Tom Aikens

For the Queensland politician, see Tom Aikens (politician).
Tom Aikens
Aikens in 2012
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Norwich, England
EducationHotel School at City College Norwich
Culinary career
Cooking styleBritish cuisine
Rating(s)
Current restaurant(s)
  • Muse by Tom Aikens 1 Michelin star
Previous restaurant(s)
Television show(s)
  • Trouble at the Top
    Saturday Kitchen
    Iron Chef UK
    Great British Menu
Websitewww.tomaikens.co.uk

Tom Aikens (born 1970), also named Tom Aitkens,[1] is an English Michelin-starred chef. Aikens briefly worked for chefs in London and Paris restaurants. Under his tenure from 1996 to 1999 as head chef and then chef patron, Pied à Terre earned its two Michelin stars in January 1997.

Aikens's current restaurants include Michelin-starred London restaurant Muse, opened in January 2020, and three hotel eateries in Abu Dhabi. He appeared on television, including Great British Menu as one of its contestants and then one of its veteran chef judges.

  1. ^ "A brief history of... haute cuisine". The Observer (The Guardian). 9 March 2003. Retrieved 8 March 2021.