14th January 2014

Sodexo chef Michael Godfrey accepted into prestigious international culinary order

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Executive head chef Michael Godfrey, who leads Sodexo’s catering team at Eton College, has been accepted into the Disciples d’Escoffier for his “commitment to promote our industry and to support the development of the profession”.

The Disciples d’Escoffier promotes the work of Auguste Escoffier, the French chef who developed the modern kitchen system and penned the seminal work The Complete Guide to the Art of Modern Cookery, which is still referenced today.

Godfrey, who in addition to his Eton College role is a training manager for Team UK in the WorldSkills competition, received his sash and certificate from Michael Escoffier, great grandson of the order’s founder, at an induction ceremony at the Landmark Hotel in Marylebon, London.

Other UK disciples include Gary Rhodes, Raymond Blanc, Brian Turner, Anton Mosimann and Godfrey’s university tutor Professor David Foskett.

Godfrey said: “It is a brilliant honour and one I don’t take lightly. I was chuffed to bits. There was a chef aged 78 being invested at the same time. To be on stage with him at the age of 44 was humbling.”