Tom Kitchin

Tom Kitchin

Tom Kitchin, photographed in 2012
Born Edinburgh, Scotland
Spouse(s) Michaela Berseilus
Website www.thekitchin.com

Culinary career

Cooking style French cuisine

Tom Kitchin, is a Scottish chef and owner of restaurant The Kitchin, where he became the youngest winner of a Michelin star. He had previously worked with several Michelin starred chefs including Alain Ducasse and Pierre Koffmann.

Career

Born in Edinburgh, Kitchin attended Dollar Academy, a boarding school in Dollar, Clackmannanshire.[1] After leaving school, he studied catering at Perth College before beginning an apprenticeship at the Gleneagles Hotel, near Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross.[1][2] He has worked with Pierre Koffmann, Alain Ducasse, and Guy Savoy, all of whom have been awarded three Michelin stars.[3]

At the age of 29, he was awarded his first Michelin star, after The Kitchin had been in business for six months.[1] This made Kitchin the youngest Michelin star recipient in the world.[2] Albert Roux is reported to have said that Tom is the chef in Scotland most likely to win three Michelin stars.[1] His cooking style is to combine French techniques with seasonal Scottish ingredients, a style discussed in depth in his 2010 book From Nature to Plate.[4]

In July 2010, he opened his second restaurant, Castle Terrace, near Edinburgh Castle with chef Dominic Jack. Chef Dominic Jack owns and runs the restaurant as a sister restaurant to The Kitchin, using the same style and "nature to plate philosophy".[5] In 2010 he was voted Observer Food Monthly's Cook of the Year.[4]

He has appeared as a guest judge and mentor on MasterChef,[2] and has competed on the Great British Menu.[1] He has recently hosted 2010 MasterChef winner Dhruv Baker for work experience at The Kitchin.[6]

In 2013 he appeared as one of the mentors in the series The Chef's Protege.

Personal life

Tom is married to Michaela Kitchin, who previously worked with the Savoy Group,[1] and designed the interior for Kitchin's second restaurant, Castle Terrace.[7] Tom and Michaela have four children.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Devine, Cate (12 July 2010). "I’m ambitious, but I’m also very conscious that our fantastic life could change just like that". Herald Scotland.
  2. 1 2 3 Coventry, Laura (2 March 2011). "Masterchef guru Tom Kitchin reveals the gritty reality of life behind the range". The Daily Record.
  3. Blythman, Joanna (12 August 2006). "Restaurant Review: The Kitchin, 78 Commercial Quay, Leith, Edinburgh". The Guardian.
  4. 1 2 "Tom Kitchin Voted Observer Food Monthly's Cook of the Year". Orion Publishing Group. 18 October 2010.
  5. Paskin, Becky (14 May 2010). "Tom Kitchin to open second Edinburgh restaurant". Big Hospitality.
  6. Waters, Debra. "Minutes with Tom Kitchin". Delicious. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  7. "Dream Kitchin as Michelin-starred chef serves up plans to rival Parisian scene". Fife Today. 12 July 2010.
  8. Gerrard, Neil. "Chef profile: Tom Kitchin". The Caterer. The Caterer. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

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