Biography:
As a Royal Naval
Lieutenant, Malcolm was the last Naval Officer to run the
Painted Hall at the Royal Naval College Greenwich as a Dining Room for
Naval
Officers in his capacity as Wardroom Mess Manager.
He was a principal
member of the senior management team that prepared the
College for a 'Seamless Transition to New Ownership' between 1996 and
1999,
masterminding many of the large events to mark the end of 'Naval
Control'. He
then retired from the Royal Navy and became the first commercial
Hospitality
and Events Manager for the Greenwich Foundation at the
Malcolm has been
responsible for the planning and execution of large
Trafalgar Night and Naval Mess Dinners over the last 20 years; for the
last 8
years managing and presenting these dinners in the prestigious Painted
Hall of
the
Malcolm has performed
his widely acclaimed presentation on the decoration of
the Painted Hall for Television and Radio, contributing and appearing
in
historical and factual programmes, including 'The History of the Royal
Navy'
for the History Channel and productions for BBCi, Channel 4, The
Carlton Food
Network and the Travel Channel. Most recently he stared in BBC
2’s “Grandad’s
Back In Business” going back to his catering roots at two
star Michelin
restaurant, Pied a Terre. He has also acted in an advisory role on
countless
productions for film and television.
In more recent years as
a Master of Ceremonies he has appeared at events of
all types and sizes including many Royal and Celebrity occasions,
Weddings and
Private Dinners. He has Compered at such events as Award Ceremonies,
Corporate
Presentations and Major Charity Fund Raisers.
Malcolm is a highly entertaining after dinner speaker on a plethora of subjects, in particular those relating to his experiences of the many spectacular events he has contrived and managed for Royal and Celebrity clients, and of course his twenty eight year career in the Royal Navy.
Malcolm has
become well known for his deep interest in the locality of Greenwich,
London and his
highly entertaining interpretation of the area's antecedence, in
particular the
site of the former
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