Graham Bamford - FIH MI

Clerk

Worshipful Company of Farmers

Graham Bamford has extensive experience in some of the finest hotels both in this country and abroad, such as the Savoy and Claridge’s and Le Beau Rivage Palace in Lausanne. In 1990 he moved to Singapore to manage the ‘Royal Plaza on Scotts’ and then on to West Java. Graham returned to the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London and then re-opened the Royal Garden Hotel after its major refurbishment. Graham retired from the Royal Garden in 2014 and in 2015 became Clerk to the Worshipful Company of Farmers.

  • AICR International -member and Past International President
  • BHA Past Chairman, London Committee
  • Past West One Managers Association Member
  • West London Hotel Managers Association – Hon Life Member
  • The Savoy Gastronomes Chairman/Past President
  • Reunion des Gastronomes Member and Past President
  • The Society of the Golden Keys, Hon. Life Member
  • HonDUniv – Honorary Doctorate, University of West London
  • HonRCM -Honorary Member, Royal College of Music
  • Ambassador – The Clink Restaurants Charity
  • Freedom of the City of London
  • Chairman Master Innholders: 2003-05
  • St Julian Scholar