Thomas Straker

Growing up on a smallholding in Herefordshire, Tom took advantage of plentiful seasonally grown produce. A Ballymaloe education followed as did stints at The Dorchester, The Ledbury, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, Casa Cruz and Phil Howard's Elystan Street. After time in New York, Tom returned to London to open Straker in Notting Hill, as well as a sharing passion for butter with his growing online audience.

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Nilson Chaves

From small-town stews to redefining Brazilian cuisine in Rio de Janeiro, the Bossa chef has been at the forefront of his country’s gastronomic renaissance and is reinterpreting the flavours for his next London launch

Words by Rachel Walker

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