Jessica Reid, 18, sets up catering business after cooking for George Clooney and Daniel Craig

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Jessica Reid, 18, sets up catering business after cooking for George Clooney and Daniel Craig

5:00pm Tuesday 16th April 2013 in News

NOT many 18-year-old girls can say they have cooked for celebrity heartthrobs George Clooney, Daniel Craig and Harry Styles.

But Jessica Reid, who lives in Brimscombe, has prepared meals for a host of stars since graduating from Gordon Ramsay's chef school in June.

Last summer she got the job of a lifetime catering for a range of events at the London Olympics where she cooked for high profile celebrities, business people and athletes.

And now, Jessica has set up her own catering company in Stroud.

"It was amazing working at the Olympics. I was very nervous when I found out who I was cooking for," said Jessica, who lives with her mum Margaret, dad Ivan and sister Georgina, 13.

"I love cooking and used to make cup cakes to sell to my friends and family when I was younger. I have always had an entrepreneurial side and wanted to have my own business."

Jessica left Sir William Romney School when she was 16 to take up a cordon bleu diploma and level four diploma in professional culinary arts at Gordon Ramsay's Tante Marie chef school in Surrey.

The week before she graduated, Jessica volunteered to work at the Taste of London food festival where she met acclaimed chefs Michel Roux Jr and Raymond Blanc.

Inspired by her exciting summer of cooking Jessica started her own catering company in February using local suppliers and produce.

She has already catered for a several dinner parties and created homemade ready meals for homeowners to keep in their freezers.

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