Downfall of award-winning chef jailed after leading cops on mammoth 29 MILE chase

A former award-winning chef has been jailed after leading police on a 29 MILE high speed chase from Skelmsdale to Salford. Daniel Wallace, 26, previously won the Observer Food Awards (OFA) Young Chef of the Year Award in 2019 whilst working as a chef de partie at Gary Usher’s restaurant, Kala, based in Manchester.

However, after losing his job due to the COVID pandemic, his relationship with his partner deteriorated and they later split in December last year. prosecutor Nicholas Flanagan said. Matters came to a head in March this year following an argument, after which he accused her of treating him ‘poorly’ and became ‘aggressive and violent’.

He then packed up his belongings and left, taking her blue BMW, Manchester Crown Court heard. “After that, the defendant constantly threatened to kill her and burn her car out,” Mr Flanagan said. He also made threats to take his own life.

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During a work trip, she changed the locks on her flat, and after returning home Wallace turned up five minutes later, leading her to think he had been watching her. She later installed a Ring doorbell as she became ‘scared’, and on April 1 she discovered that Spyware had been uploaded to her phone.

Wallace admitted an offence of harassment, but denied downloading the spyware.

She later reported to the police that her car had been stolen after it wasn’t returned. Wallace went on to bombard the woman’s mum with 50 messages.

In a victim personal statement, the woman said she was ‘petrified’ and felt scared to leave the house.

Days later, on April 4, the blue BMW was circulated as stolen and spotted by patrolling officers leaving Skelmsdale and