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David Taylor Biography – David Taylor Wiki
David Taylor is the chef director of Grace & Savour, a fine dining restaurant at Hampton Manor in Solihull, Birmingham. He is a contestant on BBC’s Great British Menu 2025. In 2025, David and his wife Anette Taylor launched their second restaurant Kynd.
David’s passion for food began at a very young age, starting his career at the French bistro Pierre Victoire in Birmingham, before studying culinary arts management at University College Birmingham, where he got the chance to work under Jason Atherton at Gordon Ramsay’s Mayfair restaurant, Maze, as part of a year-long placement. Returning to Birmingham at the end of it, David joined Glynn Purnell at Purnell’s while finishing his degree, quickly rising up to sous-chef.
After seven years at Purnell’s, David decided to embark on an international culinary journey and worked in kitchens around the globe including three-star Grace in Chicago, Momofuku Ko and Atera in New York and most famously Maaemo in Oslo, Norway, where he was part of the team that won three Michelin stars working alongside Oli Marlow, Jordan Bailey, Alex Nietosvuori and James Goodyear.
A chance call led David back to the UK with the opportunity to take over one of the restaurants at Hampton Manor in Solihull, and he started working on the concept of Grace and Savour. In 2023 Grace & Savour was awarded Number 1 restaurant in the UK and won its first Michelin Star just a year after opening.
Rooted on a farm-to-table ethos, David crafts seasonal tasting menus, sourcing a lot of his ingredients from the estate’s walled garden, and championing sustainability through thoughtful and local ingredient-led cooking.
David Taylor Age
Chef David Taylor was born in Nottingham.
David Taylor Wife
Chef David Taylor is married to his wife Anette Taylor. David and Annette have two children together. Annette is the house manager at Grace & Savour. The husband-and-wife team launched their second restaurant Kynd in 2025.
David Taylor Great British Menu
Michelin-starred chef David Taylor is a contestant on the 20th series of Great British Menu on BBC Two. He will be taking part in the Central and Eastern Region heats of the competition alongside Harry Kirkpatrick, Head Chef at Trinity; Sally Abé, Executive chef at The Pem; and Thom Bateman, Chef Owner of The Flintlock.
The Nottingham native is eager to showcase his unique Nordic minimalist cooking style on the hit BBC show. In the competition, David aims to bring his global culinary experience to life, celebrating not only the amazing produce of the West Midlands, but also famous inspirations such as Benjamin Zephaniah.
“I’m competing in this year’s Great British Menu for the Midland region,” David said. “It’s a huge honour to be apart of a TV program of such a rich heritage of great chefs. I poured my heart into my dishes to represent the great Britons of the midland region.”
David Taylor’s Instagram handle is @david_taylorchef.
