Mike studied Catering in 1973/4 at Bournemouth University before moving to Germany, as Chef de Partie at The Konigsee Hotel, Berchtesgaden in Bavaria.

 

From there he returned to the UK and joined the Merchant Navy, working with Safmarine - S.A Vaal and Cunard - QEII.

 

He became Head Chef at The Dolphin Hotel in Poole, eventually taking it into The Good Food Guide in 1978.

 

After teaching Catering in Adult Education for a few years, he joined M & J Seafood in 1984, holding a number of posts within the company, including that of Purchasing and Marketing Director.

 

 

Mike retired as Director of Fish and Seafood in 2016 and now runs his own Consultancy Firm - Aquaesea Ltd.

 

Mike represents The Global Aquaculture Alliance - (GAA) and its Best Aquaculture Practice (BAP) for Foodservice, Processors, Farms, Hatcheries, Feed Mills and RAS as the Market Development Manager EU and also sits on the GAA Board.

 

He is a spokesperson for the Catering & Hospitality Industry on a range of committees such as :

 

Seafish Common Language Group

City and Guilds Hospitality and Advisory Group

Aquaculture Common Issues Group (ACIG)

 

Mike has been International Development Director for the North Atlantic Seafood Forum - NASF.  The biggest Seafood conference in the world held in Bergen, Norway

 

Past years

He was a member of The Prince Charles’ International Sustainability Unit.

He has traveled and spoken extensively over the last thirty years from China to Norway and Iceland to Boston. He has traveled almost two thirds of the world's coastal fishing ports in search of new and under-utilized species and aquaculture from responsible fisheries worldwide, to bring back to the chefs in the UK, enabling them to diversify their menus and mitigate the pressure on Northern European stocks.

 

He lives near Oxford with his wife Adele and has a son and a daughter, who have entered into Finance and Law respectively. His hobbies include photography, golf (h 21!) and Sub-aqua.