Luke Thomas (chef)

For the journalist, see Luke Thomas (journalist).
Luke Thomas
Born (1993-10-02) 2 October 1993 (age 30)
Connah's Quay, North Wales
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s)
    • Luke's Dining Room
    • Blacks Club Soho
Television show(s)
Award(s) won
    • FutureChef Winner 2009
Websitelukethomas.co.uk

Luke Thomas, (born 2 October 1993),[1] is a celebrity chef, author and entrepreneur[2] who made headlines when he was just eighteen years old, being named the youngest head chef in the United Kingdom.[3] Thomas is the brand owner of the historic social club known as Blacks, located in a restored 18th-century Georgian townhouse in Soho London,[3] as well as the chef-owner of Luke's Dining Room located at Sanctum on the Green, in Cookham.[4] Thomas has also appeared as himself in a number of television shows produced in the United Kingdom, including Russell Howard's Good News, the Great British Menu and Junior MasterChef, as well as the BBC Three documentary titled Britain's Youngest Chef featuring the trials, tribulations and meteoric rise of a young Chef Luke Thomas.[5]

In 2021, Thomas became the CEO and co-owner of Café Habana, a downtown New York City restaurant serving Cuban and Mexican inspired cuisine that was founded in 1998 by entrepreneur and investor Sean Meenan, who also went on to open Café Habana locations in Tokyo, Dubai, and Malibu, California with Casamigos Tequila co-founder Rande Gerber.[6]

Luke is an investor/partner in The Coffee Collaborative, Sessions Market, Fast Fine Restaurant Group who own restaurant brands V and 1889 in Sweden & USA as well as being a founding partner of the meat alternative brand Plant Punk.

  1. ^ "Luke's History". Luke Thomas.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  2. ^ My Culinary Guilty Pleasure: Luke Thomas by Jessica Keller, American Express Essentials Magazine, Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b Best Places to Eat & Drink in Soho by Madeleine Howell, The Telegraph, 17 September 2019.
  4. ^ Luke's Dining Room Review by Jay Rayner, The Guardian, 16 June 2012.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference hello was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cafe Habana Malibu Opens by Kat Odell, Eater.com, 26 May 2010.