Tom Kitchin
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 Tom Kitchin, photographed in 2012 | |
| Born | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Spouse(s) | Michaela Berseilus |
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| Cooking style | French cuisine |
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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]
Since Christmas 2015, Tom has been a celebrity supporter of global international development charity, Mary's Meals, which is headquartered in Scotland, by supporting its annual "One More For Christmas" campaign.[9] As part of this campaign Tom featured in a video[10] showing viewers how to make "The Most Amazing Christmas Dinner", where he demonstrates how to set a place at the virtual dinner table, which provides a year's worth of meals for a child, at a cost of just £12.20 ($19.50 / €14.50).[11] As of December 2016, Mary's Meals provides daily meals in school for 1,187,104 children[12] in 12 developing countries.[13]
References
- 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.
- 1 2 3 Coventry, Laura (2 March 2011). "Masterchef guru Tom Kitchin reveals the gritty reality of life behind the range". The Daily Record.
- ↑ Blythman, Joanna (12 August 2006). "Restaurant Review: The Kitchin, 78 Commercial Quay, Leith, Edinburgh". The Guardian.
- 1 2 "Tom Kitchin Voted Observer Food Monthly's Cook of the Year". Orion Publishing Group. 18 October 2010.
- ↑ Paskin, Becky (14 May 2010). "Tom Kitchin to open second Edinburgh restaurant". Big Hospitality.
- ↑ Waters, Debra. "Minutes with Tom Kitchin". Delicious. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ↑ "Dream Kitchin as Michelin-starred chef serves up plans to rival Parisian scene". Fife Today. 12 July 2010.
- ↑ Gerrard, Neil. "Chef profile: Tom Kitchin". The Caterer. The Caterer. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ↑ https://www.marysmeals.org.uk/who-we-are/news-and-blogs/chef-tom-kitchin-and-marys-meals-create-the-ultimate-christmas-dinner
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyBD9r4_os8
- ↑ https://www.marysmeals.org/donate
- ↑ https://www.marysmeals.org/who-we-are/
- ↑ https://www.marysmeals.org/what-we-do/where-we-work/