ChefJames Rix CV
James began cooking aged 15, working in the restaurant in his local village and had work experience at the Waterside Inn in Bray and La ante Claire with Pierre Koffmann. In 1994 he started as a commis chef at The Greenhouse with Gary Rhodes. He then moved to America to work at the Lake Placid Lodge in New York State, one of the Roux Brothers consultancies.
After a brief spell at the Oxo Tower in London, James was offered a junior sous chef position at Alastair Little’s Frith Street restaurant in Soho, where he worked for four years working his way up to head chef. In 2000, he move to Tom Conran’s The Cow where he stayed as head chef for four years before opening The Fox & Hounds.