Executive Chef · Food Safety Consultant · Educator
Culinary excellence
you can trust.
Philip Watson has opened restaurants, scaled kitchens to 33 chefs, earned international competition medals, and trained hundreds of professionals. This isn't theory. It's hard-won experience.
Proven Results
Real kitchens.
Real results.
Philip doesn't just teach food safety — he has implemented it at the highest levels with results to prove it.
About Philip
Chef, educator,
and industry authority.
Philip Watson is a highly experienced Executive Chef and Culinary Arts Trainer with over two decades of international hospitality experience across the UK, New Zealand, and Australia. Currently based in Essex, Philip delivers culinary training and food safety consulting across the UK.
What I Offer
Professional services
built on real experience.
HACCP implementation, compliance audits, food safety management systems, and staff hygiene training. Philip has taken two kitchens to 5-star ratings.
Learn more →Hands-on skills development workshops for students, teams, and professionals. Classical technique, modern methods, and real-world kitchen standards.
Enquire →Creative, commercially focused menu design tailored to your concept. Includes costing, supplier guidance, and seasonal adaptation strategies.
Enquire →Curriculum writing, assessment design, and training provider support for colleges, apprenticeship providers, and awarding bodies.
Enquire →Structured courses built from real kitchen experience, not textbooks. Study at your own pace, certificate on completion.
View courses →Proven guidance for culinary competitions. Philip has coached students to Gold and Silver medals at the International Salon Culinaire.
Enquire →Food Safety & HACCP
From failing audits
to 5-star compliance.
Philip has implemented HACCP systems across 5-star hotels, independent restaurants and college kitchens — achieving the first-ever 5-star hygiene rating at the Radisson Edwardian Heathrow.
Full HACCP plans written to legal standards, tailored to your kitchen and menu. Audit-ready documentation included.
On-site inspection scored against EHO standards. Detailed written report with prioritised action plan.
Practical food hygiene training for your team. Level 2 and Level 3 aligned, delivered on-site or remotely.
Ongoing management of your food safety documentation, temperature logs, and supplier records.
Ready to get compliant?
Whether you're a new restaurant setting up for the first time or preparing for an EHO inspection, Philip can help you get audit-ready fast.
From £150 / visit
Monthly retainers from £99/month · Staff training from £250/session
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