Our people - Kitchen team
Neil Wakefield
Head Chef - Neil joined us in late spring of 2009 and has had to hit the ground running! He is fitness mad and cycles to work from Eastbourne when he can. Neil is a lecturer at Sussex Downs College and brings a great wealth of experience and humour to our kitchen, as well as a keen sense of brightly coloured, cycling Lycra.
Ross Gebbels
Second Chef - Ross has been with us since 2007 and has recently been promoted from third to second chef. An avid Liverpool fan (he'd wear red chef 'whites' if he could!), Ross is a real asset to our kitchen team. Ross runs the kitchen on Sunday and you can usually smell his Yorkshire puds from many miles away!
Sammie Dale
Third Chef - Sammie came to us at the beginning of the summer in 2010. She had previously worked at the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne and before that was studying at Sussex Downs College, also in Eastbourne, where Head Chef Neil taught her all she knows in the kitchen!
Pam Jones
Kitchen Assistant - Pam ably supports the chefs in the kitchen on Monday to Friday lunchtimes. Pam lives just a couple of villages away from the pub and is a keen dog walker. Her soups are legendary and her chilli bean soup is currently gracing the menu at The Ox!
Tom
Kitchen Assistant
Oli
Kitchen Assistant
Mark
Kitchen Assistant
