Simon Preston
Simon Preston is a retail and marketing consultant to Ford McDonald Consultancy, with a career spanning Michelin-starred restaurant management, department store food retail and food festival direction.
Background
Simon Preston
Retail and MarketingSimon’s early career culminated in the winning of a Michelin star whilst General Manager at Paul Kitching’s Juniper restaurant in Manchester.
On returning to his native Yorkshire, Simon launched and managed Harvey Nichols’ restaurants and food markets in Leeds, Edinburgh, Manchester and Dublin.
Since 2006, Simon has worked freelance on four London restaurant openings and is Festival Director for EAT! NewcastleGateshead, a festival of food and drink for North East England.
Areas of expertise
- Retail and food market management across department stores
- Restaurant openings and pre-opening programme management
- Marketing, events and food festival direction
- Front-of-house service standards and team leadership
Simon works alongside the wider team on food and wine retail and recruitment and training engagements.
Work with our team
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