Journal created:
on 6 October 2012 (#53035919)
Updated:
on 17 July 2026
Name:
kevinashton
Birthdate:
2 January
Location:
Worcestershire, United Kingdom
Website:
For more than 30 years Kevin Ashton has been cooking around the world in such places as The Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam (5 Star) and was Executive Head Chef of The Armoury in Hamilton, Bermuda cooking for the rich and famous. He also worked at The Hay-Adams & Jefferson Hotels in Washington D.C which are the favourite places to stay if you’re a celebrity.
Amongst the long list of VIP’s Kevin has cooked for is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, President Bush, President Reagan, Vice-President Mondale, Senator Edward Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy, Alexander Haig, Admiral Crowe, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Newman, Linda Carter, Omar Sheriff, Larry King.
Kevin also enjoys performing cooking demonstrations on both sides of the Atlantic, sharing his passion for food with enthusiastic audiences including Washington, DC International Food & Wine Festival, BBC Good Food Show, N.E.C. the Home & Garden Show, the Royal Show, World Heritage Day in Blaenavon and the Total Sandwich Show at Olympia London.
Asda, Heinz, Somerfield, Pork Farm Bowyers, Knorr, Kerrygold are some of the well-known companies Kevin has worked for on product launches and cooking demonstrations and product brainstorming.
His writing career began with an invitation from the Birmingham Sunday Mercury to write a weekly recipe column, which he did for over 5 years. Since then Kevin’s recipes and food articles have appeared in UK and US newspapers and magazines including Sunday Express (UK), Chicago Sun Times, Reuters, Yes Chef magazine(UK), Chef & Restaurant magazine (UK), Chef Magazine (US) Hotline magazine to name a few.
His own popular Wordpress food blog Chef Kevin Ashton, can easily be found via any search engine has had 12,146,868 hits since its launch in April 23rd 2015.
As a food writer, Kevin is often invited all around the UK and abroad. He also has been a judge for the Guild of Food Writers and in 2012 has been invited to be chef-judge at the 4th Annual International Tapas Competition in Valladolid, Spain. In 2015 and 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,2021 and 2022 was a chef-judge at the World Steak Challenge in London and Ireland.
Amongst the long list of VIP’s Kevin has cooked for is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, President Bush, President Reagan, Vice-President Mondale, Senator Edward Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy, Alexander Haig, Admiral Crowe, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Newman, Linda Carter, Omar Sheriff, Larry King.
Kevin also enjoys performing cooking demonstrations on both sides of the Atlantic, sharing his passion for food with enthusiastic audiences including Washington, DC International Food & Wine Festival, BBC Good Food Show, N.E.C. the Home & Garden Show, the Royal Show, World Heritage Day in Blaenavon and the Total Sandwich Show at Olympia London.
Asda, Heinz, Somerfield, Pork Farm Bowyers, Knorr, Kerrygold are some of the well-known companies Kevin has worked for on product launches and cooking demonstrations and product brainstorming.
His writing career began with an invitation from the Birmingham Sunday Mercury to write a weekly recipe column, which he did for over 5 years. Since then Kevin’s recipes and food articles have appeared in UK and US newspapers and magazines including Sunday Express (UK), Chicago Sun Times, Reuters, Yes Chef magazine(UK), Chef & Restaurant magazine (UK), Chef Magazine (US) Hotline magazine to name a few.
His own popular Wordpress food blog Chef Kevin Ashton, can easily be found via any search engine has had 12,146,868 hits since its launch in April 23rd 2015.
As a food writer, Kevin is often invited all around the UK and abroad. He also has been a judge for the Guild of Food Writers and in 2012 has been invited to be chef-judge at the 4th Annual International Tapas Competition in Valladolid, Spain. In 2015 and 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,2021 and 2022 was a chef-judge at the World Steak Challenge in London and Ireland.
