Piers Adam

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Piers Benedict Adam
BornMarch 1964 (age 60)
CitizenshipBritish
Occupation(s)Businessman, owner of Mahiki and Whisky Mist
SpouseSophie Vanacore
Children2

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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]

References[edit]

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