Clément Robert MS

Fine Wine Director

Clément Robert MS started his wine career from an early age, attending the catering school in Le Touquet. At the age of 18 he moved to Angers to take his sommelier degree.

After a spell as trainee sommelier at a Michelin starred restaurant in the Loire, Clément moved to England in 2006 where he became assistant head sommelier of the Hotel Du Vin Brighton, and then head sommelier of the Hotel Du Vin Cambridge.

In 2009, he joined Summer Lodge Hotel as assistant sommelier and won the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs’ International Young Sommelier of the Year competition, before being named UK Sommelier of the Year in 2013. After working for nearly 5 years as head sommelier for Medlar restaurant in Chelsea, Clément then moved to the 28-50 group overseeing the wine buying department.

In 2015, Clément passed his MS and in 2019, Clément moved to Caprice Holdings Ltd where he was the wine buyer and group head sommelier where he would spend the next 4 1/2 years as Head Wine Buyer across Caprice Holdings & The Birley Clubs, building an impressive Wine Club for the group.

Clément most recently joined Liquid Icons as a permanent member of the team in December 2023 and is also the Wine Consultant for the Retreat Hotel at The Blue Lagoon, Iceland.