Head Chef - Stephen Crane

Stephen joined Ockenden Manor in 2001, one of three stunning hotel properties in West Sussex owned by Historic Sussex Hotels – Bailiffscourt Hotel & Spa in Climping and The Spread Eagle in Midhurst.

Stephen, Sussex born himself and now living in Balcombe , the adjacent village to Cuckfield,  first became interested in cooking at school when he realised he wasn’t any good at football! His interest grew and he became an apprentice at a hotel near Gatwick Airport before joining London’s Halcyon Hotel in 1993 where he met Martin Hadden, executive chef of the Historic Sussex Hotel Group. Stephen followed Martin to Historic Sussex Hotels, first to the Spread Eagle and then to Ockenden Manor.