i. Biography
Stuart Andrew’s route through London kitchens is defined by repetition, responsibility, and a clear working attachment to French cuisine. A chef built through service roles and longer leadership posts: the kind of progression that comes from staying in the room, holding standards, and narrowing the work with time.
Coming Up
Leiths School of Food & Wine and Wimbledon School of Art gave Stuart Andrew two useful frames at the outset: technical discipline and an eye for composition. That pairing sits behind a first kitchen move into the brigade system as Sous Chef at Table Bruno Verjus (2013), followed by Chef de Partie at LYLE'S (2014). Those posts place him in the practical middle of the kitchen, where pace, precision, and consistency are learned through service rather than theory. The next stretch shows the shift from station work to sustained kitchen authority. Andrew became Head Chef at Clipstone Restaurant (2016–2023), then took on the broader remit of Executive Head Chef at Clipstone Restaurant + Portland Restaurant (2020–2023). The overlap is the point: one role required day-to-day control, the other extended that control across more than one address. It is a pattern of management built on continuity rather than interruption.
Where They Are Now
Since 2023, Stuart Andrew has been Head Chef at 64 Goodge Street in London, England, United Kingdom. The kitchen is tied to Woodhead Restaurant Group at the same address in 2023, and the brief is clear: French cuisine, handled with discipline rather than display. The present role reads as a consolidation of the earlier years at Clipstone and Portland. After moving through training, station work, and multi-site responsibility, Andrew’s current position narrows the focus to one kitchen and one culinary language. That clarity is the working fact here, not a reinvention. His path through Leiths School of Food & Wine, Wimbledon School of Art, Table Bruno Verjus (2013), LYLE'S (2014), Clipstone Restaurant (2016–2023), and Clipstone Restaurant + Portland Restaurant (2020–2023) maps a career shaped by exacting kitchens and the steady accumulation of craft. The through-line is control: first learned in the brigade, then extended into leadership.
Honors
The milestones worth noting are the appointments themselves: Head Chef at Clipstone Restaurant (2016–2023), Executive Head Chef at Clipstone Restaurant + Portland Restaurant (2020–2023), and Head Chef at 64 Goodge Street from 2023.
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
Asked of Stuart
What is Stuart Andrew's current role?
Stuart Andrew is Head Chef.
Where did Stuart Andrew train or study?
Stuart Andrew trained at Leiths School of Food & Wine and Wimbledon School of Art.
