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AoC Gold Awards - Winner's Profile – Anton Piotrowski
Anton Piotrowski was a recipient of an AoC Gold Award in 2014, having been nominated by City College Plymouth.
Anton attended the college between 1998 and 2000, studying a Professional Chefs and Food Service Course.
Once qualified, Anton worked at the prestigious Burgh Island Hotel for three years and he then moved to London
where he worked for the Berkeley Square Hotel and Square Club, Richard Branson’s Babylon and the Ealing Park
Tavern, before returning to the South West in 2009 as Head Chef for the Seafood Restaurant at the Rose & Crown
in Yealmpton.
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Anton Piotrowski with Lord Willis of Knaresborough, President of the AoC Charitable Trust
In 2010, Anton and Clare Lawrence, also a former student at the college, bought the Treby Arms in Sparkwell,
South Devon and spent the next two years refurbishing and extending the former pub to create the gastro-pub
that specialises in the very best local and seasonal produce.
In late 2011 Anton entered the BBC’s Masterchef: The Professionals, with filming starting in 2012. The series was
televised in November and, in December 2012, Anton was named the first ever joint winner of Masterchef: The
Professionals with Keri Moss.
Speaking about his time at City College, Anton said “my experience at college was really important, in learning the
basics and it was this that got me through to where I am today. It’s highly important for me to retain a relationship
with the college.”
To highlight the important role further education continues to play for today’s students, a ‘future star’ campaign is
run alongside the Gold Awards. The nominating colleges each select a current student who shows promise in a
similar field to their Gold Award winner.
Anna Butler, a student at City College Plymouth, was selected as the Future Star, and was awarded a £1,000 grant
to help further her career aspirations. Anna is studying for a Professional Chefs Diploma Level 1, and is
considering applying for a Culinary Arts and Management degree course.
Anna (18) had the opportunity to meet her muse at the award ceremony at the House of Commons in June and
find out what it takes to carve out a successful career and about the role that their college played in their success.
Anna said, “Meeting Anton really inspired me to push myself and take all the opportunities I can, like helping my
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tutor with the Junior Chef Academy. On graduation night I was actually running the pastry kitchen and helping the
Junior Chefs do their best. This gave me a real insight into where I could take my career.”
Anna has been offered the opportunity to spend five months in Guyancourt in France next year, spending a month
at a college and then four months working in a local restaurant or hotel kitchen.
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Anton Piotrowski with his Future Star Anna Butler
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