CHANTELLE NICHOLSON
CHEF OWNER
Multi-award-winning chef Chantelle is the former chef-owner of Tredwells (the recipient of a green Michelin star in 2021) and All’s Well, a ‘pandemic pop-up’, with Apricity opening in Mayfair in April 2022. As one of the leading female voices in the UK’s hospitality industry, Chantelle is an advocate for seasonality and sustainability, championing veg-forward cooking and committed to creating a more sustainable future across her operation and activities. She's also an independent board member for ReLondon, a Food Council member for City Harvest and author of Planted. More about Chantelle
EVE SEEMANN
HEAD CHEF
Former Head Chef of Tredwells, Eve, completed her degree in Cinema and Philosophy in Sorbonne, Paris, spending time in London before moving here after graduating. She quickly moved through various hospitality roles after starting as a bartender in London in 2004 and crossed over into a kitchen role as Commis Chef at Sheraton Park Lane. This is where her passion for cooking shone through.
Fast forward through a decade of hard work, long hours and a great deal of learning, she’s reached a point in her career where she's able to utilise her knowledge and experience to work towards a sustainable and zero waste style of cooking.
FRANKIE COBOS
RESTAURANT MANAGER
Originally from Córdoba in Southern Spain, Frankie made the move to London in summer 2011. He met Chantelle in September the same year, and it was she who planted the seed that inspired Frankie to carve out a career in hospitality.
He worked across a number of various roles alongside Chantelle, before parting ways to join Soho House in 2017. Fast forward five years and some valuable managerial experience, he returned to join the opening team for Apricity in 2022 where he has been delighting our guests with his charm ever since.
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His mother always encouraged him to follow a career in hospitality and to attend hospitality school but he always refused. Just look at him now!
ZOÉ DONADIO
ASSISTANT RESTAURANT MANAGER
Zoé began bartending in a neighborhood cocktail bar in Peckham while studying at Goldsmiths and quickly fell in love with the craft, pursuing it after graduation. She led teams at various independent bars across South East London before transitioning to wine and cocktail development at Silver Lining in 2020. Zoé later managed the natural wine cellar La Cave at the Hoxton and now heads the drinks program at Apricity, focusing on organic and biodynamic selections that emphasize terroir and sustainability.
A passionate advocate for diversity in hospitality, Zoé co-runs ThreeAfter3, a feminist bartending collective that creates opportunities, education, and events to uplift women in the service industry.
ROBIN FLETCHER
SENIOR SOMMELIER
Robin studied languages at the University of St Andrews, but after graduating, a short stint of transcription and translation was enough for him to realise that he was more interested in the language of wine and how we communicate such abstract and subjective concepts as flavour, texture, and aromas.
Since then Robin has been working at Apricity, where he is now the Senior Sommelier. Robin’s general attitude tends towards lower intervention being better, but he is not dogmatic about this, and generally appreciates supermarket wines for their accessibility - after all, what is the point in learning about a wine that 99% of people are never going to be able to taste? Wine is for everyone!
ZOÉ DONADIO
ASSISTANT RESTAURANT MANAGER
Zoé began bartending in a neighborhood cocktail bar in Peckham while studying at Goldsmiths and quickly fell in love with the craft, pursuing it after graduation. She led teams at various independent bars across South East London before transitioning to wine and cocktail development at Silver Lining in 2020. Zoé later managed the natural wine cellar La Cave at the Hoxton and now heads the drinks program at Apricity, focusing on organic and biodynamic selections that emphasize terroir and sustainability.
A passionate advocate for diversity in hospitality, Zoé co-runs ThreeAfter3, a feminist bartending collective that creates opportunities, education, and events to uplift women in the service industry.