Piers Adam Explained

Piers Benedict Adam
Citizenship:British
Occupation:Businessman, owner of Mahiki and Whisky Mist
Spouse:Sophie Vanacore
Children:2

Piers Benedict Adam (born March 1964) is a British businessman, the owner of London nightclubs Mahiki, Whisky Mist and Tini,[1] [2] and the co-owner of Mayfair's The Punch Bowl with Guy Ritchie.[3]

Early life

Piers Adam was born in March 1964,[4] and grew up in north London, the son of David Adam, a lawyer, and Shirley, an art teacher.[5] He was educated at Highgate School and then Oxford Polytechnic, where he studied estate management, but failed.[5]

Career

In 2002, he went into partnership with restaurateur 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.[6]

In 2014, Adam purchased the Craigellachie Hotel in the Moray village of Craigellachie.[7] [8]

In 2019, he launched his own Scotch whisky called Copper Dog.[9]

Personal life

Adam was the best man at Guy Ritchie's wedding to Madonna at Skibo Castle in 2000.[7]

Adam lives in Kensington with his wife, model Sophie Vanacore, and their two sons.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: WHISKY HOTEL MARKS ITS 125TH BIRTHDAY IN STYLE. 20 December 2018. Scottish Field.
  2. Web site: Arsenault. Bridget. London's Top Night Club Owner Piers Adam Explains The Secret To Success. 2020-11-27. Forbes. en.
  3. Web site: Piers Adam . Tatler . 11 February 2016 . 26 May 2017.
  4. Web site: Piers Benedict ADAM – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House) . Companies House, Government of the United Kingdom . 26 May 2017.
  5. Web site: Marianne Macdonald, ES Magazine. Photographs by Sam Pelly . Night riders: the men behind Mahiki . London Evening Standard . 14 May 2009 . 26 May 2017.
  6. News: Beard . Matthew . Top chef's ex-business partner is fined over company law . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/top-chefs-ex-business-partner-is-fined-over-company-law-84870.html . 26 May 2022 . subscription . live . The Independent . 7 January 2004 . 26 May 2017.
  7. Web site: Roberts . Lesley . London businessman Piers Adam reveals how he fell in love with a remote Scottish hotel – Scotland Now . Daily Record. Scotland . 26 May 2017.
  8. News: Hotel break: The Craigellachie Hotel . 3 February 2018. The Herald. Glasgow.
  9. Web site: Prompan. Khemjira. Time Out meets Piers Adam.

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