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 senior liverymen who serve on the Court as Assistants.

Graham A.A. Craddock

The Second Master

John B. Righton

The Warden

Geoffrey J. Osborne BEM

The Renter Warden

Beverley E.G. Puxley

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.