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David Freeman – Chef,

Soldier and Entrepreneur

David Freeman is the current owner and General Manager, alongside his wife
Fatna of Middleton Hall Golf Club, which is situated near Kings Lynn in the
heart of Norfolk. David purchased this golf club after working within Formula
1 for 21 years.
Prior to joining the Army, David On leaving, he joined F1 catering
attended Weston-super-Mare Catering company in 1999, supporting Tyrrel,
college undertaking 706 1 and 2 and Williams and Jordan. In 2000, he was
diploma in catering management. asked by Honda F1 to set up and provide
Followed by working 1 year in a restau- catering for them – David seeing this as a
rant gaining catering experience before step up took the plunge and joined them.
making the call to join the Army. Only to be told 5 months in that the David in his whites, about to show his staff “how to do it”
David joined the Army/ACC in team would fold with Honda focusing
1985, served 13 years, reaching the on engine provision instead of their own David worked in F1 for approxi-
rank of Sgt before making the call to team. David alongside the remainder of mately 21 years, travelling the world 23
leave in 1998. On leaving St Omer he the team were left unemployed. times with the teams he supported – his
was attached to 1 Queens in Gibraltar Fortunately, Honda F1 saw some- last race was the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
before returning to Tidworth and thing in David and offered him the in 2021. David has many fond memo-
an Op tour to N Ireland in Bessbook opportunity to set up his own company ries working within F1 – to Michael
Mill. His second posting took him to and provide catering for them – David Schumacher long term (some might call
Dusiburg where he was attached to 3 took the plunge and was taken up by it stealing) borrowing David’s prized
ADTR, followed by 13 Sig Regt in Force India and Lotus F1, in 2015 Japanese tablewear to proposing to his
Roermond, HQ LANDCENT in Honda F1 returned as a team and they wife, Fatna at the Abu Dhabi Grand
Heidelberg before his last posting with asked David’s company to provide their Prix. You can read more on David on
42 RA in Larkhill where he managed a catering until they pulled out again numerous online locations like the BBC.
sunshine tour in Cyprus. in 2021. David has not left or lost his cook-
ing roots – although both the owner
and general manager of Middleton Hall
Golf Club he was in his chef’s whites last
week working on the stove showing his
staff how to do it. Albeit, he did drive to
the kitchen in his personal Ferrari.

Editor’s Comment. I served with David
in Duisburg with 3 ADTR. I was a Cpl
and David a LCpl – apart from the
years, he has not changed at all; he is still
David’s prized Japanese table Fatna marriage proposal at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix full of enthusiasm for food. It was great
to see him at the Officers’ Club dinner
and it is great to see an ACC chef make
something of himself.

The lake and fountain at David and Fatna’s Middleton Hall Golf Club Packed meal – F1 style

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