
Laura is mother to Harry, Holly and lives in Walton on Thames. She has spent many years fundraising for St. David’s Care in the Community and Carers Trust, organising a number of charity dinners, auctions & challenges including Bungee Jumping, Sky Diving, Base Camp Mount Everest and climbing Kilimanjaro. Laura started her own business, “Kings Fine Food”, in 2004. She enjoys gardening and spending time with her family.

In 2020 Holly climbed Kilimanjaro with a team of 8 supporters, raising £28,000 for the charity and in 2021 took to the skies on a Wing Walk raising £5,000 for the charity.


Amongst his many qualifications, he qualified from Imperial College London with a First Class Honours BSc in 2000 before earning MBBS in 2002. He spent three years as the Rupert Johnson Fellow in Neurosurgery at St. George’s, and earned a PhD from the University of London in 2013 into the role of advanced magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of brain tumours.

He has featured frequently on television and radio, appearing as a judge on The Great British Menu, on Radio 4’s The Food Programme, and on Today. He lives in West London, surrounded by cookbooks. Bill never skips lunch.

Previous to his move into luxury retail Bruce held senior positions at both Superquinn Ireland and at Marks & Spencer plc.
Born in Edinburgh, home is now London where Bruce owns a management consultancy, is the CEO of Sake 1820 and is a board advisor to Robuchon International.

Andrew has a track record of involvement in landmark litigation. He represented Sony in the litigation brought unsuccessfully by George Michael. In the last decade, Andrew has litigated for the recording and format rights to the ‘Pop Idol’ series and worldwide enforcement of common law and registered trademarks. He is married with two grown-up daughters.

Through supporting her son’s enterprise, Gill has become very involved with the Weybridge Town Business Group, organising regular events, particularly artisan markets focused around community and charity involvement. Gill lost her brother, also a chef, aged 39 to a brain tumour and is therefore delighted to help and support the John King Brain Tumour Foundation.

Born in Malta and moving extensively with parents in the Royal Air Force and work; home is now London, where Anne is an active member of the City of London Livery community. In 2016 Anne joined Laura King in climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for the Carers Trust and looks forward to many more adventures in support of the Foundation.

Born in Derbyshire, Christine now lives in Surrey and is married with 2 grown up daughters. In her spare time, she loves cooking, eating and drinking, with family and friends, and enjoys country walks with her excitable chocolate Labrador, Norman.
In 2021, Christine’s husband was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Grateful for the outstanding treatment, after Richard’s diagnosis, the Sullivan family has raised over £75k to support the John King Brain Tumour Foundation and the Royal Marsden oncology Unit at Sutton. Christine is passionate about finding ways to improve the lives of those diagnosed with a glioblastoma.