Welcome
Alan Coxon has a lifelong career in food, hospitality and media. A multi award winning chef with global recognition for his knowledge, communication skills and incredibly diverse experiences, from Michelin star restaurants to 5 star hotels and everything in-between.
Alan is passionate about quality food and ingredients, helping to promote, support, improve and retain quality within food, drink, hospitality and catering industries.
He is a global inspiration for other chefs, a natural motivator, tutor and mentor with more than 40 years’ experience and who has developed culinary contacts in every corner of the planet, whilst at the same time gaining recognition from general consumers and TV viewers around the world.
Alan is the “Chef Consultant” and “Brand Ambassador” for J +Kell “The Salon”. A globally unique restaurant operation based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The restaurant is decorated and adorned with precious stones and houses incredible designer jewellery that sets the scene for this fine dining operation.
Alan creates the menu`s in line with the lavish bejewelled environment, incorporating twists on flavoursome classic French and British gastronomy, whilst presenting artistically and harmoniously with the environment.
His consultancy role also includes the training of all the operational staff offering his many years of experience to lead “The Salon” in becoming one of the brightest names on the Malaysian food scene.
- Alan is a “Global” culinary consultant ( please see consultancy page)
- Author of 5 cookbooks to date ( 2 award winning )
- Culinary Innovator ( creator and multi award winner of a unique food range )
- International Speaker : Ted Speaker Monte Carlo, China, UK, India, Taiwan, Serbia, South Africa and Belgium to name a few
- TV / Chef Presenter, filming more than 1,250 TV shows around the world for the likes of BBC2, BBC Worldwide, ITV1, Channel 5 etc..
Professional membership, honours and organisations
- Member of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts
- Member of British Guild of Food Writers
- Member of the Disciples of Escoffier Swiss branch
- Honorary member of the Swiss chefs Association
- Honorary “Fellow” of the Al Khalifa Business School
- Honorary member of the World Chefs Association
- Member of the “Organisation Mondiale de la Gastronomie”
- Patron of the charity “Unichef”
Awards and Accolades
- Awarded “The Maitrise Escoffier (by the Association Culinaire Francaise)
- Awarded the ACF “ Palmes Culinaire “
- Winner of 6 Gold international awards for innovation
- Winner of “Winner of Winners” caterer and hotelkeeper award
- Winner of 5 Golds at “International salon culinaires” for butter sculptures
- Winner of 2 cookbook awards
- MBA Business Innovation of the year Award
- MBA Innovative product of the year award
- Voted within the “Top 10” favourite TV chef presents of the world by BBC Worldwide viewers poll
