Piers Adam
Piers Benedict Adam | |
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Born | 1964 (age 59–60) |
Citizenship | British |
Occupation(s) | Businessman, owner of Mahiki, Whisky Mist |
Piers Benedict Adam (born March 1964) is a British businessman, the owner of London nightclubs Mahiki and Whisky Mist[1], and the co-owner of Mayfair's The Punch Bowl with Guy Ritchie.[2]
Early life
Piers Adam was born in March 1964,[3] and grew up in north London, the son of David Adam, a lawyer, and Shirley, an art teacher.[4] He was educated at Highgate School and then Oxford Polytechnic, where he studied estate management, but failed.[4]
Career
In 2002, he went into partnership with restrauter Marco Pierre White and fellow club owner Oscar Owide, and they combined Swallow Street's Stork Club and Crazy Horse into a new club called the Stork Rooms, but it closed six months later.[5]
In 2014, Adam purchased the Craigellachie Hotel in the Moray village of Craigellachie.[6][7]
Personal life
Adam was the best man at Guy Ritchie's wedding to Madonna at Skibo Castle in 2000.[6]
Adam lives in Kensington with his long-term partner, model Sophie Vanacore, and their two sons.[6]
References
- ^ "WHISKY HOTEL MARKS ITS 125TH BIRTHDAY IN STYLE". Scottish Field. 20 December 2018.
- ^ "Piers Adam". Tatler. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "Piers Benedict ADAM – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Companies House, Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ a b Marianne Macdonald, ES Magazine. Photographs by Sam Pelly (14 May 2009). "Night riders: the men behind Mahiki". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ Beard, Matthew (7 January 2004). "Top chef's ex-business partner is fined over company law". The Independent. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ a b c Roberts, Lesley. "London businessman Piers Adam reveals how he fell in love with a remote Scottish hotel – Scotland Now". Daily Record. Scotland. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "Hotel break: The Craigellachie Hotel". The Herald. Glasgow. 3 February 2018.