He joined Angela Hartnett as head chef at The Connaught, before opening the Gordon Ramsay-owned Boxwood Café in May 2003.
[2] He was chef director at the reopened Savoy Hotel from October 2010,[3] and at Plane Food.
[2] Gillies has appeared on television on GMTV, and as a guest on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen.
He was chosen to compete in the second series of the Great British Menu in Spring 2007, losing in the south-east England heat to Atul Kochhar.
He lives in Chislehurst with his wife and four sons, where has recently opened The Bank House restaurant.