coastal setting that suits the seafood side of the menu. Today, Adam Maddock is Executive Chef at Saltmoore (since 2025), a position that follows a career built through movement, repetition, and steady refinement.
Where They Are Now
He is Executive Chef at Saltmoore, where seafood and hearty game meat anchor the menu. The work reflects a cook who has moved through a range of kitchens and roles, and who now applies that experience to a menu shaped by place, depth, and restraint.
Profile updated July 2026
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What is Adam Maddock's current role?
As of 2026, Adam Maddock is Executive Chef.
Where did Adam Maddock work before?
Adam Maddock's earlier career included TANNERS HOLDINGS LIMITED, Gidleigh Park, and Whatley Manor Hotel and Spa.
What is Adam Maddock known for?
Seafood and hearty game meat.
