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Chef Simon Addison
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i. Biography
Simon Addison works in Modern British fine dining at The Dining Room Restaurant in New Milton, where the cooking is described in terms of place, season, and finish rather than flourish. Set between the New Forest National Park and the Jurassic Coast, the restaurant’s surroundings give the menu a clear local frame; within that, British reference points sit beside a more cosmopolitan register. In a hotel kitchen, that balance reads as part of the craft: polished, controlled, and attentive to the landscape outside the door.
Coming Up
The role placed him in a setting where discipline mattered as much as finish, and it marked him as a cook able to hold standards without losing composure. In 2018, he moved to The Dining Room in Chewton Glen as Head Chef, continuing through kitchens built on precision and poise. The step from one respected house to another shows a career assembled with deliberate momentum, each move carrying more responsibility and a wider brief. The move into the Executive Chef role at The Dining Room Restaurant in New Milton, United Kingdom, gave Simon Addison broader creative command. The title signals more than progression: it places him closer to the kitchen’s overall identity, from menu shape to the way the room reads at service.
Where They Are Now
At The Dining Room Restaurant, the kitchen leads through a Modern British fine dining lens, with English roots kept visible and the hotel setting still shaping the menus. The style is built from familiar signposts handled with care, and the surrounding hospitality frame gives the room its structure, polish, and measured formality.
Signature
Chef's signature dishes include black pudding scotch eggs, Homewood sesame prawn toast, truffle gougeres, salmon Tartare on tapioca crisp, and mini shepherd’s pie. Read together, they show a kitchen working between British touchstones and sharper, more delicate builds. The names point to contrast in texture and format, while keeping the ideas recognisable and the execution pointed toward a more contemporary register.
Profile updated July 2026
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What is Chef Simon Addison's current role?
As of 2026, Chef Simon Addison is Executive Chef.
Where did Chef Simon Addison work before?
Chef Simon Addison's earlier career included Homewood Park, The Dining Room, and The Dining Room Restaurant.
What is Chef Simon Addison known for?
Modern British fine dining.
