Piers Adam

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]

Piers Benedict Adam
BornMarch 1964 (age 59)
CitizenshipBritish
Occupation(s)Businessman, owner of Mahiki and Whisky Mist
SpouseSophie Vanacore
Children2

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]

References
  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. 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. 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".


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