Michelin-starred Patrick McDonald, 56, was working as caterer for the national squad when the alleged incident happened
The head chef of the England rugby team sexually assaulted a woman in his hotel room after locking the door behind her, a court heard.
Michelin-starred Patrick McDonald, 56, was working for the national squad when the alleged incident happened at the historic Randolph Hotel in Oxford.
Prosecutors claim he invited his victim to his room at 2.30pm before locking the door and groping her over her clothing.
He 'forced his tongue inside her mouth' and stroked her groin area before the woman pushed him away and fled the room, it is alleged.
McDonald, of Suckley, near Worcester, denies a single count of sexual assault at Oxford Crown Court.
Opening the case on Wednesday, prosecutor Edward Culver said: 'It is the prosecution's case that this is not a situation where there has been a misunderstanding or confusion or innocent brushing of bodies or parts of bodies.
'The defendant deliberately kissed and touched [the alleged victim], sexual touching, which he knew was both uninvited and unwelcome.
'[McDonald] stepped towards her and held her face with his hands, he then kissed her, forcing his tongue inside her mouth. This was for a few seconds.
'He then put his right arm around her upper body and with his left stroked her [groin area] over her clothing.'
Taking to the witness box, the alleged victim said she was left 'scared, nervous, and quite shaky' after the alleged assault on February 27 2018.
Detailing the incident from the moment she entered his room - number 30 - she told jurors: 'When I heard the door lock I turned around.
'He was in front of me and he placed his hands on my face and proceeded to kiss me and force his tongue into my mouth.
The alleged incident happened at the historic five-star Randolph Hotel in Oxford
'His hands seemed to move down my body and started brushing my groin area. After that I pushed him away as hard as I could and left the room as soon as I could.'
She told the court that the incident lasted a matter of minutes and she denied ever instigating any sexual contact. McDonald was later arrested at the five-star hotel.
During cross-examination, defence barrister Alistair Grainger put to the woman that she had in fact 'winked' at her alleged abuser earlier that day.
And Grainger suggested she had mimed a sex act to him in an apparent bid to entice him - all assertions she denied.
Grainger then put it to the woman that McDonald had never grabbed her and had instead dropped a set of keys on the floor while they were both in the room.
The barrister claims that in McDonald's attempt to pick them back up he had become unsteady on his feet and grabbed hold of her in a bid to retain his footing.
Mr Grainger also asked the alleged victim if she was 'infatuated' with the 'superstar' chef, an assertion which she denied.
And he put to her that she had come on to him before being rejected, which left her feeling 'acutely embarrassed', as well as 'dejected' and 'rejected' - also assertions which she denied.
The TV chef, who held a Michelin star between 1991 and 1995, described how he had been under 'enormous pressure' during the team's training trip to Oxford.
He was in a rush to get away to attend a Morrissey concert in Birmingham with his family in the run-up to the alleged assault.
McDonald explained he was with the young woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, when he dropped his key card.
He said: 'I suffer from a bad back. I went to pick it up by kneeling down. As I got up I rested my hands either side of her to support myself.
'I said 'come on we need to go' and I was ushering her out the door.
'She turned and put her hand on top of mine.
'I looked at her and withdrew my hand immediately.
'I am stood upright at this point and she lunged forward and kissed me full on on the mouth.
'I was pretty shocked...I said "let's go, I am busy".'
McDonald denied shutting and dead-locking the door and running his hands over the woman's body.
He left to attend the gig before returning to the hotel where he was arrested later that night.
The father-of-three, who said he was 'mortified' to find himself in this situation, was let go as a consultant chef by England when the allegations came to light, destroying a large part of his business.
The court heard extracts from McDonald's police interview in which he had said the woman had earlier 'launched herself' at him while he was planning meals in a private room.
Speaking about this in court, he said: 'She shouted 'hi' then came bounding to me, gave me a huge hug, wrapped her arms around me and there were pecks on the cheek.
'It was so over the top, it was not normal.'
Simon Drake, the Randolph's general manager who took to the stand as a witness for the prosecution, said the alleged victim had been left 'distraught' by the incident.
The trial continues.
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Michelin-starred Patrick McDonald, 56, was working as caterer for the national squad when the alleged incident happened
The head chef of the England rugby team sexually assaulted a woman in his hotel room after locking the door behind her, a court heard.
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