OUR STORY
Nick Rapson is the Venezuelan-born Founder and Executive Chef of Èpico and a MasterChef UK 2023 Knockout Week finalist. His experience includes training at Raby Hunt, private-chef work in Provence, and supper clubs and collaborative dining events across the UK.
Èpico creates private dinners, wedding menus and corporate hospitality shaped around the people at the table.
Nick’s Venezuelan heritage brings warmth and expressive flavour to a contemporary fine-dining approach. Exceptional British produce, modern technique and careful presentation give that heritage a distinctive voice.
His MasterChef journey introduced his cooking to a wider audience. Today, that same personal approach informs the bespoke menus and considered hospitality behind Èpico.
Nick’s cooking has taken him from sold-out supper clubs in Yorkshire to exclusive private dining and corporate events across the country. Highlights include Latin supper-club evenings at House of Koko in Leeds and a sold-out, four-course dinner for 70 guests at Fourteen Drops in Yarm—part of a wider portfolio built around bold flavours, generous hospitality and memorable occasions.
His professional experience includes collaborations on events for Burberry, Bonhams and Diamond Lab, alongside cooking at Unit X Mayfair, Pavilion Club and The Other House, working with talented culinary teams.
Charity also holds a special place in Nick’s work. He delivers charity auction dinners up and down the country and has contributed to fundraising events at iconic venues including the V&A and The Dorchester, using his passion for food to help raise funds for causes close to people’s hearts.
Nick has supported Who’s Cooking Dinner? at The Dorchester for three consecutive years, including helping run the pass.
His charity work also includes leading a six-course dinner for more than 70 at Littlewold Vineyard in support of Myeloma UK, and donating a private-dining experience to the LAMDA Gala auction at the V&A.
Èpico combines expressive Latin American flavour with the care and precision of fine dining. The result is food with personality and hospitality that feels considered from the first conversation to the final course.
Tell us what you are planning, where it will take place and who you are bringing together. We will explore the experience with you.
Chef-led private dining, weddings and corporate hospitality. Latin soul. Exceptional occasions.
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