Tom Kerridge Biography

Fast Facts

• The Hand & Flowers, the pub he opened with his wife Beth in 2005, became the first pub in history to be awarded two Michelin stars in 2012, after earning the first star only a year after it opened
• Before becoming a chef, he pursued a career as an actor, appearing in TV series like "The Tomorrow People" and "Chris Cross" in the early 1990s
• Quote: "So many cooks try to over complicate things, try to be too clever․ What we do here is great shopping, we find great produce and then treat it with love․"
• Best known as a chef who owns the two Michelin-starred gastropub The Hand & Flowers and is the host of "Tom Kerridge's Proper Pub Food․"
• Was a successful competitor on the reality series "Great British Menu" and later appeared on the series as a judge and mentor