Allan Pickett

Allan Pickett's cooking at Plateau restaurant is classic French with a light and elegant contemporary twist and he is a passionate believer in using the freshest possible seasonal ingredients.

Allan’s early career saw him work with great chefs like Andrew Turner and Rory Kennedy at Hanbury Manor Hotel, after choosing to make the step form being a pastry chef to the hot kitchen Allan went to work for likes of Michel Roux Junior.

Allan's primary head chef position was working for Marco Pierre White at the Michelin-starred L’escargot, then on to Aurora at the Great Eastern Hotel, overseeing the fine dining restaurant.

Allan's first stint at a D&D restaurant was as head chef at Orrery, where he retained a Michelin star before joining the Galvin brothers at Galvin Bistro de Luxe on Baker Street. Then he went on to The Aviator Hotel in Farnborough, where he worked with the inspirational Ken McCulloch. Allan Pickett joined Plateau as head chef in May 2010.