Michel Roux Jr took over the helm at the world famous Michelin starred Le Gavroche in 1991. Since then, Michel has won numerous awards for his cuisine and has continued to set the standard for classical French fine dining in London. Prior to Le Gavroche, Michel honed his skills working for master chefs in Paris, Lyon, Hong Kong and London, spending two years with Alain Chapel and cooking at the Elysee Palace for President Mitterand. Michel has also been a judge on Masterchef: The Professionals. Michel has been a great supporter of VICTA Children for many years, and has run the London Marathon for us on a number of occasions. He is generous in his ongoing support of VICTA.

Menna Fitzpatrick is a six-time Paralympic medallist and one of Britain’s most successful winter athletes. Visually impaired from birth, with no sight in her left eye and just 5% vision in her right, Menna has never let her impairment define what she can achieve.

At her first Paralympic Games in PyeongChang in 2018, Menna won four medals, including gold in the slalom. She went on to add silver in the Super-G and bronze in the Super Combined at Beijing 2022, becoming the most decorated British Winter Paralympian in history. Her determination, resilience and ‘no limits’ attitude continues to inspire people far beyond the world of sport.

Menna is incredibly excited to become a Patron of VICTA, supporting a charity that helps children and young people who are visually impaired. She hopes to use her experience to inspire the next generation to believe in themselves, embrace opportunities and, most importantly, know that there really are no limits to what they can achieve.

Clarke Reynolds is registered severely sight impaired and is a successful visual artist. His artistic language is Braille, the tactile coding system which is made up of a six-dot cell and allows people of low vision to read. As a Braille typographer and artist, Clarke takes the tactile braille experience and gives it a visual language. His aim is to bring Braille into the 21st century through workshops, exhibitions and public art. He is passionate about being a role model for people of all ages with a vision impairment.

As words are important to a vision impaired person, Clarke’s art explores the power of the English language and uses the Braille dot as a vessel to hold that word through the shape, colour and size of the dot. Over the past two years Clarke has held multiple exhibitions including his first solo show in London at the Quantus gallery.
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