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Fernando Peire is on the Board of Caprice Holdings and is Director of The Ivy restaurant & private room, and The Club at The Ivy. He joined The Ivy in 1990 as Senior Maître d', a position he held for eight years. In 1999, he left the company to relaunch Quo Vadis in Soho before undertaking consultancy work abroad and in London. In March 2007, Fernando was lured back to the group as Director of The Ivy. He also oversaw the opening of private members' club The Club at the Ivy in September 2008.

Gary Lee was formerly Junior Sous Chef at Le Caprice under Mark Hix. He has been Head Chef at The Ivy restaurant since 2007, promoted to Executive Chef in 2011. The major refurbishment of 2015 saw Gary introduce an exciting new menu that has proved extremely popular.