ANDREW CLARKE

Andrew is an award-winning chef, mental health advocate and live-fire veteran. With 25 years in hospitality as a chef and restaurateur, he is known for his previous restaurants; Brunswick House and St Leonards, as well as co-founding the mental health campaign, Pilot Light.

In 2019, Andrew was honoured to receive the Innovation Award at the Craft Guild of Chef’s Awards and later that year he made his way onto the Evening Standard’s ‘Progress 1000’ list as one of the most influential people in London for 2019/20.

His new venture ‘Acme Fire Cult’ is his proudest moment yet. Born out of the pandemic in a carpark in Hackney – and now with permanent place in Dalston – Acme was one of the hottest London openings of 2022, cooking everything over fire in its outdoor kitchen. The restaurant stands out from other ‘barbecue’ restaurants by leading with vegetables and focussing on a zero-waste through innovative use of by-products.

Andrew also works as a creative menu consultant for the Experimental Group at the newly opened ‘Stereo’ in Covent Garden.

In his spare time, Andrew works as a shamanic healer and ceremonial space holder, working with plant medicines and music.