Officers

The governing body of the Company is called the Court of Assistants. There are four officers of the Company, namely the Master, Second Master, Warden and Renter Warden. The rest of the Court consists of all Past Masters and a few other senior liverymen who serve on the Court as Assistants.

The Master

Alan G. Fairbrass

The Second Master

Past Master Hugh F. Thornton

The Warden

Graham A.A. Craddock

The Renter Warden

John B. Righton

Clerk

Michael C. Thatcher LLB

Beadle

Mr C.J. Cash MBE

The Worshipful Company of Cooks is the only Livery Company to appoint two Masters. Although this may reflect the merger of the two guilds, the apocryphal story was that two Masters would resolve the problem of the King and Lord Mayor both requiring the Master’s services on the same day. Both Masters had to ensure that their respective hosts received food of the highest quality.